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Last Updated on December 23, 2020 by Patricia Carter

Summary: Most everyone wonders what are the ingredients that make up healing diet holiday recipes and that create nutrient dense, anti-inflammatory, low toxin great tasting traditional food that even folks not on any dietary restrictions will enjoy. Seems impossible, but it isabsolutelypossible. I do it all of the time; guests are amazed and hosts welcome such! For predinner delights, check out these appetizers! Otherwise, lets dive into our soup, tenderloin and sauce recipes, as well as many AIP blogger all time holiday favorites! Happy Holidays!

I’m sharing fourof my family’s and guests favorite holiday recipes (and myPinterest Holiday boardshares more) for our Butternut Squash Soup opener and incredible Whole Beef Tenderloin recipe which literally melts in your mouth and is great topped with Alton Brown’s Horseradish Cream Sauceor our fav Mushroom Sauce. The Horseradish Cream Sauce uses SCD 24 hour dripped yogurt (or Greek yogurt), and it is also a great salad dressing! We’ve tested lots of recipes but these stand the test of time and remain our holiday tradition first course and mainentree. It is interesting that long before I even knew what a healing diettrulywas, the soup, tenderoin, and mushroom sauce recipes arecoincidentally alsoautoimmune-protocol (AIP) compliant as well as PALEO, SCD, AND GAPS compliant. The Horseradish Cream Sauce is PALEO, SCD, AND GAPS compliant, but not AIP compliant due to the dairy. AIP is explained further below, but suffice it to say AIP is perhaps the most challenging of the healing diets due to the vast amount of foods eliminated, albeit this is temporary. I bet some of your own family favorites are AIP compliant!

I’m also sharing an incredible roundup of AIPblogger all time favorite and most popular holiday recipes.Check out the AIP ingredients listed below for several of those recipes for clues as to what are less gut irritating recipe ingredients and to learn more about this healing diet.

Butternut Squash Soup Recipe(AIP, PALEO, SCD, GAPS)

My Butternut Squash Soup Recipehas evolved over the years and is a combination of the best ofmany recipes including Epicurous. Usually for the holidays we serve this plain; you can add ingredients (lentils or berries) for a complete meal after the holiday blitz. For easy “How-to” instructions for making calcium rich nutrient dense bone broth for use in recipes see the recipe in this post. Another insider tip: This soup stays frozen for all day travel replacing ice packs nicely and moving through TSA without incident!

Whole Beef Tenderloin (AIP, PALEO, SCD, GAPS)—at every Christmas meal for as long as I can recall:

MANY MORE AIP Healing diet holiday recipes

Actually, there are a wealth of AIP compliant recipes online from amazing bloggers. This download, “Holidays on the Autoimmune Protocol, a recipe guide by the AIP blogging community”gathers together over 80 AIP compliant holiday recipes by the top AIP bloggers. Thefreepdf link is here.The document is interactive meaning you’ll need to click on the links to go to the recipe page on the original author’s website.

AIP is arguably one of the strictest of the healing diet protocols. AIP is used to induce remission in autoimmune diseases eliminating most all gut irritants. An AIP compliant recipe eliminates grains, beans, dairy, eggs, nuts, seeds (this includes spices such as nutmeg, fennel, coriander, cumin, dill, and poppy and sesame seed — cautious use is recommended for pepper, vanilla bean, cardamom, juniper, and allspice), and nightshades (these arepotatoes,tomatoes, peppers, and spices such as cayenne, chili powder, chili pepper flakes, curry, paprika and red pepper)! Don’t panic here… AIP is successfully used by many and although it isnot a forever diet,youare never meant to return to the Standard American Diet. Following gut healing AIP, you reintroduce foods; most can successfully reintroduce nuts, seeds, dairy, eggs, rice, buckwheat, and quinoa (properly prepared in most cases).

This is the list of incredible bloggers that came together to make this guide happen. Sincerely, thank you for your generous spirit and share of talent!

Here’s just a few of the AIP recipes and their ingredients to give you a flavor for the ingredients contained in nutrient dense, anti-inflammatory, low toxin great tasting traditionalholidayAIP compliant recipes:

AIP Hummusby Alaena —Grazed and Enthused:

• 3 cups peeled and cubed Japanese yam
• 4 large cloves of garlic, crushed
• 2 Tbsp lemon juice
• ¼ cup olive oil
• 2 Tbsp palm shortening
• ¼ tsp sea salt

AIP Roasted Squash Soup with Thymeby Kate —Healing Family Eats:

• 1 x 1.5kg blue hubbard squash (or butternut), cut into medium chunks
• 1 large leek, sliced into large chunks
• 1 med onion, quartered
• 3 Tbsp unrefined coconut oil, divided (Costco Organic or Nutiva Organic works)
• 2 stalks celery, chopped
• 1 rounded tbsp fresh thyme leaves
• 4 cups chicken bone broth
• 1 tsp sea salt

AIP Plantain FocacciabyMary –Simple and Merry:

4 cups peeled and cubed GREEN plantain pieces (3 or 4 green plantains)
1-3 cloves garlic
1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
1/3 to 1 cup water
1 tsp sea salt

Apple-Cranberry Holiday StuffingbyMickey — Autoimmune Paleo

• 1 sweet potato, cut into 1″ squares
• 1 cup fresh cranberries, cut into halves
• ¾ cup bone broth
• 4 slices pastured bacon
• ½ onion, chopped
• 4 stalks celery, chopped
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 Tbsp rosemary, minced
• 1 Tbsp solid cooking fat (pastured butter or coconut oil works)
• 2 cups mushrooms, sliced thinly
• 1½ heads of cauliflower, finely shred in a food processor until it forms “rice” sized granules
• 1 green apple, cut into 1″ squares
• ¼ tsp cinnamon
• ½ tsp sea salt

Sautéed Collard Greens and ApplesbySamantha — Sweet Potatoes and Social Change

• 1 small onion
• 1 apple
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 2 Tbsp of bacon Fat or solid animal fat
• 2-3 Cups of Chopped Collard Greens
• 2 Tbsp of apple cider vinegar
• 1/2 tsp of sea salt

Maple-Cranberry Brussels SproutsbyMickey — Autoimmune Paleo

• 2 lbs brussels sprouts, ends removed and halved
• 2 Tbsp solid cooking fat (Bacon grease is particularly yummy here, but you could use coconut oil, tallow, lard, or duck fat)
• 1 cup fresh cranberries, halved
• ½ Tbsp maple syrup (optional)
• ½ tsp sea salt
• ¼ tsp lemon zest
• Squeeze of lemon juice

Slow-Roasted Prime RibbyMickey — Autoimmune Paleo

• 1 3-rib prime rib roast, bone-in but separated from the meat, and tied back up (6-7 pounds)
• 2 tsp sea salt

And desserts… there’s 21 recipes listed, from apple pie to loads of pumpkin type; these will satisfy everyone at your table!

So there you go… just passing on a great recipe resource for your use as you plan you holidays and parties.

Happy holidays everyone!

Last updated: December 23, 2020 at 19:56 pm to add the link to our post of appetizers and AIP blogger favorites. Post was also updated to add the link to the new Bone Broth Recipe post. The prior June 26, 2017 update clarified that four of my recipes are provided in this post (not two) and to note thatAlton Brown’s Horseradish Cream Sauce—which uses SCD 24 hour dripped yogurt (or Greek yogurt) is also great as a salad dressing, and to add in our fav “Mushroom Sauce” recipe. Both are great tenderloin toppers!

Prior Feb 18, 2017 update was for SEO Optimization.