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The other day I was thinking about what people eat on Christmas morning. I even asked my Dad for his thoughts to which he responded “I don’t know…pine nuts?” WHAT? Seeing as we don’t celebrate Christmas neither one of us is an expert in this area. But I do consider myself a connoisseur of breakfast giving me moderate credibility to weigh in on the topic.

orange cheese blintzesBesides the last few years where I’ve spent Christmas with C’s family, my typical Christmas breakfast consists of cold chinese food. Okay not actually, I usually eat oatmeal. But have you ever wondered what the Jews do on Christmas? We eat Chinese food and go to the movies. This is not a generalization, it’s actually a holy day.

orange cheese blintzes 1Since I don’t know what to eat for Christmas breakfast I thought I would share a recipe from my people. Blintzes will forever remind me of my Bubby. In addition to enough bagels and lox to feed a small village my Bubby always had blintzes in the house. The blintzes were usually potato-based but then my life was changed forever when I tried the cheese blintzes at Katz’s Deli in New York. It was like a Bar Mitzvah in my mouth! Long overdo that I post my own twist on a classic cheese blintz recipe.

Orange Cheese Blintzes {Gluten-Free}

by The Healthy Maven

Prep Time: 10 mins

Cook Time: 20 mins

Keywords: cook bake breakfast gluten-free orange cheese Christmas Jewish

 

Ingredients (Yields: 10 blintzes)

  • 1 cup brown rice flour
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 cup unsweetened almond milk
  • 4 eggs
  • For the filling:
  • 2 cups 0% fat cottage cheese
  • 1 tsp orange zest
  • Juice, 1/2 orange
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 T coconut palm sugar

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

2. In a large bowl combine brown rice flour, water, almond milk and eggs. Whisk until well combined and all clumps are gone.

3. In a large regular or crepe pan spray or melt coconut oil over medium-high heat.

4. Add 1/2 cup of batter and stir contents to form a circle.

5. Cook for about a minute before flipping to the other side for 20 seconds. Watch heat, if batter starts to brown the pan is too hot, decrease heat.

6. Place on plate with a sheet of paper towel on top.

7. Repeat steps 3-6 until all batter has been used. About 10 blintzes.

8. Meanwhile mix cottage cheese, orange zest, juice, vanilla and coconut palm sugar.

9. Divide filling evenly between the blintzes (about 2 T each).

10. Fold blintzes like envelopes by folding in left and right and then top and bottom.

11. Spray a 9 x 11 inch dish with non-stick spray or coconut oil.

12. Place blintzes seal-side down in dish and bake for 10 mins.

13. Top with sliced oranges, powdered sugar and maple syrup.

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Not feeling adventurous for Christmas morning? Check out my breakfast page for more inspiration or some of my favourites that I’ve gathered from around the web:

Slow-Cooker Creamy Coconut Steel Cut Oats from Fit Foodie Finds *GF & vegan

Thin Mint Cookie Pancakes from Kiss My Broccoli *GF & vegan

Crustless Quiche from Lexi’s Clean Kitchen *GF & paleo

Cinnamon Roll Pancakes from Edible Perspective *GF & vegan

Pumpkin Spice Latte Waffles from Minimalist Baker *vegan

Apple Cider Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Frosting from Making Thyme for Health *vegan

Do you have a traditional breakfast you eat on Christmas morning? Have you ever tried blintzes?

Meet the Maven

Hi! I'm Davida and welcome to my corner of the internet. I'm a wellness blogger, yoga teacher, certified herbalist, and green beauty lover.

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86 Comments

  1. Hahahahah I love your dad’s response! Hilarious. We always eat french toast 🙂

  2. HI Davida! Hope all is well! I haven’t blogged in forever so I am catching up on all my favorite blogs 🙂
    Those look really yummy. I worked with a teacher who is Jewish. She made us latkes and they were amazing! I tried one with applesauce and one with sour cream. Yummmyyyy!

    Hope you had a great holiday! 🙂

  3. I always assumed the Jewish ‘Chinese food and movies on Christmas’ thing was a stereotype, but good to know that it’s actually pretty true 😉 know what movie you’ll be going to see this year?
    And it’ll just be Eric and I Christmas morning and I imagine he’ll sleep long through the time that I’m ready for breakfast, but I’m thinking I may have to whip myself up some french toast…

  4. I LOVE CHEESE BLINTZES SO MUCH. When I used to work at a restaurant we served them and I would eat at least one every Sunday. Also–your photos are superb. Happy Holiday lady, and enjoy your Chinese food!

    1. Love that you know what blintzes are!!!! Everyone else is like “I don’t get it, is it crepe?” Hope you had a wonderful Christmas Erin!

  5. Oh man, these look delicious! Funny thing- my family always gets Chinese food on Christmas day (I’m half Norwegian and we celebrate Christmas on Christmas Eve in terms of opening presents/family dinners).

    These look like the perfect breakfast, though, much better than cold Chinese! YUM!

    1. I love hearing about different people’s traditions! Apparently Chinese food on Christmas is a popular thing 😉

  6. Oh yum!! These look so good… perfect for Christmas brunch!! Thanks for sharing girl!! Hope you have a lovely Christmas!!

  7. I haven’t heard of these but it sounds wonderful! Our Christmas breakfast is always coffee cake and fresh fruit but I would love to try making this another day. The combination of flavors and textures seems right up my ally. I hope you have a good Chinese food and movie day 🙂

    1. LOVE coffee cake. Which reminds me that I want to come up with a healthier version! That stuff is sooooo good!