Holiday Cooking! Roasted Rutabaga Recipe
Some of my favorite Holiday Recipes
Holiday cooking is upon us again and, for some people, it can be challenging to remain true to your healthy lifestyle during this decedent, rich culinary time of year. I have spent the last 28 years creating and perfecting standard holiday dishes that I now cook with a healthy flare.
Some rules of thumb to remember when you are first starting out on your healthy holiday menu is keep it simple. You do not want to overwhelm yourself at first, so stick to what you know. If you have a recipe that you make on a regular basis do not discount it just because you think it is not special enough for the holidays. You can spruce up the recipe to make it richer for the holiday dinner table, such as adding a little more fat. Good quality fats, such as olive oil or tahini, can be added to most recipes to create a richer taste.
Adding a little extra spice to your dishes can also make them special for the holidays. Sage is the signature spice for stuffing and can be added to any brown rice or millet dish you are creating for the holidays. Thyme and rosemary are also great spices to add to your dishes, and all three taste very good together. Also adding nuts, such as walnuts or pecans, imparts wonderful flavor and texture to dishes making them richer and extra special for the holidays.
Want to learn how to make the perfect Holiday Pie?
Pumpkin Pie and Apple Pumpkin Pie
Holiday Pumpkin Pies Cooking Class
Two different pies and Aquafaba Whipped Cream!
Thursday, Nov. 21 - 6:00 to 8 PM (ET) - $40.00
Virtual through zoom. You get the recipes ahead of class to cook along in your own kitchen.
Learn how to make both a rolled out pie crust and a pressed pie crust, both are gluten free also. The pies are refined sugar free, whole foods, vegan and full of the holiday flavors that everyone is craving. Apple Pumpkin Pie has chunks of apples with creamy pumpkin puree. You will also learn how to make the best topping for the pies, Aquafaba Whipped Cream. Yes, you can have your pie and remain healthy!
Menu: Pumpkin Pie with a rolled-out pie crust, Apple Pumpkin Pie with a Pecan pressed pie crust and Aquafaba Whipped Cream.
Rutabaga for your Holiday Dinner
Have you ever had a real rutabaga? Not the kind you buy that is as hard as a rock and has a thick coating of wax all over it. A real, organic, sweet tasting, soft, delicious rutabaga? The first time I ate an organic one is truly the first time I ever really ate a rutabaga. Originally called a swede, (from its origin), rutabaga is truly a perfect winter hard root vegetable. They should be yellowish in color with a purple top, similar to a turnip. Try and find them smaller is size, they are sweeter tasting.
Being in the cabbage family, which is known for their anticarcinogenic properties, rutabaga is exceptionally high in these nutrients. Very good for general detoxification, they also can dissolve phlegm and strengthen the blood. Also known for strengthening digestion, detoxifying the liver, and nurturing the spleen, pancreas and stomach. When using rutabaga in a recipe remember to cut them smaller than your other vegetables because they tend to be harder and take longer to cook. (Recipe at the end of blog.)
Join me LIVE - Wed. Nov. 27 at 6:30 PM (ET) - Holiday Drinks!
Join me as I get ready for Thanksgiving Dinner. I can answer your cooking questions and give suggestions on easy ways to prepare for the big dinner. The special drinks will be all organic, sugar free, dairy free and festive. (Sorry, no alcohol either).
I have all my best holiday recipes in my cookbook, ‘Year Round Healthy Holiday Cooking’. My Thanksgiving Recipes in the cookbook:
Tofu Turkey stuffed with Whole Grain Sprouted Bread Stuffing
Gluten free Millet Sweet Potato Stuffing
Millet Mashed Potatoes
Onion Gravy
Colorful Sweet and Sour Kale
Cranberry Sauce
Fig Blackberry Sauce
Pumpkin Pie
Get your copy here: https://www.macroval.com/buycookbook.htm
One of my favorite holiday recipes: Fig Blueberry Sauce.
December Fillo Dough Cooking Class
Student requested!
Fillo Dough, Kale and Mock Feta Cheese Pie Cooking Class
Wed. December 11 - 6 to 9 PM (ET)
In person $65.00 - Virtual $55.00
Hands on cooking and we eat the food we create in class.
This is not a gluten free class.
Have you ever wondered how to work with Fillo Dough? It is very thin and can be challenging to use in a recipe.
Menu: Kale Mock Feta Cheese Fillo Dough Pie, Fillo Dough Roll Ups with Squash Garlic Sauce, and Blueberry Walnut Fillo Dough Dessert.Dish.
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Get in the Kitchen and Cook Healthy!
Roasted Rutabaga and Vegetables
1 onion (cut in chunks)
2 rutabagas (cut in small squares)
1 carrot (cut in chunks)
2 cups daikon (cut in chunks)
4 cups butternut squash (cut in chunks)
5 garlic cloves (minced)
4 T. olive oil
2 tsp. sea salt
4 T. waterPlace all vegetables in a large bowl. Mix in the olive oil, sea salt and water. Pour vegetables in a large casserole dish or cookie sheet. Bake at 400° for one hour, stirring the vegetables every 15 minutes.
(I do not know how to get rid of the indentation and the pink line here in the recipe. The format that the program has put the recipe into, I do not know how to change it. Therefore, the recipe had to be at the end of the blog.)