Gabriel in his new Christmas sweater made by Grandma Dottie.

Here at Naturally Texan we love Christmas but of course the parties and family gatherings mean extra hassle, sometimes uncomfortable discussions with friends and distant family about the “odd” diet restrictions and a lot of extra work baking gluten free or natural goodies, healthy eats and beverages to bring along.

We’ve learned to make it an adventure and part of the fun.  The foods we make are part of the gift giving and are made with love and joy, and less guilt knowing we are nourishing our family even if it’s a bit more sugar than we allow most of the year.

We will showcase some recipes over this next week to help you with your holiday planning next year or for New Year’s gatherings.  Next year we promise to have some excellent menu ideas for a family Christmas, holiday treats that are easily portable, and stocking stuffers that are healthier than most.

Saturday’s recipe is: Gabriel’s Favorite Peas AKA Parmesan Peas.  He’s looking forward to it as you can see in this picture taken while we were shopping.  He is wearing his new sweater made by his grandmother.  Check back this week for this recipe and more, simple, delicious and of course naturally Texan.

We are also making a gluten free fruitcake sure to please and it will definitely change your mind about fruitcake.  Fruitcake has an important historical significance and we will help you bring back this important tradition in a naturally Texan way.

We hope you will enjoy these recipes as much as we do.  Here in Texas it’s actually getting nippy and it looks like it may snow.  We have the great joy of our family, enough money for a few gifts and good food.  We have our health and a new job my husband.  We have much to be grateful for and joyous on this important holy day.  We also have our readers to thank for making this blog worthwhile.

We wish you a most joyous Holiday Season full of love and laughter.