5 Easy Gluten-Free Kwanzaa Recipes

These 5 easy gluten-free Kwanzaa recipes are simple to incorporate for a Kwanzaa feast. Kwanzaa, an African holiday celebrated for seven days beginning  December 26, honors fruits and vegetables. Participants in a Kwanzaa meal who adhere to gluten-free diets can enjoy whole foods and fruits without deprivation. Substituting gluten-rich breads, such as wheat, for corn-based breads can feel satisfying without triggering side effects. Kwanzaa is a time of celebration and enjoying a healthy feast brings happiness indeed.

Fruit Kabobs with Yogurt-Honey Fondue 

Ingredients:

• Banana
• Apple
• Melon
• Strawberries
• Unflavored yoghurt
• Honey

1. Chop bananas, apples and melon. Affix the chopped fruit on a wooden skewer, alternating with strawberries.
2. Mix yogurt with honey to taste.
3. Pour in bowl or pour into small individual cups.
4. Dip the fruit in the yogurt fondue. 

Carrot Raisin Salad

Ingredients:

• Carrots
• Raisins
• Mayonnaise

1. Grate carrots into bowl. Mix in raisins.
2. Spoon in mayonnaise. Stir the salad until well mixed.

Baked Tilapia

Ingredients:

• Tilapia fillets
• Soy sauce
• Olive oil
• Ginger root 
• Garlic
• Lemon

1. Lightly squeeze lemon over tilapia. Place in a baking pan.
2. Mix equal parts soy sauce and olive oil. Brush on the mixture on the tilapia.
3. Slice garlic. Put the garlic around the tilapia.
4. Grate a teaspoon of ginger root over the tilapia.
5. Bake for twenty to 30 minutes. Bake until tilapia is browned.

Cooked Sweet Butternut Squash

Ingredients:

• Butternut squash
• Large yellow or white onion
• Butter
• Cinnamon
• Water

1. Wash the squash. Chop squash into cubes.
2. Cut onions into large rings.
3. Arrange squash and onions in cooking pot.
4. Add two tablespoons of butter and cook with the lid on about 45 minutes
5. Sprinkle cinnamon into the pot.  

Tofu Stir Fry

• Extra firm tofu
• Broccoli
• Cashews
• Olive or sesame oil
• Ginger

1. Heat the oil in a deep pot.
2. Cut the tofu into large cubes
3. Wash the broccoli. Set aside.
4. When oil is very hot, add the tofu. Next, add the broccoli.
5. Quickly stir the tofu and broccoli. Add the cashews.