One of the first blogs I found when I started SCD was Beth’s blog. She did SCD for her daughter Amy who suffered from Crohn’s disease. Beth always had the best recipes! Every year for Thanksgiving and Christmas I make her stuffing and pumpkin pie. I’ve never felt deprived at the holidays and even people who didn’t eat SCD loved the food.
She wrote a cookbook that is now available in print – The Turtle Soup SCD Cookbook. While it would make a great Christmas present, I would suggest buying it beforehand to enjoy the stuffing and pumpkin pie.
8 grain-free recipes (dairy and sugar-free with substitutions)
The apple-nut crisp dessert is completely SCD/GAPS legal and is so simple to make. And if you haven’t roasted a pumpkin to get pumpkin puree for making desserts with, then the video will definitely motivate you to try it. On SCD, pumpkin puree in a can is not to be used, so making your own is a must. I have been enjoying pumpkin pudding and pie filling the past couple months that pumpkins have been in season.
If you’re interested in signing up for the full cooking course, or for other individual classes, I have a coupon code NK20 that will get you 20% off the cost of the course. Just make sure to enter NK20 on the checkout page.
There is a wonderful new online cooking class available dedicated to holiday foods, and almost all of the recipes are suited to SCD, GAPS and Primal diets. I’m really enjoying taking online cooking courses. The fact that this course offers SCD/GAPS/Primal cooking lessons is great! I have done cooking classes in my hometown before, but none are suited to my diet. I know my first Thanksgiving I only ate about 3 dishes because I couldn’t have the rest of the stuff I prepared. Having a bit more guidance on how to prepare a whole holiday feast would have been helpful.
The course material is available for lifetime, so for holiday dinners to come you’ll always have some refresher videos to watch and your favorite recipes stored or printed out. There’s also access to an online forum with all the course participants. This is invaluable as everyone can exchange ideas, help each other out with learning and get questions answered from the course teacher, Jenny from Nourished Kitchen. I had the chance to meet her at the Wise Traditions Conference and she is so amazing!
Check out this video introduction for the course:
I will be signing up for the course too and I’m excited to get some new ideas. My family celebrates Christmas with a nice turkey dinner and we usually have a New Years feast with extended family featuring a roast ham. This on top of Thanksgiving makes for 3 feasts, so I can always use more recipes and techniques to help expand my culinary skills. If you’re on SCD or GAPS and worried about any of the recipes, I’ll be doing them too so we can compare notes in the forums.
This course is a bargain at $89, less than $10 per class.
Also note, you can sign up for individual classes so if there’s any classes particular that look most interesting to you, you can sign up for them on their own.
Some things you’ll learn how to do in the course:
Brine and slow-roast a turkey
Make a fantastic pie crust – without refined flour
Roast and puree a pumpkin
Make your own mayonnaise, ketchup and mustard
Make healthy gifts for friends and family
Ditch white flour and white sugar in your cookies & sweets
Make gluten-/grain-/dairy-free versions of your best holiday treats
Convert your favorite recipes to healthier versions
Entertain friends and family with over 30 menus and 175 included recipes
You’ll have access to multimedia online lessons, video tutorials, over 30 holiday menus, over 175 holiday recipes, downloadable print materials, and sample shopping lists.
Hope to see some SCD, GAPS and Primal eaters take these courses with me!
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