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Snacks

Category: Snacks

Orange Ginger Cookies {with dairy-free option!} | Citrus and ginger blend together so nicely -- especially when paired with a little bit of molasses. And it ain't Christmas until the molasses comes out to play! You get all three in these soft, melt-in-your-mouth cookies. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Orange Ginger Cookies {with dairy-free option!}

Blossom Cheese {Easy Homemade Soft Cheese} | Since I am nursing a little one and homeschooling, time is not on my side. So I need a simple way to make cheese and add some variety to it as well. So here you are: the easiest cheese to make, requiring little working time and effort, and our favorite variations: Honey Hazelnut Yogurt Cheese Ball and Onion & Garlic Yogurt Cheese. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Blossom Cheese {Easy Homemade Soft Cheese}

Allergy-Friendly Cookies {1 Dough, 16+ Variations!} | Allergy-friendly cookies? Introducing your one-stop shop! Now you can make 1 basic dough and turn it into 16+ kinds of delicious, nourishing, and uniquely different cookies. How fun is that!? | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Allergy-Friendly Cookies {1 Dough, 16+ Variations!}

Fermented Tex-Mex Salsa | Having lived in Texas all my life, I think it’s safe to say that I know a thing or two about really good Tex-Mex salsa. I’ve spent the last two decades perfecting my salsa recipe, and several years ago, I began lacto-fermenting it. It’s my most-requested recipe! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Fermented Tex-Mex Salsa

37 Ferments for Spring | I dare you. Scroll though these 37 beautiful ferments crafted from spring produce and tell me your mouth doesn't start watering even just a little bit. Beautiful color, a crunch you can practically feel, and I bet your lips are even puckering (with delight). As if that wasn't enough, fermentation causes an explosion of enzymes, beneficial acids, and probiotics -- all good for the gut and the immune system. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

37 Ferments for Spring

15 Easy Raw Cheese Recipes | If you make cheese already and appreciate quality recipes... Or, if you want to learn how to make cheese and need a vetted set of recipes to start you off... ...then this post is for you. We did all the hard work of reviewing recipes (and making a bunch of them, too) so you can just dive in and get started. Yummy cheese awaits! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

15 Easy Raw Cheese Recipes

16 Recipes and Tips for Real Food Camping | Fond memories aside, just because we are “roughing it” on a camp site doesn’t mean we have to compromise on providing delicious, nutritious, whole food meals. To prepare for this year’s camping season I scoured the internet and our own archives for creative, healthy, delicious, and easily-prepared camping meals. You can also put all of them on your camp-out menu and won’t need to pack a single sheet of tinfoil! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

16 Recipes and Tips for Real Food Camping

9 Insanely Refreshing Popsicles {that you and your kids will love!} | Summertime means 2 things: 1) fresh food abounds and 2) it's hot. So, what better way to celebrate summer than to indulge regularly in cold, refreshing, nourishing popsicles, packed with seasonal delights? Here are 9 insanely refreshing popsicles... that just happen to be good for you, too! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

9 Insanely Refreshing Popsicles {that you and your kids will love!}

Tropical Probiotic Smoothie | Not only is it healthy, this simple smoothie is like vacation in a glass -- picture yourself on a tropical island, lounging under a palm tree, listening to the waves crash against the beaches! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Tropical Probiotic Smoothie

12 Yummy Snacks Using Sourdough | You love sourdough and your family loves snacks. We're putting the 2 together to make you all happy! We vetted a whole bunch of sourdough snack recipes on the internet and pulled out the best ones -- whole grain and incorporating a full souring of the grain for best nutrition and digestion. Enjoy! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

12 Yummy Snacks Using Sourdough

A chutney is the perfect way to get started with fermenting because it's easy to make and delicious. To help you dive in -- and use up the fruits you're likely bringing in by the boxload or bucketful -- we pulled together this collection of lacto-fermented fruit and chutney recipes. Enjoy!

25 Fermented Fruit & Chutney Recipes

In less than 30 minutes, you can whip up a batch of No-Bake Coconut Delights. That and all the other scrumptious and healthy no-bake cookies and bars we've got here for you today are the kinds of recipes you want to have in your back pocket -- whether it's 80 degrees in your house or not!

49 Nourishing No-Bake Cookies and Bars

Raw green plantains contain resistant starch, a healthy prebiotic that sets the stage for a healthy colon. However, they're usually not palatable. Undeterred, I wanted to create a green plantain treat, something really good as well as being really healthy. And here it is... green plantain crackers that my family loves!

Green Plantain Crackers {& all about resistant starch}

My family are huge fans of my homemade salsa, bean dip, and pesto -- which are all lacto-fermented. As I put together this round-up of 50 amazingly healthy and colorful fermented salsas, dips, and spreads, my eyes were opened to all the ways I can add even more beneficial bacteria into our foods... and probably without anyone noticing. ;)

50 Fermented Salsas, Dips, and Spreads

This 'green' smoothie is absent of all leafy greens (which shouldn't be eaten frequently in their raw form). It's a blend of granny smith apple for a bit of sweetness, celery, a carrot, some parsley, ginger, and coconut water -- the perfect pick-me-up as the afternoon slump hits! Or a great way to start your day!

“Green” Smoothie

Sprouted Hummus in 3 Delicious Flavors | Hummus is one of my favorite snacks -- and it makes great lunch box food, too! We love to eat it with veggies or crackers, spread on a sandwich, or even right off the spoon! I prefer to sprout my garbanzo beans to improve their digestibility. Here's our delicious, basic, creamy, sprouted hummus recipe, plus 3 of our favorite hummus flavor variations. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Sprouted Hummus in 3 Delicious Flavors

Raw Cacao Mint Shake with Avocado, Collagen, & Fresh Mint

Raw Cacao Mint Shake with Avocado, Collagen, & Fresh Mint

Donuts... There's nothing like 'em! These sourdough gluten-free donuts without refined sweeteners raise the bar. They may just become a new staple!

32 Delicious Pumpkin Recipes {from Breakfast to Dessert}