A Gluten-Free Chanukah

Photo: First night of Chanukah at my parents' house

How did Chanukah creep up on us so fast? It's only the first week of December! Oh that whacky Jewish calendar (or a whacky Gregorian calendar, really). I didn't really have time in between Thanksgiving and now to cook up some new Chanukah recipes, so I'm going to have to regurgitate (metaphorically) some oldies but goodies. To save folks the trouble of digging through the archives, here's a roundup of my Chanukah recipes from last year, as well as a few recipes that aren't Chanukah specific but would be appropriate for this week's festive meals. It is a custom for this holiday to eat foods that are fried in oil, in honor of the miracle of one night's worth of oil lasting for eight nights in the Chanukah story. The oil burned for eight nights, we light eight candles, we gain at least eight pounds and spell the holiday's name at least eight ways.

Happy Chanukah / Hanukkah / Hanukah everyone!

GLUTEN-FREE CHANUKAH RECIPES

Parsnip & Carrot Confetti Latkes


Traditional Gluten-Free Latkes (Potato Pancakes)


Celery Root & Potato Latkes


Homemade Cranberry Applesauce & Traditional Applesauce


Vegan Cashew Sour Cream


Gluten-Free Sufganiyot (Jelly Donuts)


Chocolate-Dipped Apricot Gelt


OTHER FRIED GOODIES


Leek Fritters (Prassokeftedes)


Gluten-Free Fried Mozzarella Sticks


Fried Leeks with Tarragon Vinegar