Christmas Recipes

All the best Christmas recipes needed to help you have the best holiday ever. From dinner ideas to cookies and desserts to breakfast and brunch recipes for company in town, we have you covered!

The Best Christmas Recipes!

We love Christmas!

And we have a feeling you do too if you’re here. We know the holidays center so much around food, so we want to make looking for those Christmas recipes as quick and simple for you as possible.

We’ve broken it down into several sections:

We’ve broken things down even further for you when it comes to Dinner Ideas, so be sure to check out our:

Here are some collections you might want to see: Traditional Christmas Dinner Menu, Mexican Christmas Dinner Menu and Italian Christmas Dinner Menu.

CHECK OUT THESE

Christmas Menu Collections

Mexican Christmas Food

1 hour hour 21 minutes minutes

5 from 6 votes

Italian Christmas Dinner Ideas

1 hour hour 20 minutes minutes

5 from 7 votes

HOLIDAY PREPPING

We want to share all of our best tips and tricks to help you with all your holiday meal planning.

PLAN YOUR MENU IN ADVANCE. Think about the following…

  • How many courses will there be?
  • How many dishes in each course?
  • How many sides with your main dish?
  • Can you buy any of the dishes to make cooking easier?
  • Which dishes can be made AHEAD OF TIME?
  • Can some of the recipes be made in the slow cooker or on the stove to free up the oven?
  • Can you make food assignments to make it less overwhelming?

DO AS MUCH AS YOU CAN AHEAD OF TIME + GO SHOPPING EARLY!

The Latest

Christmas Recipes

Homemade Salsa

10 minutes minutes

4.99 from 96 votes

How to Cook Prime Rib

3 hours hours 35 minutes minutes

5 from 21 votes

Instant Pot Ham

20 minutes minutes

5 from 10 votes

Crock Pot Scalloped Potatoes

4 hours hours 15 minutes minutes

4.99 from 88 votes

Christmas Recipe Game Plan

Answering these questions and putting together a game plan will help you come cooking time.

Plan a cooking schedule: Work backwards from your intended serving time. Decide on the following:

  • What order do the items need to be cooked?
  • Can anything go in the oven at the same time?
  • What can be cooked on the stove top? Crock pot?
  • What can be made ahead of time? Will it need to be reheated?

Prep as many of the ingredients as possible ahead of time.

Doing these things will help your holidays be more enjoyable and less stressful!

Family Favorite

Mexican Recipes

Red Cheese Enchiladas

47 minutes minutes

4.93 from 483 votes

Chicken Tacos

25 minutes minutes

4.99 from 57 votes

Beef Empanadas

4 hours hours 20 minutes minutes

5 from 22 votes

Homemade Spanish Rice Recipe

45 minutes minutes

4.98 from 2627 votes

A LUNA TRADITION

Every Christmas Eve, we ALWAYS have Mexican food. It’s tradition!

Although the menu changes up slightly each year, we typically always have the following:

And of course we have all the appetizers and sides like chips and salsa (red and green), Mexican Rice and more!

To prep for this we always cook the meat up a few days ahead of time and then we will make salsas the day before or the morning of. Enchiladas can also be made ahead of time, and then we do all the frying right before family comes. It’s easier than you think and always SO delicious!

Check out all of our Favorite Christmas Mexican Food!

ALL THE

Christmas Cookies

Red Velvet Cake Mix Cookies

48 minutes minutes

5 from 6 votes

Christmas Wreath Cookies

20 minutes minutes

4.97 from 27 votes

Easy Shortbread Cookies

48 minutes minutes

4.97 from 33 votes

Snowball Cookies

24 minutes minutes

4.94 from 33 votes

Gifting Christmas Cookies

Here are some of our top tips for packaging and gifting cookies this holiday season:

  • The easiest is to put the cookies in a store bought holiday box or bin. Dress it up by putting piece of tissue paper, or holiday napkin, in the box before placing the cookies inside and finish it off with a pretty bow of ribbon or twine.
  • Wrap in Cellophane: Place cookies on a holiday plate and cover with plastic wrap. Then, place the plate in the center of a piece of cellophane, bring all the sides up over the plate and gather them together. Tie with ribbon, tulle or twine.
  • Bake the cookies the same size and stack them in a large mouth mason jar. Cover the lid with Christmas fabric or paper. Tie a ribbon around the top and add a cute tag.
  • Save those Pringles cans! Wash and dry, then wrap the can with decorative holiday paper. Stack the cookies in the can, cover with the lid, and top with a gift wrapping bow. So easy!
  • A brown lunch bag is pretty in its simplicity. Stack cookies in a brown lunch bag. Fold the top over and punch two holes. Thread a simple ribbon through, tulle or raffia also work, and tie the top closed. Add a cute tag to the front of the bag.

For even more tips, be sure to check out our Christmas Cookies post.

Christmas Side Dishes

35 minutes minutes

5 from 2 votes

Christmas Drink Recipes

5 from 7 votes

Newest Christmas

Homemade Salsa

10 minutes minutes

4.99 from 96 votes

How to Cook Prime Rib

3 hours hours 35 minutes minutes

5 from 21 votes

Instant Pot Ham

20 minutes minutes

5 from 10 votes

Crock Pot Scalloped Potatoes

4 hours hours 15 minutes minutes

4.99 from 88 votes

Sugar Cream Pie Recipe

3 hours hours 40 minutes minutes

5 from 13 votes

Red Velvet Cake Mix Cookies

48 minutes minutes

5 from 6 votes

Christmas tree Charcuterie Board

5 from 3 votes

Christmas Charcuterie Board

5 from 6 votes

Cheesy Hashbrown Casserole

48 minutes minutes

4.99 from 82 votes

Monkey Bread Muffins

19 minutes minutes

5 from 5 votes

Tortellini Skewers

10 minutes minutes

5 from 6 votes

Cranberry Salsa

10 minutes minutes

5 from 7 votes