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Beef Wellington

Beef tenderloin fillet, coated with mustard, mushroom duxelles, ham, wrapped in puff pastry and baked. Based on Gordon Ramsey Beef Wellington recipe.

Braised Red Cabbage with Chestnuts

Sweet and sour red cabbage, cooked with bacon, apples, onions, and roasted chestnuts.

Celery, Blue Cheese and Hazelnut Salad

Festive salad, perfect for entertaining, with sliced celery, dates, blue cheese, topped with maple-glazed hazelnuts.

Champagne Sorbet

Champagne sorbet recipe, perfect dessert for the holidays or special occasions.

Cioppino

San Francisco-style cioppino Italian fish stew, with fresh halibut, sea bass, Dungeness crab, shrimp, clams, mussels, and oysters in a savory tomato-based broth.

Classic Rack of Lamb

Tender oven-roasted rack of lamb, seasoned with rosemary, thyme, garlic, salt and freshly ground black pepper, and slathered with olive oil.

Cranberry Applesauce

Homemade cranberry applesauce made with apples, fresh cranberries, lemon juice, sugar, and cinnamon.

Cranberry Glazed Turkey Meatballs

Turkey meatballs with thyme, fennel seeds, ricotta, glazed with a spicy-sweet ruby red cranberry sauce.

Cranberry Sauce

Classic, easy and delicious Thanksgiving cranberry sauce recipe. How to make cranberry sauce from scratch. Perfect with turkey.

Dad’s Favorite Fudge

Easy-to-make fantasy fudge recipe with semi-sweet chocolate, evaporated milk, sugar, butter, and marshmallow cream.

Easter Links and Recipes

A collection of links to Easter recipes - dyeing Easter eggs, bunny bao, hot crossed buns, how to carve ham, Easter baskets.

Eggnog

Traditional holiday eggnog recipe with eggs, milk, cream, nutmeg, and vanilla, bourbon, and brandy.

Eggnog Pound Cake

Crowd-pleasing holiday eggnog cake recipe with a pound cake base, eggnog, dried currants, rum, nutmeg and orange zest. Orange, rum, sugar glaze.

Gingerbread Cake

Old-fashioned gingerbread cake loaded with three kinds of ginger, spices, honey and molasses.

Gingerbread Cupcakes

Holiday spiced molasses gingerbread cupcakes with tangy lemon icing.

Glazed Baked Ham

Perfect for holiday entertaining, glazed baked ham with sweet-hot-honey-mustard or honey-thyme glaze.

Holiday Cookies and Treats

Holiday recipe collection at Simply Recipes.

Holiday Spiced Sweet Potatoes (Yams)

Garnet yam sweet potato recipe, pureed garnet yams with butter, brown sugar, and holiday spices. Perfect for Thanksgiving.

Honey Mulled Wine

Get into the holiday spirit with hot red wine mulled with cinnamon, peppercorns and honey.

Hoppin’ John

A classic Southern dish to celebrate New Year's. The black-eyed peas are for good fortune in the coming year.

Hot Mulled Cider

Classic hot mulled cider. Spicy apple cider cooked with a clove-studded orange, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, cardamom and brown sugar.

How to Make a Gingerbread House

Classic holiday gingerbread house. How to make a gingerbread house with step-by-step instructions and photographs.

How to Roast a Goose

Step-by-step detailed instructions and photos on roasting a goose.

Maple Orange Glazed Carrots

Rounds of carrots, sautéed in butter and glazed with maple syrup and orange juice. Perfect for the holidays!

Matzo Brei

A classic Jewish breakfast or light meal of matzo, egg and either savory toppings or sweet.

Mom’s Roast Turkey

My mother's tried and true roast turkey recipe. How to roast the most succulent Thanksgiving turkey. Step-by-step instructions with photos and reader comments.

I've never tasted any turkey stuffing that has come close to as good as mom's. Classic Thanksgiving turkey stuffing recipe made with French bread cubes toasted in butter, walnuts, onion, celery, apple, green olives, and stock made from turkey giblets.

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