Holiday

Closeup of turkey slices on a plate with rosemary and apple slice. The full breast is in the background on a platter.

Brined Turkey Breast

Brined Turkey Breast (AIP/Paleo) proves that turkey need not be dry! For those who love white meat, or just don’t want to cook a whole bird.

Here is an overhead view of Strawberry Chip Cookie Pops. There are three decorated Easter egg cookie pops with piped chocolate and jelly beans, two bunny pops, and one sad-looking duck cookie pop.

Strawberry Chip Cookie Pops

These AIP/Paleo Strawberry Chip Cookie Pops are a fun decorating project, or a treat for a holiday. Of course, you can always just skip the stick, and eat them plain!

Spiced Vanilla Poached Pears on an ivory plate and napkin, in a holiday scene with candles, lights, and greenery

Spiced Vanilla Poached Pears

Spiced Vanilla Poached Pears are an elegant dessert, easier to make than they look!Β Β Suitable for many diet templates.Β Β Try your hand at them!

Flatlay of Orange Maple Chicken Drumsticks on a platter with thyme sprigs and orange slices. They are shiny, and garnished with thyme leaves and chopped dried cranberries.

Orange Maple Chicken Drumsticks

Though these tender Orange Maple Glazed Chicken Drumsticks can be served at any time of year, they can be a simple holiday main dish, garnished with fresh thyme leaves and chopped dried cranberries.Β Β If you are tired of turkey, these chicken drumsticks can be a lovely alternative!

Caramelized Cranberry & Butternut Squash in a cream-colored bowl, garnished with fresh sage sitting on a napkin and a rustic wooden background

Caramelized Cranberry & Butternut Squash

Caramelized Cranberry & Butternut Squash levels up traditional flavors. Try this easy-to-make side dish in your holiday meal!

Tender & Tangy Brisket (AIP/Paleo) garnished with fresh thyme on a platter with a rustic meat fork

Tender & Tangy Brisket (AIP/Paleo)

This slow-cooked Tender & Tangy Brisket (AIP/Paleo) is easy to make, and perfect for holiday celebrations. It makes great leftovers, too!

Overhead view of Irish Colcannon (AIP/Paleo) in a green bowl, garnished with sliced leeks, next to a lovely piece of kale.

Irish Colcannon (AIP/Paleo)

This version of Irish Colcannon (AIP/Paleo) uses both kale and cabbage. Unlike the traditional version, it contains no nightshades or dairy!

Coffee-rubbed Roast Beef (AIP/Paleo)

This easy Coffee-rubbed Roast Beef (AIP/Paleo) is as versatile as it is mouth-watering! Serve as a main dish, or slice leftovers thin for wraps.

Pomegranate Rosemary Spritzer Mocktail wide view, garnished with a sprig of rosemary and a lemon twist

Pomegranate Rosemary Spritzer Mocktail

With a few easy ingredients, you can make this Pomegranate Rosemary Mocktail to satisfy the desire for a fancy drink – minus the alcohol!

Flatlay of Jellied Cranberry Sauce (Paleo/AIP) garnished with orange twist and a sprig of rosemary on a plate with a silver butter knife

Jellied Cranberry Sauce (Paleo/AIP)

Jellied Cranberry Sauce (Paleo/AIP) is a healthier (and tastier!) alternative to the traditional stuff that plops out in the shape of a can. Yum!

Collage of recipes - Everything But The Bird

Everything But The Bird (Paleo/AIP)

Everything But The Bird (Paleo/AIP) is a collection of recipes for your Thanksgiving meal, from appetizers to dessert – minus the turkey!

Scene with Cranberry Orange Meatballs in a footed bowl topped with rosemary near bowls of oranges and fresh cranberries

Cranberry Orange Meatballs (AIP/Paleo)

Cranberry Orange Meatballs (AIP/Paleo) are versatile, and can be served as a holiday appetizer, or as a main dish. All fresh ingredients!

Slices of Irish Soda Bread (AIP/Paleo) studded with raisins in front of a half cut loaf

Irish Soda Bread (AIP/Paleo)

This Irish Soda Bread (AIP/Paleo) is easy to make, and coconut free! Also free of gluten, dairy, soy, nuts, seeds, eggs, nightshades, legumes or processed sugar.

Heart-shaped Flavored Carob Candies on a dish romantically set midst roses and rose petals

Flavored Carob Candies

These easy Flavored Carob Candies can be formed two ways, and flavored many ways. In this recipe, I’m highlighting two: mint or lemon. Which do you prefer?

Gingerbread Mini Bundts garnished with lemon cream, raspberries and sprigs of mint

Gingerbread Mini Bundts

Gingerbread Mini Bundts (AIP/Paleo) will satisfy your desire for a decadent holiday or wintertime dessert. All the warm, spiced nostalgia, and none of the gluten!

spiced pomegranate wassail garnished with two orange wheels and a cinnamon stick in a spicy winter scene

Spiced Pomegranate Wassail

Spiced Pomegranate Wassail is a warm, non-alcoholic drink similar to hot apple cider. Perfect for people who can’t have hot chocolate or egg nog!

Full pumpkin pie with cut out leaves of crust on top set in a Thanksgiving scene

Pumpkin Pie (AIP/Paleo)

This Pumpkin Pie (AIP/Paleo) recipe might actually be easier than traditional recipes. You bake the crust, and the refrigerator does the rest. Time saved!

breadless holiday dressing in a Thanksgiving scene

Holiday Dressing (AIP/Paleo)

This Holiday Dressing is breadless, but every bit as delicious as the traditional type of dressing. Enjoy it with any meal – even breakfast!

Glazed honeynut squash in a fall scene

Glazed Honeynut Squash

This recipe for Glazed Honeynut Squash – sweet, smoky and starchy – is a delicious way to try these cute, little squashes. They are personal size!

Halloween Mini Meatloaves - Jack-o-lantern shaped meatloaves with face piped on with pumpkin puree

Halloween Mini Meatloaves

Halloween Mini Meatloaves (AIP/Paleo) are a fun way to celebrate – and get more veggies in you, too! Kids can think of them as Halloween “hamburgers.”

Toasty Rutabaga Mash

Toasty Rutabaga Mash is adapted from Irish cuisine for the AIP/Paleo. There is a touch of creaminess, some caramelized onions and fresh parsley to elevate this humble dish.

No-potato Galette

This delicious galette is easier to make than it looks! That means if you are trying to impress anybody with your awesomeness as a cook, you can lay this baby down on the table next to a succulent meat dish, and be all smug about it.

Brined Cornish Hens

These Brined Cornish Hens are seriously juicy and delicious! If you’ve never brined anything before, trying it on smaller birds like these is a great way to start.

Apple Cinnamon Acorn Squash

Apple Cinnamon Acorn Squash is a five-ingredient side dish that is tasty enough to be part of your breakfast the next day! Or lunch. Or dessert. Or whatever.

AIP Pie Crust

This AIP Pie Crust is as close as I could come to the crust I remember growing up. Crust is tricky anyway without being AIP, and this one is no different. It is, however, quite forgiving. If it breaks, just mush it back together!

Halloween Food Fun

This is it.  I have truly gone over the edge.  But I can’t help it!  I get a kick out of being creative with food, and having a bit of Halloween fun makes me happy. πŸŽƒ I share this with you purely for the fun of it.  These two recipes […]

Closeup of Irish Carrot Soup in a dainty two-handled bowl surrounded by parsley

Irish Carrot Soup (AIP/Paleo)

This Irish Carrot Soup (AIP/Paleo), adapted from a recipe in an old Irish cookbook, is free of gluten, dairy, and nightshades. Simple and delicious! Only after a lot of genealogical exploration did I learn the extent of the Irish blood running through my veins. As if the green eyes, freckles […]

Several Carob-dipped Strawberries on a cake stand, piped with vanilla frosting in intricate designs

Carob-dipped Strawberries

What’s more romantic than chocolate-dipped strawberries? If you can’t eat chocolate, though, try these Carob-dipped Strawberries instead!

Partially cut pork roast w/cranberry orange glaze on a silver platter on top of holiday greens, surrounded by berries, oranges and lights

Pork Roast w/Cranberry Orange Glaze

This Pork Roast w/Cranberry Orange Glaze is easy, elegant, beautiful and delicious. Perfectly suited for a holiday or wintertime dinner!

Plate of decorated Gingerbread Cookies (AIP/Paleo). There are stars, reindeer, and gingerbread men. One of them has a leg bitten off!

AIP Gingerbread Cookies and Frosting

These AIP Gingerbread Cookies and Frosting taste just like my great-grandmother’s cookies. You can join the cookie decorating fun, even while on a healing diet!