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Christmas Recipes

Christmas is all about comfort, warmth, and a little bit of indulgence—and these are the recipes that help make the season feel extra special in my home. Whether you’re hosting a holiday brunch, planning Christmas dinner, or baking something sweet, you’ll find plenty of festive inspiration here.

I love starting the morning with my cozy Breakfast Casserole—easy to make ahead and perfect for feeding a crowd. For dinner, a juicy, herb-crusted Pork Loin makes a beautiful centerpiece. A batch of Spiced Mulled Wine brings warmth to any gathering, and Easy Sugar Cookies are a must for holiday baking (and decorating with kids!).

A detailed close-up of two thick slices of pork loin, showing the juicy interior and seasoned crust. The slices rest beside smooth mashed potatoes and vibrant green beans, all on a white plate.

How to Cook the Perfect Oven-Roasted Pork Loin

White soup bowl filled with split pea soup with chunks of ham and carrots and topped with homemade croutons and fresh parsley.

Mom’s Best Split Pea Soup with Ham

White bowl filled with creamy, rich, and fluffy mashed potatoes and topped with melted butter and minced parsley.

Mashed Potatoes Recipe

White bowl filled with creamy, rich, and fluffy mashed potatoes cooked in the Instant Pot and topped with melted butter and minced parsley.

Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes

Several serving bowls filled with creamy, buttery mashed potatoes garnished with green onions.

Crockpot Mashed Potatoes

Two glasses filled with warm mulled wine garnished with a cinnamon stick, orange slice, fresh black berries, and cranberry.

Mulled Wine

Hand potato masher resting in a large pot filled with creamy mashed russet potatoes with whole cloves of roasted garlic.

Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes

Close up image of sausage stuffed mushrooms on a baking sheet topped with crispy golden buttery breadcrumbs and garnished with fresh chopped parsley.

Sausage Stuffed Mushrooms

Three golden buttermilk biscuits stacked on top of one another.

Buttermilk Biscuits

Medium saucepan filled with homemade cranberry sauce made with fresh cranberries and garnished with thin ribbons of orange peel.

Cranberry Sauce Recipe

Large stock pot filled with creamy herb and garlic infused mashed potatoes topped with two pats of butter and freshly chopped chives.

Boursin Mashed Potatoes

Large wooden serving spoon filled with gooey, cheesy, perfectly baked scalloped potatoes in a cream sauce and topped with cheese.

Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes

Classic cheese ball coated in chopped pecans and garnished with fresh parsley on a plate and served with various types of crackers and crostini.

Cheese Ball Recipe

Small serving tongs holding one crab stuffed mushroom over a baking sheet with the remaining baked crab stuffed mushrooms.

Crab Stuffed Mushrooms

One corner dinner roll removed partially from a pan filled with perfectly baked yeast dinner rolls with golden tops.

Yeast Dinner Rolls Recipe (Soft & Buttery)

Small white salad plate with a serving of scalloped potatoes and ham baked with a thick and creamy cheese sauce.

Scalloped Potatoes and Ham

Small white serving bowl filled with loaded mashed potato casserole with melted cheddar cheese, chopped bacon bits, and garnished with minced parsley.

Mashed Potato Casserole

Pineapple cheese ball in the shape of a disc and coated in pecans on a small wood cutting board with a single cracker stuck in the center.

Pineapple Cheese Ball

Serving of breakfast casserole made with bread, sausage, egg, and cheese on a white plate with a gold fork, orange juice, and a small bowl filled with fruit in the background.

Best-Ever Breakfast Casserole

Large oval platter filled with mini marshmallows, pineapple, mandarin oranges, grapes, maraschino cherries, pecans, and shredded coconut in a creamy whipped topping.

Ambrosia Salad

Three plates with a black rim filled with Crockpot cheesy potatoes and garnished with minced parsley.

Crockpot Cheesy Potatoes

Wooden serving spoon in a large white casserole dish filled with gooey, cheesy baked funeral potatoes topped with crispy cornflakes.

Best Ever Funeral Potatoes

White baking dish filled with homemade turkey tetrazzini and topped with melted white cheddar cheese.

The Best Turkey Tetrazzini Recipe

Overhead image of a large serving bowl filled with cold Olivier salad made with cooked potatoes, carrots, hard boiled egg, diced egg, peas, dill pickles, and onion in a creamy mayonnaise dressing.

Olivier Salad (Russian Potato Salad)

White serving bowl filled with creamy mashed cauliflower drizzled with brown butter and garlic.

Cauliflower Mashed Potatoes

Overhead image of a sweet potato pie with one slice removed.

Sweet Potato Pie Recipe

Roast Turkey Breast Recipe

Creamed corn in a large shallow pot.

Creamed Corn Recipe

Overhead image of a large rectangle baking dish filled with cornbread dressing with sausage and fresh herbs.

Cornbread Dressing

chocolate cake cookies

Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies

Glass Pyrex dish filled with cheesy tater tot breakfast casserole.

Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole

A slow cooker filled with Ham and Bean soup

Ham and Bean Soup (Crock Pot)

Close up of a large white salad bowl filled with shredded Brussels sprouts, kale, avocado, grated carrot, pomegranate arils, tossed in a light lemon vinaigrette.

Shaved Brussels Sprout Salad

White rectangle serving plate filled with bacon wrapped shrimp and garnished with fresh parsley.

Bacon Wrapped Shrimp

White platter filled with simply seasoned delicata squash

How to Cook Delicata Squash

Herb Stuffed Mushrooms

Easy Stuffed Mushrooms

Baked Sweet Potato Rounds topped with a mixture of goat cheese, ricotta, and fresh herbs and garnished with dried cranberries, walnuts, and honey.

Sweet Potato Appetizer

Close up image of cranberry sauce covered meatballs in a large slow cooker.

Cranberry Meatballs

Block of baked brie on a small wood serving board sliced open with gooey cheese oozing out.

Baked Brie

Leftover Turkey Quesadillas with Asiago and White Cheddar Cheese

Turkey Quesadilla

A pile of roasted carrots

Roasted Carrots with Tahini Sauce

Large skillet filled with sauteed pancetta and shallots with cooked sweet peas and garnished with mint.

Peas and Pancetta- Easy Holiday Side Dish

Large white casserole dish filled with sweet sweet potato casserole.

Sweet Potato Casserole (with Marshmallows)

Mashed sweet potatoes cooked in an Instant Pot served in a round, shallow bowl and topped with extra butter.

Instant Pot Mashed Sweet Potatoes Recipe

Small white plates filled with individual servings of oven-roasted Brussels sprouts and sweet potato cubes drizzled with tahini and chopped parsley.

Roasted Brussels Sprouts and Sweet Potatoes

White bowl filled with mashed sweet potatoes and butternut squash and topped with butter and fresh thyme.

Healthy Mashed Sweet Potatoes

White shallow soup bowl filled with homemade leftover turkey soup filled with veggies, tomatoes, turkey, and barley.

Turkey Soup Recipe

A close up of apple-pear Sangria

Easy Fall Sangria Recipe

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