Celery Root and Leek Soup

Comfort food does not disappear on AIP, it just changes shape. This is the potato-leek soup you remember, rebuilt around celery root in place of the nightshade potato. It comes out creamy and almost cheesy-tasting, with no dairy in sight, and it lands on the table in about 30 minutes.

The bone broth base brings glycine and collagen, which support your gut lining and your connective tissue, the quiet repair work underneath recovery. Leeks and celery root add fiber and plant compounds that help feed a healthier gut community over time. This is a bowl that nourishes on more than one level.

A little ginger deepens the whole thing, more than you would expect. Finish it however feels good to you, with crumbled bacon, a scatter of parsley or chives. Set it down where you can actually sit with it.

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons coconut oil
• 2 leeks, sliced
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 inch fresh ginger, grated
• 2 lb celeriac (celery root), peeled and chopped
• 4 cups chicken bone broth
• 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar (omit if you are sensitive to histamine or have interstitial cystitis)
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
• 1/2 teaspoon dried parsley
• Crumbled bacon, parsley, or chives, to garnish

Note on swaps: the source lists 1/4 teaspoon black pepper, marked for omission on AIP. Black pepper is excluded on AIP Core, so it is left out here. Everything else is Core compliant; the apple cider vinegar is a permitted AIP vinegar, flagged only for low-histamine or IC.

Method

• Warm the coconut oil in a pot over medium heat. Add the sliced leeks and cook about 5 minutes, until soft.
• Stir in the garlic and ginger and cook 1 to 2 minutes more, until fragrant.
• Add the celeriac, bone broth, apple cider vinegar, salt, and dried parsley. Bring to a boil, then cover and simmer about 15 minutes, until the celery root is fork-tender.
• Blend the soup until smooth, using an immersion blender in the pot or working in batches in a countertop blender.
• Serve hot, with crumbled bacon, parsley, or chives on top.

*Adapted from acleanplate.com*