Category Archives: Holiday

Corn pudding recipe

This rich, satisfying, and simple corn pudding is a crowd-pleasing side dish with ham.

A festive spring menu—roast lamb

For a festive spring get-together or Easter Sunday dinner, leg of lamb is an easy and delicious main dish. This menu features a rosemary, garlic, and salt-rubbed lamb; glazed carrots; and mashed potatoes with wilted dark greens.

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Apple cider-venison stew

Here is a hearty apple cider-venison stew recipe. A hunter friend who tasted it told me that people who think they don’t like venison should try this recipe. If you don’t have deer meat, elk is similar to venison, or use beef stew meat.

Spiced nuts

These spiced nuts are great for snacking (at a Super Bowl party, maybe?) or on salads. They keep well, so they’re great as holiday gifts or make-ahead munchies.

Quinoa with nuts and sauteed apples

This quinoa recipe makes a delicious healthy yet festive (and gluten-free) holiday side dish. The mild flavor and satisfying heartiness of quinoa are pleasantly surprising.

Sweet potato pie

This yam pie is festive, flavorful, and, with its deep orange color, pretty. What a great way to eat your vegetables! Make it in a brown rice flour crust for added nutrition and no gluten.

Wild rice soup

This hearty soup might make you happy you didn’t eat up all your Thanksgiving turkey. The nutty taste of the […]

Bourbon sweet potatoes

This is a wonderful grown-ups’ Thanksgiving dish. Make the sweet potatoes with marshmallows for the kids.

Margaret’s classic stuffing

I think my mom’s simple stuffing is tops. It might help that I have fond holiday memories of toasting the bread while she chopped and sauteed and seasoned. This stuffing is on the dry side.

Honey-orange cranberry sauce

Here is a lovely recipe for cranberry sauce. The orange and honey soften the sharpness of the cranberries, and it’s ridiculously easy to make.

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