This holiday season as you hustle and bustle about to properly prepare for the celebrations to come, we invite you to take a moment to stop and give a nod to you and your gut health journey thus far. Whether you’re just getting started or consider yourself a microbiome probiotic pro, we hope you’ll nourish your body this season and celebrate where you are right now and all the things to come in the new year.
We also want to show our thanks to you by sharing some of our favorite Christmas and Hanukkah recipes we’ve created over the years that embody the way Lifeway kefir and Farmer cheese elevate your recipe creations with a probiotic twist in a variety of ways unlike any other.
1. Hot Whipped Kefir Cocoa
No holiday season is complete with a perfectly hot cup of cocoa. That’s why we created this Hot Whipped Kefir Cocoa starring our rich and creamy Organic Whole Milk Vanilla Lifeway Kefir, the perfect kefir to use in this recipe. Our cocoa recipe is perfectly sweet without being too much and is so fluffy it’s like drinking a probiotic cloud. Sip this seasonal Hot Whipped Kefir Cocoa recipe and feel the stress dissipate in no time!
2. Fruit and Veggie Loaded Green Smoothie
If you’re looking for a festive, healthier way to celebrate this year, this is the perfect smoothie for you! Our Fruit and Veggie Loaded Green Smoothie gives a friendly nod to the classic movie we all know and love. Leafy greens and plenty of fruits allow you to get your greens in a sweeter way so you won’t even taste them! Plain Lifeway kefir lets the other ingredients shine while still giving you all the probiotics you love about Lifeway to nourish your body in more ways than one.
3. Peppermint Mocha Probiotic Smoothie
This classic flavor combination is not one to skip during the holiday season, so we encourage you to give our version a try that’s bursting with probiotic peppermint goodness! A proper Peppermint Mocha Probiotic Smoothie should be complete with rich chocolate, just enough mint without overpowering the drink, and a creamy base. That’s where our Organic Vanilla Whole Milk Lifeway Kefir works perfectly. It offers a creamy, rich base that’s high in probiotics, complete protein, and healthy fats with real vanilla flavoring. It’s a great base for indulgent recipes like this one and is versatile enough to use everyday.
4. Pomegranate, Cranberry and Farmer Cheese Baguette Bites
This tangy, sweet, and savory recipe combines a array of incredible textures and flavors with a creamy mouthfeel that’s powered by Lifeway Farmer Cheese, our artisan cheese that’s high in protein, probiotics, and is the perfect replacement to cottage cheese. Our Farmer Cheese is rich, creamy, and smooth and ready to spread right out of the package (no blending required!) and is an excellent way to support your microbiome. It’s the best topping for baguettes, bagels, and toasts like this Pomegranate, Cranberry, and Farmer Cheese Baguette Bites recipe.
5. Minty Sugar Cookie Smoothie
Starring our Holiday Cookie Kefir, this recipe is the epitome of holiday bliss in a cup! Our Holiday Cookie Kefir has that sugar cookie flavor we all know and love without the huge amounts of refined sugar in the actual cookies. It’s the perfect kefir flavor to use in this Minty Sugar Cookie Smoothie recipe. Serve this up on Christmas Eve as a special treat, and if you want to use our plain kefir to use this, you could do that as well if you prefer something a little less sweet.
6. Broccoli Mushroom Egg Breakfast Casserole
We know for many of you, Christmas morning isn’t complete without a warm pan of breakfast casserole. There are many variations out there to choose from, but we have to say that our Broccoli, Mushroom, and Egg Breakfast Casserole is a top competitor for the best yet! It’s savory, rich, and full flavored without being too heavy, is filled with veggies, and uses two of our classic Lifeway products: our Farmer Cheese and our Organic Whole Milk Plain Kefir. This casserole offers the best texture, flavor, and mouthfeel without any unnecessary ingredients, plus both of these Lifeway products are packed with protein.
7. Farmer Cheese Linzer Cookies
Linzer cookies are one of the most recognized and well-loved varieties of holiday cookies out there, so we had to create our own version filled with Lifeway cheese and raspberry filling. Perfectly creamy, tart, and tangy made with real ingredients, our Farmer Cheese Linzer Cookie recipe is a real crowd pleaser. Time to get baking!
8. Cranberry Mint Smoothie
Cranberries are a classic holiday ingredient not to be missed—and they can be enjoyed well into January when winter’s chill is still present for many of us. This Cranberry Mint Smoothie is sweet, tangy, and minty, and it’s such a treat you won’t want to miss it. It features our Limited Edition Cranberry Kefir that comes out in late December/early January, so be sure you’re ready to make this recipe and grab a bottle at a store near you. Or, just use our plain or vanilla kefir instead if you wish!
9. Berry Wonderland French Toast
If French toast is your holiday morning recipe of choice, then don’t fret! We have the probiotic-infused French toast recipe you’ll want to try. Our Berry Wonderland French Toast is sweet, tart, and balanced with our microbiome-loving Lifeway kefir. The bread is first soaked with our kefir, and our Farmer Cheese is spread in layers on top. It’s a berry-filled recipe packed with probiotics, antioxidants, and protein so you won’t get such a sugar rush but will still enjoy the seasonal sweetness of French toast!
10. Farmer Cheese Stuffed Puffed Pastry
One of our newest recipes, this Farmer Cheese Stuffed Puffed Pastry Recipe is an all-star appetizer! Serve it before a main meal or offer it up at brunch or a dinner party as one of the main recipes if the eats are on the light side. Our Farmer Cheese is an excellent accompanying cheese to use with puffed pastry recipes, and it goes delightfully with the herbs this recipe includes. We know you’ll love it!
11. Crispy Potato Latkes with Farmer Cheese
If you’re celebrating Hanukkah this year, be sure to prepare a batch of these Crispy Potato Latkes with Farmer Cheese. They’re an excellent holiday appetizer and are sure to be a star recipe you and yours will enjoy and couldn’t be easier to make in case you’re short on time. The smoked salmon elevates this dish without meat and takes the flavor to a new level.
12. Strained Kefir French Onion Dip
Strained Lifeway kefir is a deserving dip base, if we do say so ourselves! Once strained, our kefir turns into a rich and creamy dip base that we use in this recipe to create that signature French onion dip flavor. Serve this spectacular appetizer and watch it disappear in no time! You can serve this with crackers, pita bread, matzah bread, or whatever other dipping accessory you prefer!
13. Farmer Cheeseball Bites
Craft an easy spread of our Farmer Cheeseball Bites that are filled with a holiday flavor. Perfected with accents of almonds, cranberries, honey, and rosemary, these Farmer Cheeseball Bites are sure be a repeat recipe for years to come!
14. Reindeer Nut Butter Toasts
For those looking for a fun recipe to make for the kiddos in their lives, these Reindeer Nut Butter Toasts are the perfect answer. Even adults will love these fun toasts! Lifeway Farmer Cheese is the star ingredient here that acts as the creamy spread across these toasts which are adorned with food decorations to look like reindeer faces. We use nut butter to elevate the nutrients in this recipe and adorn the top with berries for an extra fun touch!
15. Peppermint Eggnog Smoothie
Here’s to a touch of indulgence for the end of the year! Our Peppermint Eggnog Smoothie is a festive way to ring in the year’s end and celebrate all the holidays in its path. Filled with a flavor combination of peppermint, rich eggnog, a touch of chocolate, and our creamy kefir base, this recipe is a must-make for the adults in your life who want to enjoy the holidays with an extra bit of spirit.
If you want more recipes to choose from, we’ve got plenty right here in our Recipes section. Also, be sure to keep up with us on social media where we share all our latest and greatest there. We wish you and yours a warm and memorable holiday season!