Winter Holidays: Celebrating Gluten-Free
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Celebrate: Gluten-Free Style!
Looking for recipes and inspiration for your gluten-free Christmas breakfast? Winter solstice brunch with friends? Vegan Hanukkah guests? A romantic New Year's Eve? Some simple winter comfort food?
Here is my collection of holiday friendly favorites. Browse these gluten-free wheat-free recipes (most are dairy-free as well) and create your own winter holiday menu.
Celebrate gluten-freestyle.
Celebrate gluten-freestyle.
With love.
A Mid-Winter's Menu
Brunch, Breakfast, & Tea
Apple Cake with Cranberries
Applesauce Crumb Cake
Cranberry Banana Smoothie
Eggs Diablo on Soft Polenta
Gold Potato Frittata
Maple Breakfast Sausage Patties
Pumpkin Bread with Walnuts
Pumpkin Bread Pudding
Pumpkin Donuts (baked, cinnamon-sugared)
Pumpkin Scones with Maple Nutmeg Icing
Pumpkin Waffles
Roasted Vegetable Cheddar Quiche
Smoked Salmon & Spinach Goat Cheese Strata
Sweet Potato Coffee Cake

Bread and Muffins
Banana Muffins
Banana Nut Bread
Chocolate Gingerbread
Cranberry Bread
Pumpkin Bread with Walnuts
Pumpkin Muffins with Streusel Topping
Skillet Cornbread with Green Chiles
Sour Cream Blueberry Muffins
Sweet Potato Cornbread
Whole Grain Olive Bread

Light Fare & Christmas Eve Supper
Classic Mac and Cheese
Best Vegan Mac and Cheese
Quinoa with Butternut Squash, Cranberries
Roasted Acorn Squash Risotto
Roasted Vegetable Chowder
Sweet Potato Latkes with Ruby Applesauce

Appetizers & Bites
Crispy Latkes and Cinnamon Applesauce
Crispy Potato Sticks with Roasted Tomato Salsa
Pecan Crackers with Roasted Eggplant Tapenade
Roasted Red Pepper Hummus
Vegan Hot Artichoke Dip
Winter Vegan Pesto

Slow Cooker Comfort Food
Coconut Chick Pea Soup
Beef in Pomegranate Sauce
Butternut + Bean Chili
Cranberry Pot Roast Stew

Buffet & Pot Luck Dishes
Cozy Beef Rice Bake with Mushrooms and Cranberries
Horseradish Spiked Red Potato Salad- Serve Warm
Jazzed Up Turkey Tetrazzini
Pinon Rice Bake with Artichokes and Goat Cheese
Roasted Vegetable Noodle Kugel
Sweet Potato Black Bean Enchiladas
Garlicky Shrimp & Spinach Bake
Turkey and Sweet Potato Enchiladas
Turkey Meatballs in an Asian-style Sauce

Dinner Is Served
Beef & Mushroom Stuffed Acorn SquashBaked Chicken Mediterranean with Peppers
Beef and Potatoes au Chocolat
Slow Cooked Beef in Pomegranate Sauce
Italian Meatballs
Lasagna Vegetariana
Lasagna in a casserole style slow cooker:
- Three Cheese with Ground Turkey
Maple Roasted Acorn Squash with Curried Apple & Cranberry Cornbread Stuffing
Winter Solstice: Pumpkin-Sweet Potato Soup

Dessert
Anise Biscotti
Apple Crisp with Oats & Brown Sugar
Apple Crisp (with no oats)
Apple Cake with Cranberries
Chocolate Biscotti- low sugar
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Chocolate Cupcakes with Coffee Icing
Chocolate Layer Cake
Coconut Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Icing
Coconut Chocolate Nirvana Bars
Coconut Layer Cake
Dark Chocolate Brownies
Flourless Chocolate Cake
Lemon-Iced Ginger Thins
Maple Frosted Pumpkin Cake
Orange Creme Cupcakes
Pumpkin Bread Pudding
Pumpkin Cheesecake