Recipes for Christmas Brunch and Christmas Dinner

Sharing some concepts for Christmas brunch and dinner recipes.

This 12 months is flying again at warp pace, and I’m making an attempt to do every thing in my energy to keep away from the last-minute scramble. I began Christmas procuring early – I really feel prefer it’s much less of a success on the price range while you area issues out, too! – and am making an attempt to plan and prep as a lot as I can. Final 12 months, I had prepped a ton for Christmas dinner and it felt like big deal with. I feel as mothers, we now have loads of the to-dos on our shoulders, and the vacation season isn’t as enjoyable in case you spend it careworn and overwhelmed.

Christmas Brunch and Dinner Recipes

Since I used to be brainstorming concepts for Christmas brunch and dinner (each are at our home), I believed I’d share some pattern recipes in case you’re seeking to prep upfront, too! Value mentioning right here that I get the entire meat for our vacation feasts from Butcher Box. They’ve beef tenderloin, turkeys, salmon, and it’s all nice high quality.

What I’m Cooking for Christmas

Smoked turkey on the Traeger

Cranberry sauce

Beef tenderloin with horseradish sauce

Artichoke dip and crackers

An enormous cheese board (I take meals styling severe relating to a cheese board!)

Mashed candy potatoes

Autumn salad with apples, feta, spiced walnuts and balsamic dressing

Do-it-yourself sourdough (made forward and frozen)

Christmas cookies (I begin baking early and simply freeze every thing! We normally do these thumbprint cookies, Mexican wedding cookies, peppermint bark, peanut butter blossoms, and sugar cookies)

Mulled wine (THE BEST)

and the Pilot’s well-known egg nog.

I’m going to make many of the meal upfront, let the Traeger work its magic on the turkey, and simply take pleasure in snacking and spending time with our associates all through the day.

More of our go-to holiday recipes are here!

Vacation Recipe Concepts

Breakfast

Nana’s famous egg dish

This has one in every of my favourite vacation brunch dishes for SO lengthy. It’s excellent to serve for any vacation, however I really like making it on Christmas day for a enjoyable deal with. Add some recent pico de Gallo salsa and also you gained’t ever eat it otherwise.

Nana’s creme brûlée French toast

After Nana’s well-known egg dish recipe, you’ll discover her adored creme brûlée French toast recipe. It’s the proper for deal with after the breakfast casserole. The highest is completely crispy and creamy, and the underside a crispy, caramelized portion. Chef’s kiss!

The most perfect cinnamon rolls

Whereas this recipe is an in a single day one, it’s so, SO well worth the wait. These cinnamon rolls are comfortable, fluffy, have lavish cream cheese icing—they’re really delectable. Plus, they’re the proper breakfast deal with to have on Christmas morning as you’re stress-free, watching everybody opening their presents.

Sweet potato hash

This candy potato hash is straightforward to make and even simpler to take pleasure in. There are a pair alternative ways to serve this meal in your vacation morning. You possibly can take pleasure in it alone, or, high it with an natural over-easy egg with some salsa! Tremendous yummy.

Sweet potato, goat cheese and turkey bacon egg bake

For those who’re new right here, I love egg dishes. They freeze effectively, they’re versatile, they usually’re actually simply my favourite meals! This more healthy Christmas breakfast thought is filling, and it’s good for you! It’s an effective way to actually amp up the protein in a tasty means.

Turkey bacon, kale, and cheese egg muffins

For those who’re having an even bigger unfold, and even in case you simply need one thing fast and straightforward, these egg muffins are a crowd pleaser. Plus, one thing about them being a muffin versus being a sq. lower out of a dish simply makes them “cuter”. Be happy so as to add and take away veggies or meats as you want!

Mediterranean egg bites

These egg bites are simply one other welcome boost to your Christmas brunch concepts. They’re much like the egg muffins, but it surely’s one other nice option to current on vacation mornings. It’s a pleasant option to have a savory and protein-packed breakfast, with rather less meal prep.

Apple pie walnut baked oatmeal

This breakfast thought could appear like a dessert from how candy and flavorful it’s, but it surely’s really completely applicable to function a breakfast. The baked oatmeal facet takes it from a candy dessert deal with, to a customizable Christmas brunch recipe.

Lunch/dinner

Mexican model! We normally have enchiladas, rice and beans at my dad’s home.

There’s nothing improper with sticking to what . Enchiladas, rice, and beans, are a consolation meals for me—which makes it excellent to incorporate within the checklist! The vacations are all about good meals and good recollections.

For those who like Mexican model, attempt these chicken tacos with homemade tortillas!

For those who’re choosy about your tortillas like I’m (#noshame), then making your individual is tremendous simple and total completely price it. These rooster tacos with the do-it-yourself tortillas are an amazing staple dish for a Christmas Eve dinner, or a Christmas Day snack.

Rosemary salmon with cranberry sauce (excellent to change it up from turkey!)

For those who’re not an enormous fan of turkey, you may nonetheless rejoice the vacation with rosemary salmon and cranberry sauce. It means that you can stick a more healthy meals routine through the holidays, with out feeling such as you’re lacking out on any of the savory dishes.

Gluten-free stuffing

You don’t must miss out on having fun with stuffing through the holidays in case you’re gluten-free, you simply want an inclusive possibility! This recipe is scrumptious, and it doesn’t skip out on any of the flavour that you just would possibly expertise with different gluten-free alternate options.

Green bean casserole

A inexperienced bean casserole that’s dairy-free, vegan, gluten-free, and has a creamy mushroom cashew sauce topped with crispy baked onions? Signal me up. This recipe is so good, I generally sneak it out of my Christmas brunch recipes itinerary simply to make on an everyday evening!

Instant pot Mac and cheese

Typically, you simply want to tug out the moment pot—much more so on the vacations. This Mac and cheese is creamy, tacky, and more healthy than your typical Mac and cheese recipe. It’s a staple merchandise relating to vacation meals.

Savory chicken sausage butternut squash bowls

That is one other recipe that’s ok to be a justified Christmas meal, but it surely leans extra on the aspect of being protein-packed and more healthy compared. To not point out, who wouldn’t fairly eat their dinner out of a butternut squash bowl?

Desserts

Raw chocolate tart

This uncooked chocolate tart is so good, you’ll end up with finger marks in your cup while you’re carried out… (not talking from private expertise 😉). It’s only a easy mixture of uncooked components which can be able to eat after an hour within the freezer!

Coconut oil peppermint bark

‘Tis the season for peppermint bark, however particularly, this peppermint bark made with coconut oil. As pleasing as it’s, I feel my favourite a part of this dessert is that it takes no time to make. It’s an amazing, Christmas-themed deal with.

Healthy pumpkin pie

This 12 months, you may take pleasure in a traditional pumpkin pie, with out dairy or refined sugar. This various makes use of maple syrup and coconut sugar to naturally sweeten the dessert. One thing about understanding that you just’re consuming more healthy components could make a dessert so significantly better.

Pumpkin pie brownies (omg I must make these once more)

For those who’re new right here, take warning when making these, since you gained’t have the ability to cease. That is one in every of my favourite desserts—not solely is it completely scrumptious, it additionally makes use of wholesome fat, protein, skips out on the refined sugar, and leaves the dairy and grains behind.

Double chocolate Paleo gooey cake

That is the gooiest, most superb, most chocolatey cake I’ve ever had. It additionally simply so occurs to be grain-free and egg-free. The feel isn’t essentially cake-like, but it surely tastes all the identical. Plus, if it’s simply principally nuts and chocolate, it’s technically simply path combine, proper?

Crunchy almond butter truffles

These delectable little desserts pack a punch when it comes to taste. They’re virtually every thing that’s good and candy on this planet, all whereas remaining freed from added sugars and freed from gluten. What extra may we ask for?

Are you cooking this week? What’s on the menu? What’s your all-time favourite vacation dessert?

My nana makes a bomb chocolate pie, and I additionally love these cookie bars that madre makes called Grammies. I all the time say I’m going to only have one or two every day after which I’ve 18239.

It’s additionally price mentioning that I FINALLY swapped our bakeware to a unhazardous possibility and am so glad I did it in time for the entire vacation baking. Check it out here. For loads of extra recipes for any and each event, check out my recipe list.

Have an amazing morning and I’ll see ya later at this time!

xoxo

Gina