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7 Healthy (And Delicious) Holiday Recipes

Looking for healthy recipes to celebrate the holidays? Here are some delicious gluten-free, vegan, and paleo treats that won't wreak havoc on your diet.

Mindith Rahmat

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Looking for healthy recipes to celebrate the holidays? If you eat a gluten-free, corn-free, paleo, raw, or any other ‘special’ diet, you don’t necessarily have to give up your habits to enjoy holiday treats. Here are some delicious gluten-free, vegan, and paleo recipes that won’t wreak havoc on your diet.

Recipe: Go Gluten-Free & Still Eat Your Holiday Pumpkin Bread (Tori Garten)

Curious about going gluten-free and need tips? Want to try a holiday-themed recipe and see how good it can be? Learn how Tori went gluten-free without giving up her favorites!

Recipe: Holiday Pumpkin Parfait (Danette “Dizzle” Rivera)

This holiday recipe is three wonderful things: it tastes fabulous, it’s simple to make, and it’s made from wholesome ingredients. You can’t miss with this pumpkin, pecan, cranberry concoction.

Recipe: The Banana Graveyard (aka Chocolate Chip Banana Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies) (Tori Garten)

Check out my recipe for Chocolate Chip Banana Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies – also known as, “There’s a lot going on in that cookie!”

Recipe: Tori’s Grand Cookie Experiment – Gluten-Free Holiday Cookies (Tori Garten)

My first Christmas with no gluten and no corn – how in the world would I make holiday cookies? Follow me on my grand experiment and I’ll share my failures…AND a couple recipes!

Recipes For a Holiday Feast – Paleo Style (Laura Meredith)

The holidays can invoke panic about cooking and being healthy! To get you started and help alleviate your food anxiety, I’ve put together these recipes for a complete paleo feast.

Recipe: Gluten Free Cheddar & Chive Scones – A Partner For Soup & Salad (Tori Garten)

With the temperature rapidly dropping, perhaps you too are searching for something bread-y to pair with your soup, stews, or salads. I think I have found the gluten-free answer!

Recipe: Gluten-Free Chocolate Zucchini Cupcakes (Tori Garten)

Harvest seasons is ending and you still have a pile of zucchini to deal with. Instead of making traditional bread, how about trying these gluten-free chocolate cupcakes? You can freeze them, too!

Mindith Rahmat

About Mindith Rahmat

Mindith is a born mover. She has spent her life exploring various athletic disciplines, starting with ballet and modern dance from an early age. She went on to become a E-RYT 500 certified yoga therapist and teacher and discovered CrossFit after the birth of her daughter.

Mindith coached CrossFit at a number of boxes near her home in Southern California, which lead to her involvement in Russian kettlebells and Olympic weightlifting. She has coached a wide variety of populations and cares deeply for women’s health, specializing in pregnancy and postpartum fitness. She is currently studying the principles of Natural Movement and Kettlebell Sport, and is working to complete an additional teacher training in the Taoist art of Yin Yoga with Master Paulie Zink.

Mindith founded Breaking Muscle in 2011. Over 5 million people a month have visited the site, hundreds of thousands of them follow Breaking Muscle on social media, nearly 2,000 coaches have written or appeared on its pages, and there are thousands of free, fully-formed training plans freely available. Breaking Muscle has won numerous awards in the industry and is recognized for pioneering new approaches to fitness and coaching techniques. In 2021, Breaking Muscle was acquired by Barbend. Mindith continues to devote time to her kids, pursue her doctorate in psychology, do research, and teach.

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