Lebanese Green Beans
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If you're looking for something more than a traditional green been casserole, these could be just the thing to wow your family.
How To Make Baklava
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There's nothing like this traditional Greek dessert. It's sticky and sweet and a lovely treat for the holiday season.
Red Pork Tamales
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These delicious pork tamales are the best thing you’ll unwrap on Christmas Day. Tasty and always yummy.
Buñuelos (Mexican Fritters)
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Buñuelos are yummy crunchy bites of cinnamon and sugar. A Mexican dessert that’s a favorite during the holidays.
Pasteles en Hoja (Dominican Style Tamales)
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This is a traditional holiday dish of plantain and root vegetables masa filled with meat and made into a pocket using plantain leaves.
Struffoli (Honey Balls)
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Struffoli are fried dough balls, all covered in honey and served in one big pile. Topped with sprinkles, nuts, or candied fruit, this simple Italian recipe is a Christmas favorite.
Puerto Rican Rice
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This rice is a holiday staple for many Puerto Rican families this time of year. It's so delicious and makes enough for a crowd!
Currant Mini Hand Pies
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This pastry treat from England is the perfect way to use up extra pie dough or currants. Adorable little hand pies your friends will love!
Instant Pot Vegetable Biryani
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No Indian holiday meal is complete without this jazzed up rice pilaf, vegetable Biryani.
Biscochitos
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Biscochitos are a shortbread-like cookie flavored with cinnamon and anise.
Mince Pie Pinwheels – Tear & Share
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Made with a handful of festive ingredients, this sharing dessert only takes 10 minutes to put together and is the perfect sweet treat to enjoy of the holiday season.
Camorão na Moranga
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Camorão na Moranga is a Brazilian dish that translates roughly to “Shrimp in a Pumpkin.” In Brazil, this rich and creamy soup is served only on special occasions and big holidays.
Festive Mexican Cornish Game Hens
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Succulent. Spicy. Sweet. Savory. Festive Mexican Cornish Hens for Two is a perfect main course for two, and easily scaled up for more!
Leek and Sweet Potato Latkes
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A super easy recipe for Sweet Potato Latkes with a cumin-garlic yogurt sauce. Pan-fried and easy to make with just a few ingredients. A must-have for the Hannukah table!
Dutch Apple Tart (Appeltaart)
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A Dutch Apple Tart is very different than an American Apple pie. It has a cookie-type crust and is baked in a spring form pan rather than a pie pan. The filling is simply apples with sugar and a little cinnamon.
Chocolate Pizzelles Cookies
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Chocolate Pizzelles are a light, crisp, slightly sweet Italian cookie. They’re also an Italian family tradition in the author's house and a delicious one! Come see the recipe she learned how to make from her grandmother.
Spiced orange vegan coquito
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Spiced orange vegan coquito! A dairy free and egg free way to enjoy Puerto Rican coconut eggnog. Make this your new holiday co*cktail!
Krumkake (Cardamom Cookie)
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Krumkake are wafer-thin, crispy, cardamom flavored Scandinavian cookies that are cooked on a griddle and rolled into a cone shape.
Mini Tourtieres
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Tourtiere is a French-Canadian meat pie that's the centerpiece of the traditional reveillon meal on Christmas Eve.
Eierlikör – German Egg Liqueur
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Eierlikör is German egg liqueur, which is similar to eggnog, but so much better! Thick, creamy, and perfect for Christmas.
Cinnamon Stars: Zimtsterne (German Christmas Cookies)
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Cinnamon Stars are classic German Christmas cookies. This is a simple and easy recipe that is naturally gluten free, dairy free and DELICIOUS!
Risalamande - the traditional Danish pudding
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Be offbeat this holiday and serve a Scandinavian dessert, Risalamande, which is a Danish rice pudding
Kashmiri Pulao – Mildly Sweet and Tart Apple Rice Recipe
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This mildly sweet and tart apple rice recipe would be great as a side or dessert on your Christmas table.
Quick Panettone Shortcake (Bolo de Panetone)
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A Non-traditional, semi-homemade and quick panettone shortcake that will brighten your holiday table
3-Ingredient Not Baked Alaska Panettone (Sorvete de Panetone)
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Not Baked Alaska Panettone (Sorvete de Panettone or Sorvetone) is a 15-minute Brazilian-inspired frozen dessert made with 3 ingredients: store-bought panettone filled with ice cream and covered with whipped cream. Perfect for the holidays!
Delicious Breudher Cake with Blood Orange Glaze
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This Sri Lankan Breudher Cake is a yeasted cake that’s very popular in Sri Lanka during Christmas. This one strikes a great balance of delicious buttery richness and the fruity, citrus flavour of blood oranges, with a hint of boozy sweetness from the brandy soaked raisins.
The Very Best Pizzelle Recipe
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Light, crispy, sweet….the very best Pizzelle recipe is super easy to make. A staple during the holidays, this Italian cookie Pizzelle recipe is such a classic. A great idea for gift giving!
Roasted Vegetable Pie with Puff Pastry
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Roasted vegetable pie, made extra easy with puff pastry is a great holiday main dish! With pumpkin, cauliflower, and parsnip, it’s a dish that can be made any day of the week.
Typsy Laird, Authentic Scottish Trifle for Christmas and Burns Night
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This one's not for the kiddies, as the title suggests. Typsy Laird is a boozy Scottish trifle and is so easy to make and best made ahead of time. Delicious!
Cicerchiata (Struffoli): Mini Pastry Balls in Honey
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A traditional Southern Italian Christmas treat, cicerchiata is made from little balls of fried dough and coated in honey. Just be warned, once you start eating it, you simply can't stop!
Coquito Tres Leches Cake Recipe
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Combination of two Puerto Rican foods, coquito and tres leches cake.
Healthy Cranberry Wassail Recipe
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Cranberry hot wassail kicks things up a notch and turns your wassail a gorgeous festive red.
Delicious Authentic Mexican Pozole Recipe
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Mexican Pozole is a favorite for Christmas Eve Dinner. Pozole in essence is a stew filled with delicious rich flavors that can make it a meal all on of its own
Lapis Legit - Thousand Layers Cake
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Indonesian lapis legit (thousand layers cake). Each celebration, Christmas included, will see people flocking to the bakeries to buy this cake. Homemade is always preferred, of course, but this is one labor intensive cake.
Icelandic Christmas Cookies
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Icelandic Christmas cookies with cornflakes and salted chocolate are easy to make and taste delicious. These traditional Christmas cookies are known in Iceland as Marens Kornflexkokur.
Jollof Rice
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This easy Jollof Rice recipe is a spiced tomato rice served all across West Africa. Served during all celebrations like wedding, birthdays, Christmas and more. It is gluten-free and vegan
African Pepper Soup
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Looking for the easiest African Pepper Soup recipe? You have found it!! It only takes a few everyday ingredients and minimal effort to whip up this popular African Soup served over the festive season.
Saffron Wreath Bread
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Saffron adds a beautiful golden color and rich flavor to this bread, which is filled with dark chocolate, dates, and coconut sugar. Just sweet enough for dessert, and perfect for the holidays.
Vanillekipferl
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Pronounced VAN-el-eu-KIP-fuhl, these almond cookies mean “vanilla moon.” They were originally made in Vienna, Austria, where they're a much-loved Christmas cookie.
Ensalada de Nochebuena
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Mexican Christmas Eve Salad is a delicious and colorful salad. The fruit floats in an exquisite combination of beet and jamaica juice.
Ponche-Mexican Christmas Punch
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Many families in Mexico begin preparing it as soon as December begins. It’s the perfect beverage for cold nights– sweet, delicious and warm.
Holy Cannoli Cookies
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Fun Italian Christmas cookies, inspired by Italian cannolis, they will make a great addition to your Christmas cookie baskets and gifts this year.
My Mother's Lefse
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This Norwegian bread is traditionally prepared with boiled riced potatoes. This version is how the author's mom taught her--using potato flakes to save time!
Beet, Pickled Herring, and Potato Salad
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Many cultures enjoy fish and potatoes during the holidays. Scandinavians combine the two in this colorful side dish of pickled herring, potatoes, and beets.