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Winter Holiday & Christmas Recipes

Find all the best recipes to make for Christmas and the holiday season! This collection includes cookies, baked goods, appetizers, side dishes, make ahead breakfasts and more!

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Popular Holiday Recipes

simple skillet green beans on an orange plate

Simple Skillet Green Beans
★★★★★ 125 reviews
A sheet pan of roasted butternut squash with a bottle of white wine and a bouquet of sedum

Easy, Delicious Roasted Butternut Squash Recipe
★★★★★ 24 reviews
carrots in a white bowl with a spoon

Maple Glazed Carrots
★★★★★ 11 reviews
overhead view of the turkey on the platter

Herb Roasted Turkey
★★★★★ 15 reviews
pork loin sliced and on a platter with apples and herbs

Juicy Maple Brined Pork Loin Roast

Pork loin roast has a reputation for being dry and boring, but this cider and maple brine makes this Roasted Pork Loin anything but. It stays nice and moist, and the flavors pop when paired with the mustard-seed speckled apple chutney.

Roasted Pork Loin

Festive Breakfast Ideas

Apple, Cheddar and Sausage Breakfast Strata | Breakfast | Christmas | Casserole | Winter | Make Ahead | Healthy Seasonal Recipes | Katie Webster

Apple Cheddar and Sausage Breakfast Strata
overhead photo of healthy quiche with triangular slices cut into the pie.

Easy Veggie Quiche
Make-Ahead Overnight Apple Cranberry Christmas Breakfast Casserole on Healthy Seasonal Recipes

Cranberry Apple Christmas Breakfast Casserole
Greek Yogurt Hollandaise- Step by step instructions to make it at home. Using Greek yogurt sacs 729 calories per batch! by Katie Webster of Healthy Seasonal Recipes

Greek Yogurt Hollandaise
whole-grain healthy Gingerbread Apple Pancakes

Gingerbread Apple Pancakes
black plate with eggs and hash on it

Sweet Potato Breakfast Hash
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Festive Christmas and Holiday Salads

Close up of wild rice salad with oranges

Wild Rice Salad
Easy Holiday Slaw with Apple and Pomegranate | Side Dish | Salad | Holiday | Vegetarian | Christmas | Winter | Healthy Seasonal Recipes | Katie Webster

Easy Holiday Slaw with Apples and Pomegranate
Shaved Brussel sprouts in circular white bowl.

Kale and Shaved Brussels Sprouts Salad
a dark background with the bowl of rice salad on a table

Easy Brown Rice Salad with Cranberries and Orange
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Easy Holiday Appetizers

deviled eggs on a marble cutting board with a crate of eggs in the background

Healthy Deviled Eggs Without Mayo
a platter of crostini from the side with a gray napkin

Roasted Grape Crostini with Goat Cheese and Walnuts
a white table with spiced pecans spilled out over it

The Best Crispy Spiced Nuts
side view of cheeseball on a platter with crackers and grapes

Bacon Horseradish Cheese Ball
overhead view of the dip with a hand dipping a cracker into it

Healthy Hot Crab Dip
overhead angle of the dip with a scoop take out and crostini

Baked Jalapeño Artichoke Dip
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Celebratory Main Courses

close up of tenderloin steaks

Filet Mignon Steaks with Tarragon Mushrooms
spinach feta filo pie with one slice missing

Spinach Feta Filo Pie
savory galette

Savory Galette
tart cut into wedges on a round board

Swiss Chard Goat Cheese Tart
chunks of slow roasted pork with sauteed mustard greens and gravy drizzled on it on a white oval platter

Slow Roasted Pork Shoulder with Fennel, Lemon and Rosemary
the salmon in foil packet with lemon on top

Easy Baked Salmon in Foil
cast iron skillet with rosted pork tenderloin with apples and shallots coated in maple mustard sauce

Easy Roasted Pork Tenderloin and Apple Skillet
shrimp and garlic sauce

Healthy Shrimp in Garlic Lemon Sauce
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Holiday Side Dishes

Green beans with balsamic and walnuts in a white serving bowl next to a small bowl of walnuts and a head of garlic

Balsamic Green Beans
a bowl of hazelnut brussels sprouts

Brussels Sprouts with Hazelnuts
cubes of butternut squash in a white bowl

Easy Steamed Garlic Herb Butternut Squash
creamed spinach in oval white serving dish with silver serving spoon

Creamed Spinach with Cheese
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Holiday Dinner Starches and Sides

close up overhead of the bowl of mashed potatoes, a serving in a blue bowl and foliage on the table

Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Mashed potatoes with chives on top from overhead

Simple Buttermilk Mashed Potatoes
Steamed potatoes with fresh herbs in circular white bowl.

Simple Steamed Potatoes with Herbs
Mashed root veggie puree in a white bowl on a table with hydrangeas in a vase

Vegetable Mash
turnip casserole in scalloped white baking dish with serving spoon and ingredients

Turnip Casserole
lemon quinoa with almonds and thyme from the side close up

Quinoa with Lemon

Holiday-Worthy Cakes

a slice being lifted out of the cake

Cranberry Christmas Cake (with Sugared Cranberries)
a slice of the cake with a fork cutting into it

Healthier Gingerbread Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
This Light and Creamy Peppermint Patty Cheesecake is perfect for Christmas dessert. Recipe and tips on Healthy Seasonal Recipes by Katie Webster

Peppermint Pattie Cheesecake
Apple cake slice with maple icing drizzling down the side

Apple Almond Cake
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Pies, Tarts & Desserts

cranberry crumb apple pie overhead on a blue napkin

Maple Cranberry Apple Pie

Maple Pecan Tart
pie from overhead

Maple Bourbon Pumpkin Pie
the pie cooling on the chair

Maple Apple Pie {Double Crust & Deep Dish}
overhead ofthe bars cut and spread out on a baking sheet

Cranberry Crumb Bars with Clementines
close-up of the pie that has a piece removed

Chocolate Swirl Pumpkin Pie
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