Holidays are wonderful, but it can be a challenge finding dishes that are tasty, wholesome, and attractive to serve. Now you - and your family and guests - can enjoy your festive meals without compromising on quality and nutrition.

Here are some delicious nutrient dense recipe ideas for appetizers and main course, tried and tested in Rhonda's kitchen:

Appetizers

Serve with fresh vegetables, Gluten Free Bread, Sprouted Bread, or Honest Potato Chips.

Cheese Tray

Offer your guests a variety of grass fed raw milk cheeses.

Choose your favorites from seven delicious flavors, or try all of them with the grass fed raw cheese sampler.

Pair these cheeses with holiday grapes, apple wedges, or slices of organic gluten free bread and organic sprouted bread.

Eggs with Smoked Salmon and Caviar

Add a festive touch of luxury while providing your guests with this truly nourishing appetizer: 

Organic pastured hard boiled egg halves layered with thinly sliced wild smoked salmon and topped with wild salmon caviar.

Holiday Dinner Essentials

Often dinner guests are surprised at how rich and savory gluten free meals can be. Here's a recipe that is sure to please:

Rhonda's Gluten Free Holiday Stuffing

1 cup organic butter 1 cup diced organic celery 1 cup diced organic onion 1 cup organic Chicken or Beef Bone Broth 4 teaspoons poultry seasoning (or to taste) Salt and pepper to taste 1 loaf organic Gluten Free Bread, cut into cubes OR 1 bag of Ancient Grains Gluten Free Breadcrumbs Giblets or other ingredients as desired

Melt butter in 2 or 3 qt saucepan. Add vegetables and sauté until slightly softened. Add broth and poultry seasoning. Stir in bread cubes or breadcrumbs and combine until all bread is coated. Turn into a 1 1/2 qt casserole dish and slide into a preheated 350° oven until lightly browned on top.

Serving size: approx 3/4 cup. Serves 8.

Bone Broth Gravy

Use real bone broth as the base for homemade gravy to provide a savory and nutrient dense richness that can't be matched.

Here is a recipe for gravy that doesn’t depend on flour or starch to thicken it. This recipe can easily be doubled.

• One 24 oz container of Chicken or Beef Bone Broth
  
• 1/4 cup pan drippings from roasted meat (optional, but suggested)
• 1/2 t. poultry seasoning or other seasoning as desired
• Giblets or other ingredients as desired
• *1 T. arrowroot powder (optional)

Pour container of thawed bone broth into a 2 quart saucepan. Simmer uncovered on medium-low heat for 45 minutes. Add pan drippings, including the fat, and simmer for another 15 minutes.

*Optional: for thicker gravy, mix arrowroot powder with 1 tablespoon of water. Stir into the gravy and simmer for another minute.

Serving size: approx 1/4 cup. Serves 4.

Wishing you and yours a Happy and Healthy Holiday!!