30 Best Christmas Dishes
1.Pumpkin and Walnut Pie
Ingredients:
1 Prepared Cracker Crust (9 inch)
Pumpkin Puree (2 cups )
Condensed Milk ( 14 Ounces)
Egg (1)
Grounded Cinnamon (1 ¼ teaspoon)
Grounded Ginger (1/2 teaspoon)
Grounded Nutmeg (1/2 teaspoon)
Salt (1/2 teaspoon)
Brown Sugar (1/4 cup packed)
Flour (2 tablespoon)
Butter (2 tablespoon)
Chopped Walnuts (3/4 cup)
Directions:
Mix pumpkin, condensed milk, egg, ginger, salt, nutmeg, ¾ teaspoon cinnamon and pour this batter into pie crust.
Bake this mixture at 425 degrees F for 15 minutes.
Take a bowl and mix brown sugar with flour and the rest of ½ teaspoon cinnamon and mix them gently with the butter. Stir this mixture into walnuts. Spread it evenly over the pie. Bake this for 40 minutes and cut the edges and fill it will walnuts. Spread the walnuts over the pie and decorate it as you desire.
2. Waldorf Salad
Ingredients:
Mayonnaise (1/2 cup)
White Sugar (1 tablespoon)
Lemon Juice (1 teaspoon)
Salt (1/8 teaspoon)
Peeled, Cored and Chopped Apples (3)
Thinly Sliced Celery (1 cup)
Chopped Walnuts (1/2 cup)
Raisins (1/2 cup) -optional
Directions:
Take a bowl and add sugar, lemon juice, salt and mayonnaise and mix them together.
Blend it with apples, walnuts, raisins and celery. Keep it in freezer to chill.
3. Spicy Chicken Casserole
Ingredients:
Ragged Chicken Meat (2 cups)
Corn Tortillas (1 Package)
Chili with no Beans (1 ½ ounce can)
Cream of Chicken Soup ( 1.10 ounce can)
Cream of Celery Soup (1.10 ounce can)
Sour Cream (8 ounces)
Mexican Cheese (16 ounces)
Salsa (1 ½ cups)
Directions:
Take a bowl and add ragged chicken meat along with corn tortillas and chilies, cream of chicken soup and celery soup and mix them.
Then add sour cream to it and add salsa in it as well.
Spread it on a dish and make layers of chicken and cheese.
Bake it for 45 minutes under 425 degrees F.
Serve it with tomato ketchup and sausages.
4. Roasted Chicken with Clementine
Ingredients:
Arak (6 tablespoon)
Olive Oil (4 tablespoon)
Orange juice (3 tablespoon)
Lemon Juice (3 tablespoon)
Grainy Mustard (2 tablespoon)
Light Brown Sugar (3 tablespoon)
Kosher Salt (1 ½ teaspoon)
Freshly Ground Pepper
Chicken Pieces (8)
Clementine (4)
Fresh Thyme Leaves (1 tablespoon)
Fennel Seeds (2 teaspoon)
Parsley
Directions:
Take a bowl and mix arak, orange juice, lemon juice, oil, salt, mustard and brown sugar. Add pepper in it for taste.
Then add Clementine slices, chicken, funnel and thyme in it. Coat it few times. Bake it for 40 minutes at 425 degree.
5. Vegan Pumpkin Cheesecake
Ingredients:
Chocolate Chips (1/2 cup)
Walnuts (1/4 cup)
Pastry Crust (9 inch)
Vegan Cream Cheese (1/2)
Natural Granulated Sugar (2/3 cup)
Cinnamon (1/2 teaspoon)
Pumpkin Pie Spice (1/2 teaspoon)
Mashed Sugar Pumpkin (1 ½ cup)
Directions:
Combine the walnuts and chocolate chips in food processor and keep its pulse on until its finely chopped. Spread this pie mixture at the bottom of pie crust.
Take half cream cheese and make it smooth with its cake spatula.
Mix the pumpkin with sugar and cream cheese and make layers of it.
Bake it for 40 minutes and serve it by cutting its edges.
6. Brussels Sprouts and Pancetta Pizza
Ingredients:
Brussels Sprouts (4)
Pizza Dough (1/2 lb)
Buffalo Mozzarella (6 ounces)
Garlic (1 clove thin sliced)
Pancetta (2 ounces)
Salt
Olive Oil
Directions:
Take the pizza dough and spread Brussels sprouts on it along with salt, garlic paste and pancetta.
Spread cheese on the whole of it and keep it in oven at 550 degree.
Bake it for 40 minutes and serve it with tomato sauce.
7. Fried Chicken
Ingredients:
Chicken drumsticks (8)
Eggs (4-5)
Flour (3 cups)
Oil
Directions:
Steam chicken pieces for 10 minutes so that they may become soft.
Coat it with flour and then dip it in egg. Again dip it in flour and stir constantly.
Take a frying pan and make the oil heat.
Fry these chicken drumsticks in it and serve it with garlic sauce.
8. Pear and Pomegranate Salsa
Ingredients:
Pear
Pomegranate
Parsley
Onion
Lemon
Directions:
Take a bowl and cut all the five ingredients in square shape and mix them gently.
A fresh salsa is ready to eat.
9. Sea Salt Pumpkin Butter Cups
Ingredients:
Dark Chocolate (2 cups)
Pumpkin Puree (3 tablespoon)
Chunky Almond Butter (1/3 cup)
Honey (1 teaspoon)
Pumpkin Pie Spice (1/2 teaspoon)
Directions:
Melt the chocolate as much as you desire.
Take mini cups and place them on the baking sheet.
Mix almond butter, pumpkin puree, pumpkin pie spice and honey in a bowl.
While molding the cups, add chocolate in it and cover it with remaining chocolate.
Place them in oven and bake for 30 minutes.
10. Wheat Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Pancakes
Ingredients:
Pastry Flour (1 cup)
Baking Powder ( 2 teaspoons)
Salt (1/4 teaspoon)
Cinnamon (1 teaspoon)
Grounded Ginger (1/4 teaspoon)
Nutmeg (1/4 teaspoon)
Pumpkin Puree (1/2 cup)
Pure Maple Syrup (1 tablespoon)
Egg (1)
Vanilla Extract (1 teaspoon)
Vanilla Almond Milk (3/4 cup)
Chocolate Chips (1/3 cups)
Directions:
Take a bowl and add pastry flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, grounded ginger, nutmeg, pumpkin puree, egg, vanilla extract and almond milk in it.
Beat it until the mixture becomes completely mixed.
Make the pans through this batter and serve it honey.
11. Cinnamon Sugar Apple Cider Donuts
Ingredients:
Red Apples (2)
Apple Cider (2 ½)
Flour (3 ½ cup)
Baking Powder (4 teaspoons)
Baking Soda (1/4 teaspoon)
Ground Cinnamon (3 ½ teaspoon)
Salt (1 teaspoon)
Nutmeg (1/4 teaspoon)
Sugar (1 2/3)
Egg yolk (1)
Buttermilk (1/4 cup)
Vanilla Extract (1 teaspoon)
Oil for Frying
Directions:
Chop the apples and combine it with flour, baking soda, baking powder, sugar, salt, nutmeg, egg yolk, buttermilk and vanilla extract.
Make them cut in round shapes and fry in the oil.
Serve them with honey.
12. Chocolate Filled Cupcakes
Ingredients:
Butter (3/4 cups)
Granulated Sugar (1 ½ cups)
Large Egg Whites (6)
Whole Milk (¾ cup)
Vanilla Extract (2 teaspoon)
Flour (2 cups)
Baking Powder (2 teaspoon)
Coarse Salt (1/4 teaspoon)
Directions:
Take flour in a bowl and add egg white, baking powder, vanilla extract, sugar, coarse salt and milk in it.
Beat them until it mixes properly.
Place the cup cakes on the baking sheet and bake them for 40 minutes.
13. Spinach and Ricotta Grilled Cheese
Ingredients:
Crushed Garlic (1 clove)
Ricotta Cheese (1/3 cup)
Frozen Chopped Spinach (1/4 cup)
Grated Parmesan Cheese (2 tablespoon)
Sea Salt and Cracked Pepper (according to taste)
Dried Italian Mixed Herbs
Grated Light Mozzarella Cheese
Sourdough Bread (4 thick slices)
Butter (1 tablespoon)
Directions:
Take a pan with a teaspoon of oil in it. Add garlic cloves in it and fry for few seconds until it gets brownish. Remove it from heat and add ricotta cheese, parmesan cheese, spinach and garlic clove in it.
Spread this batter into each bread slice. Put this then on to the stove pan and make it grilled.
14. Creamy Mushrooms
Ingredients:
Butter (2 tablespoon)
Garlic (3 cloves)
Cremini Mushrooms (16 ounces)
Heavy Cream (1/3 cup)
Dried Thyme (1/2 teaspoon)
Dried Oregano (1/2 teaspoon)
Kosher Salt & Grounded Pepper
Grated Parmesan (2 tablespoon)
Parsley (2 tablespoon)
Directions:
Take a pan and melt butter by heating it. Add garlic and mushrooms in it and cook for almost 5 minutes.
Add oregano, thyme, kosher salt and pepper in it and again heat it for few seconds.
Serve it by garnishing it with parsley.
15. Crunchy Cashew Kale Salad
Ingredients:
Squash Seeds (1 buttercup)
Olive Oil (2 tablespoon)
Grated Nutmeg (1/4 teaspoon)
Kale (1 head)
Red Onion (1/2 )
Bread (3 slices)
Garlic Powder (1/4 teaspoon)
Honey Roasted Cashews (2/3 cup)
Cherry tomatoes (1 cup)
Goat Cheese (6 ounce)
Mustard (2 teaspoon)
Garlic (2 cloves)
Apple Cider Vinegar (2 teaspoon)
Salt (1/4 teaspoon)
Pepper (1/4 teaspoon)
Pure Maple Syrup (1/4 cup)
Olive Oil (1/2 cup)
Directions:
Take squash seeds and olive oil and add garlic powder, bread, cherry tomatoes and hoey roasted cashews in it.
Add pepper, salt and goat cheese as well.
Mix them well and serve it.
16. Peanut Butter Cookies
Ingredients:
Unsalted Butter (1 cup)
Crunchy Peanut Butter (1 cup)
White Sugar (1 cup)
Brown Sugar (1 cup)
Eggs (2)
Flour (2 ½)
Baking Powder (1 teaspoon)
Salt (1/2 teaspoon)
Baking Soda (1/2 teaspoon)
Directions:
Mix peanut butter, sugar and cream butter together in a bowl and add eggs in it.
Take a bowl and add flour, baking powder and baking soda in it.
Pour this bowl in the butter and mix them well.
Bake this mixture in oven for 40 minutes.
17. French Crepes
Ingredients:
Flour (1 cup)
White Sugar (1 teaspoon)
Salt (1/4 teaspoon)
Butter (2 tablespoon)
Milk (2 cups)
Eggs (3)
Directions:
Take a bowl and add flour, white sugar, salt, milk, butter and eggs in it.
Mix them well with the beater.
Take a pan and put a few drops of oil in it to make it moist.
Spread the batter on it and turn it when it becomes brown from one side.
Serve it with tomato ketchup.
18. Sandwich Cookies with Orange Cream
Ingredients:
Butter (10 tablespoons)
Oranges (2)
Sugar (2/3 cups)
Vanilla Extract (3/4 teaspoon)
Salt (1/8 teaspoon)
Flour (1 ½)
Cocoa Powder (1/2 cup)
Sugar (2/3 cup)
Unsalted Butter (3 tablespoon)
Cream (1/3 cup)
Directions:
Take a bowl and add flour, butter, cream, sugar, salt and vanilla extract in it.
Make a batter of it and slice it in pieces.
Make its filling by mixing butter, cream, oranges, sugar and cocoa powder.
Fill it in the biscuits and bake it for half an hour.
19. Chocolate Chip Snowball Cookies
Ingredients:
Unsalted Butter (1 cup)
Powdered Sugar (1/2 cup)
Vanilla (1 teaspoon)
Flour (2 ¼ cups)
Salt (1/2 teaspoon)
Chocolate Chips (1 cup)
Directions:
Take a bowl and mix butter, milk, vanilla, salt, flour and chocolate chips.
Stir them gently that all of the mixture gets absorb with each other.
Make balls of it and pour it in flour.
Keep it in freezer for few minutes.
20. Moist Chocolate Beet Cake
Ingredients:
Fresh Beets (8 ounces)
Dark Chocolate (7 ounces)
Hot Espresso (1/4 cup)
Flour (1 cup + 2 tablespoon)
Baking Powder (1 ¼ teaspoon)
Cocoa Powder (3 tablespoons)
Eggs (5)
Sugar (1 cup)
Directions:
Take the fresh beets in a bowl and cook them for few minutes to stir them with the other ingredients.
Melt the chocolate and add sugar in it and cocoa powder as well.
Stir them together with flour and baking soda.
Spread it in a baking sheet.
Bake them at 325 degrees for 40 minutes.
Cut its slices and then serve them.
21. Coriander Beet Chips
Ingredients:
Beets (3 pealed)
Smoke Oil (4 cups)
Salt (1/2 teaspoon)
Grounded Coriander (1/2 teaspoon)
Thyme (1/2 teaspoon)
Directions:
Take coriander, thyme and salt and grind them in coffee grinder for few minutes.
Cut the beets in slices and marinate them with this grinded mixture.
Take a pan for frying and fry these beets in frying pan.
22. Chocolate Beet Brownies
Ingredients:
Raw Beetroot (500g)
Unsalted Butter (100g)
Plain Chocolate (200g)
Vanilla Extract (1 teaspoon)
Golden Caster Sugar (250g)
Eggs (3)
Plain Flour (100g)
Cocoa Powder (250g)
Directions:
Take beetroot in a bowl and chop it roughly.
Add water in it to make it wet and heat it in microwave for few seconds.
Add butter in it along with plain chocolate vanilla extract, eggs, caster sugar and plain flour.
Beat them well and then place it on the baking sheet and bake for 40 minutes at 500 degrees.
23. Gingerbread Cheese Dip Cake
Ingredients:
Cream Cheese (1-8 ounce)
Brown Sugar (1/4 cup)
Powdered Sugar (1/4 cup)
Molasses (3 tablespoons)
Ground Ginger (1 teaspoon)
Ground Cinnamon (1 teaspoon)
Nutmeg
Cool Whip
Directions:
Take cream cheese in a bowl and beat it until it gets soft and then add sugar and molasses in it.
Then add cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger.
After adding cool whip, beat it for almost 30 seconds to make it soft. Pour it in serving dish. And make layers of cake with this filling.
Serve it with chocolate cake.
24. Eggnog Pudding
Ingredients:
Vanilla Pudding Mix (1 package)
Grounded Cinnamon (4 dashes)
Grounded Nutmeg (2 dashes)
Grounded Cloves (2 dashes)
Grounded Ginger (1 pinch)
Cold Milk (3 cups)
Directions:
Take a bowl and mix vanilla pudding mix with cloves, nutmeg, ginger and cinnamon.
Stir with milk until no lumps remain in it.
Pour pudding in serving dish and keep it in refrigerator.
25. Panzanella Salad With Grilled Chicken
Ingredients:
Red Wine Vinegar (2 tablespoon)
Garlic (1 clove)
Salt (4 tablespoon)
Grounded Black Pepper (1/2 tablespoon)
Olive Oil ( 4 tablespoon)
Country Style Bread (1/4 loaf)
Red Pepper (2 medium)
Red Onion (1 medium)
Boneless Chicken Breasts Halves (1 lb.)
Plum Tomatoes (2 lb.)
Basil Leaves (1/4 cup)
Directions:
Keep the grill on heat to prepare for grilling.
Take a bowl and marinate chicken with wine vinegar, garlic cloves, salt, black pepper, olive oil and keep it aside for few minutes.
Take a pan and add the remaining ingredients. Add the grilled chicken in it.
Mix them well and serve it.
26. Tex-Mex Chicken Tacos with Chili Onion Rings
Ingredients:
Boneless Chicken (1 ¼ lb.)
Garlic Lime Marinade (1/4 cup)
Chili Powder (3/4 teaspoon)
Salt (1/2 teaspoon)
Grounded Black Pepper (1/4 teaspoon)
Mexicorn (1 corn)
Roasted Salsa Verde (1/4 cup)
Diced Red Onion (1/4 cup)
Chopped Fresh Cilantro (2 tablespoon)
Fresh Lime Juice (1 tablespoon)
Onion Rings (1/2 )
Shredded Romaine Lattice
Blue and Red Corn Taco Shells (8)
Directions:
In a bowl, marinate chicken with lemon, chili powder, salt and pepper.
Mix the other ingredients onion, cilantro, mexicron, salsa and lime juice.
Cook chicken for few minutes and fill this filing in taco and garnish it with Lettuce.
27. Thai Chicken Satay
Ingredients:
Coconut Milk (1/2 cup)
Grounded Coriander (1 ½ teaspoon)
Yellow Curry Powder (1 teaspoon)
Fish Sauce (1 teaspoon)
Chili Oil (1/2 teaspoon)
Boneless Chicken (1 pound)
Chopped Fresh Cilantro (1 tablespoon)
Chopped Unsalted Peanuts (1 tablespoon)
Wooden Skewers (12)
Thai Peanut Sauce (1 cup)
Directions:
Take chicken in a bowl and stir it with coconut milk, curry powder, coriander chili oil and fish sauce.
Grill chicken on heat by strips.
Heat it for 2 to 3 minutes until the chicken become soft.
Serve it with sauces.
28. Grilled Chicken Mushroom with Fig Salad
Ingredients:
Lemon Juice (1/4 cup)
Olive Oil (1/4 cup)
Fresh Oregano (1 tablespoon)
Garlic (1 clove)
Fresh Ground Pepper (1/4 tablespoon)
Boneless Chicken Breasts (3/4 lb.)
Mushrooms (2 cup)
Figs (4)
Prosciutto (4 slices)
Direction:
Marinate the ingredients with lemon juice, olive oil, salt, oregano, pepper and let the chicken, mushrooms, figs and prosciutto for 20 minutes.
Grill the ingredients for 5 minutes until they become golden brown.
Divide the ingredients in plate and serve them.
29. Tomato and Egg Stir Fry
Ingredients:
Vegetable Oil (2tablespoon)
Eggs (6)
Onion (1 chopped)
Tomatoes ( 2)
Salt (according to taste)
Green Chilies (2)
Directions:
Take a bowl and beat the eggs properly and add chilies, onion, and salt in it.
Now take a pan and add vegetable oil in it and add tomatoes in it and keep it on heat until gets dry and makes a puree of it.
Then add eggs in it and fry them.
Pour it in a plate and serve it.
30. Pasta with Toasted Walnuts, Blue Cheese and Chives
Ingredients:
Pasta (1 lb.)
Toasted Walnuts (1/2 cup)
Olive Oil (1 tablespoon)
Medium onion (1)
Kosher Salt and Pepper
Garlic (1 clove)
Milk ( ¾ cup)
Cream Cheese low fat (4 oz)
Grated Parmesan (1/4 cup)
Nutmeg
Blue Cheese (4 oz)
Fresh Chives Chopped (1/4 cup)
Directions:
Take a bowl and add boiled pasta in it along with olive oil, garlic, kosher salt and pepper, milk, onion, nutmeg, grated parmesan and cheese.
Add fresh chives in this mixture and milk in it to make it stir with each other.
Pasta is ready to serve.