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With Hanukkah getting underway this week and the fervor surrounding Christmas starting to build, we face another set of pandemic-altered holidays. We ought to be good at this by now, of course. The same sort of adaptations we made for Easter and Thanksgiving will help us create a holiday season that balances our desire for celebration and traditions with our need for social distancing and pint-sized gatherings. On the other hand, this is also a unique season that needs some unique new traditions. 

Your Thanksgiving table may have fewer people around it this year, but even if you adjust your menu to reflect the smaller gathering, there’s a good chance you’ll be boxing up some extra food at the end of the meal. After all, leftovers are as much a Thanksgiving tradition as the turkey itself. Figuring out what to do with that excess, however, can take a bit of creativity. Before you start warming up a repeat of your holiday meal, take a look at this curated list of awesome second-act dinners. 

Food allergy families are already well-versed in adapting recipes for their allergy-friendly table and creating non-food traditions. Thanksgiving during a pandemic, however, adds an entirely new twist to how we’ll celebrate. The good news is this: you’re a pro at adapting holiday norms to accommodate health needs. It’s time to put those “adapt to survive” food allergy family skills to use again and create a Thanksgiving to be grateful for!

Whether you’ve made an afternoon out of visiting the orchard with your family or you’ve just stocked up at the grocery store, you’ve got a lot of scrumptious options for what to do with apples and many of them can be adapted to work with your allergy-related restrictions. As we observe National Apple Day this week, let’s dig into some of those recipes.