{"id":38362,"date":"2010-12-27T11:14:04","date_gmt":"2010-12-27T16:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=38362"},"modified":"2010-12-27T11:14:39","modified_gmt":"2010-12-27T16:14:39","slug":"healthy-recipes-to-cook-for-kwanzaa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/12\/healthy-recipes-to-cook-for-kwanzaa\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthy Recipes to Cook for Kwanzaa"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Most of us know that Kwanzaa<\/em> is a week-long celebration held in the United States between Christmas and New Years to honor African-American heritage and culture. For most Americans, there is practically no such thing as a celebration without food, so we pulled together some of our favorite recipes for Kwanzaa.<\/p>\n

Although Kwanzaa is a relatively new holiday, created in 1966, the foods used to celebrate it are based on old traditions. According to Donna Mintz, a New York City-based personal chef, savory stews and jerk-seasoned meat are excellent additions to your Kwanzaa menu.<\/p>\n

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Soups and Stews<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Carrot Potato Soup<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Home-style Chicken Stew<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Garlic Potato Soup<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Lima Bean Chowder<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Spicy Bean Soup<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Fish, Meat and Poultry<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Baked Fish Fillets<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Creamy Chicken and Rice<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Peppered Salmon Steaks<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Oven Fried Chicken<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Skinny Steak Sandwich<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n


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Vegetables:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Braised Collard Greens with Red Wine<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Cauliflower Crunch<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Pepper-Steamed Kale<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Quick & Healthy Black Eyed Peas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Roasted Acorn Squash with Pomegranate & Arugula<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Bread and Rolls<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Black Pepper Bread<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Blueberry Scones<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Buttermilk Biscuits<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Cinnamon Pecan Muffins<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Orange Streusel Muffins<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Dessert<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Chocolate Cheesecake<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Honeyed Mangoes<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Red Velvet Cupcakes with Whipped Cream Cheese Frosting<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Spice Baked Bananas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Sweet Pumpkin Polenta<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Most of us know that Kwanzaa is a week-long celebration held in the United States between Christmas and New Years to honor African-American heritage and culture. For most Americans, there is practically no such thing as a celebration without food, … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3687,3695,16],"tags":[3684,281,7033,158,3864,7034,1958,7035,3710,5707,242],"class_list":["post-38362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adult-health","category-diet-and-nutrition","category-recipes","tag-bread","tag-desserts","tag-donna-mintz","tag-fish","tag-healthy-holidays","tag-kwanzaa","tag-meat","tag-poultry","tag-soups","tag-stew","tag-vegetables"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38362"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38482,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38362\/revisions\/38482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}