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Holiday Recipes & Dinner Game Plans

Bring Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day to the table with a dinner game plan, or choose the dishes that make the holiday yours.

Choose your holiday

Thanksgiving dinner collage with spatchcock turkey, baked mac and cheese, glazed ham, collard greens, cornbread dressing, and sweet potato pie.

Thanksgiving: Choose your turkey, sides, and dessert.

Christmas dinner collage with glazed ham, beef Wellington, rack of lamb, baked mac and cheese, green bean casserole, and red velvet cake.

Christmas: Pick a centerpiece and build the rest of the meal.

New Year's Day food collage with Hoppin' John, cast-iron cornbread, glazed ham, collard greens, cabbage, and pulled pork.

New Year's Day: Choose your peas, greens, cornbread, and pork.

Mains

  • Spatchcock turkey roasted flat on a sheet pan with crisp browned skin and vegetables around it
    Spatchcock Turkey with Butter-Soaked Cheesecloth
  • Spiral-cut ham with a dark brown sugar spice crust after warming in the Instant Pot and finishing under the broiler.
    Instant Pot Ham with HoneyBaked-Style Crust
  • Sliced beef Wellington with a pink beef center, mushroom duxelles, prosciutto, crepe and golden puff pastry.
    Gordon Ramsay Beef Wellington
  • Pulled pork in white bowl.
    Pressure Cooker Pulled Pork - with Chinese Five Spice

Sides

  • Square collage of five mac and cheese recipes: Southern baked mac and cheese, Instant Pot truffle mac and cheese, pressure cooker mac and cheese, baked gluten-free mac and cheese, and spaghetti squash mac and cheese.
    Which Mac and Cheese Should I Make?
  • Southern cornbread dressing with browned crisp edges lifted from a sheet pan on a serving spatula
    Southern Cornbread Dressing Recipe (Just Like Grandma's)
  • A serving spoon scooping a portion of vegan green bean casserole topped with crispy fried onions from a glass baking dish.
    Vegan Green Bean Casserole
  • Bowl of creamy mashed potatoes made with evaporated milk, topped with melted butter and black pepper.
    Mashed Potatoes with Evaporated Milk
  • Southern collard greens with smoked turkey and bacon in rich pot liquor.
    Southern Collard Greens with Smoked Turkey and Bacon
  • Instant Pot Hoppin' John with rice, field peas and snaps, and vegetables in a bowl
    Instant Pot Hoppin John
  • Cooked green cabbage piled on a white plate.
    Instant Pot Cabbage with Southern Style
  • Overhead view of golden cast iron cornbread in a black skillet
    Cast Iron Cornbread

Desserts

  • Four cheesecake slices: pumpkin with maple glaze, chocolate, white chocolate strawberry, and peppermint bark.
    Cheesecake Recipes: Choose Your Flavor and Plan Ahead
  • A close-up square shot of a whole baked sweet potato pie in its tin, showing the smooth filling and crimped crust edges.
    Sweet Potato Pie
  • A close-up slice of two-layer hummingbird carrot cake on a white plate, showing moist texture with visible flecks of carrot, pineapple, and pecans, topped with brown butter cream cheese frosting.
    Hummingbird Carrot Cake
  • Square closeup of gluten-free red velvet cake with two vibrant layers and cream cheese frosting
    Gluten-Free Red Velvet Cake (Moist, Tender & Bakery-Style)

More holidays around the table

Planning a spring gathering? Start with the Easter dinner game plan or the St. Patrick’s Day corned beef game plan.

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