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Feb 03 2024
Savor the Flavor: A Delicious Vegan Mushroom Gravy Recipe
There is something wonderfully comforting about pouring warm, savory gravy over a plate of mashed potatoes during Christmas dinner. This vegan mushroom gravy delivers all the rich, cozy flavor you want from a holiday gravy—without butter, cream, or meat drippings. Made with browned mushrooms, onion, garlic, vegetable broth, herbs, and a splash of soy sauce …
Feb 03 2024
Traditional Vegan Gingerbread Cookies: Easy Christmas Cut-Out Recipe
Few things make a kitchen feel more like Christmas than the smell of gingerbread baking in the oven. Warm ginger, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and rich molasses create that unmistakable holiday aroma, while a collection of cookie cutters turns a simple dough into an entire tray of festive Christmas treats. These traditional vegan gingerbread cookies have …
Feb 03 2024
The Perfect Holiday Honey-Glazed Ham Recipe
There are certain dishes that instantly make a Christmas dinner feel complete, and a beautifully glazed ham is one of them. Sweet honey, brown sugar, tangy Dijon mustard, fragrant orange, and warming cloves come together to create a shiny, caramelized glaze that looks every bit as festive as it tastes. This holiday honey-glazed ham recipe …
Feb 03 2024
5 Easy and Festive Christmas Snacks to Try This Year
Christmas entertaining doesn’t always require an elaborate menu. Sometimes the foods everyone remembers most are the little things scattered around the table—the cheese and crackers people nibble while talking, a warm pastry fresh from the oven, or a bite-size appetizer that disappears before dinner even begins. These five easy and festive Christmas snacks offer a …
Feb 02 2024
Easy Christmas Cranberry Jam with Orange & Warm Spices
Few homemade treats look as festive as a jar of brilliant ruby-red cranberry jam. With its jewel-like color and naturally Christmassy flavor, this simple fruit spread feels as though it was made for December breakfasts, holiday cheese boards, Christmas baking, and homemade gifts. The beautiful jam pictured on the page is thick and rustic rather …
Feb 02 2024
5 Festive Christmas Salad Recipes to Brighten Your Holiday Table
Christmas dinner may be famous for roasted vegetables, creamy casseroles, buttery potatoes and decadent desserts, but a beautiful seasonal salad can be every bit as memorable. Crisp greens, jewel-bright pomegranate seeds, winter pears, cranberries, toasted nuts and colorful vegetables bring freshness to the table while looking wonderfully festive. These five Christmas salad recipes are designed …
Feb 02 2024
12 Festive Christmas Punch Recipes
There is something wonderfully festive about a Christmas punch bowl. Whether it is filled with sparkling cranberry punch surrounded by floating orange slices or a warm, fragrant drink scented with cinnamon and cloves, punch has a way of turning an ordinary drinks table into part of the celebration. These 12 Christmas punch recipes offer a …
Feb 01 2024
Chex Mix Christmas Recipe
There are plenty of cookies, candies and frosted treats competing for attention during December, which is exactly why a big bowl of salty, buttery Christmas Chex Mix can be such a welcome sight. It is crunchy, savory, just a little spicy and wonderfully easy to nibble while everyone is talking, playing games, wrapping presents or …
Jan 24 2024
Peppermint Meringue Kisses: A Light & Festive Christmas Treat
Christmas baking doesn’t always have to mean rich chocolate, buttery cookies and heavy desserts. Peppermint meringue kisses offer something completely different: crisp, airy little sweets that practically dissolve on your tongue, with a cool burst of peppermint and beautiful swirls of Christmas red and green. They look wonderfully impressive piled onto a white platter, tucked …
Jan 23 2024
Gingerbread Truffles: An Easy No-Bake Christmas Treat
There is something irresistible about the combination of gingerbread and chocolate at Christmas. Ginger, cinnamon, cloves and molasses bring all the warm, nostalgic flavor of a gingerbread cookie, while a smooth dark chocolate shell turns those familiar spices into a rich little holiday confection. These gingerbread truffles are especially appealing because they look much more …
