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Christmas Recipes

All your favorite Christmas recipes, from traditional to make your own new Christmas recipe traditions.

We don't get a white Christmas down here in South Carolina's Lowcountry, but on the upside, oyster shells make good Christmas tree ornaments (and holders for tea candles).

Some of my favorite Christmas recipes are:

  • Scalloped Potatoes (Potatoes au Gratin) - classic Christmas Side Dish
  • Buttery Shrimp with Worcestershire Sauce and Rice - Rich Christmas Decadence
  • Cradled Prime Rib Roast (Standing Rib Roast) - Classic and Easy Christmas Recipe
  • Mediterranean Frittata - Christmas brunch for the win!
5 scallops on a white plate with 2 lemon wedges. One scallop is cut in half and has a fork sticking in it.

Easy Seared Scallops with Butter

Little Cornichon pickles wrapped with Arugula and rolled up in salami with colorful toothpicks holding them together. Ten of them on a wood plate.

Easy Salami Appetizer with Pickles

Tan bowl of sliced black olives with walnuts and chopped figs mounded in bowl with a spoon and garnished with parsley. side view.

Kalamata Olive and Fig Tapenade

White bowl of crispy shiitake mushrooms with 4 sprigs of rosemary in it and a purple napkin on the side. Side View.

Pan Fried Shiitake Mushrooms Recipe with Black Pepper

Shrimp and Chorizo Stew w Potatoes and Corn Recipe in A White Bowl - Eat Simple Food

Shrimp and Chorizo Stew with Kale

Small blue bowl of off white hummus with a mint garnish. Spoon inserted into hummus.

Simple and Easy Homemade Hummus

Cooked Pickled Shrimp with thin sliced onions In a blue bowl with a spoon sticking out. 2 wood bowls with small forks on the side. close up.

Lowcountry Quick Pickled Shrimp

2 Pieces of Herbed Pork Tenderloin seared In A Cast Iron Skillet

Cast Iron Herbed Pork Tenderloin

3 Parmesan Crisps with specks of thyme on a Wood Cutting Board

Easy Parmesan Crisps (Frico)

Top down view of barbeque beef back ribs cut into individual ribs. Ribs laying on live edge wood cutting board with a chef's knife and white napkin in the background. Close up.

Easy Oven Baked Beef Back Ribs

Roast Salmon with Buttery Leeks On Top In a Stainless Steel Pan - Eat Simple Food

Roast Salmon with Buttery Leeks

Top view of brown plate with diced chicken in brown sauce and sliced green onions on top. chopsticks on the side.

Teriyaki Chicken Thighs With Green Onions

Top down view of white oval bowl filled with cooked mushrooms with pistachios and chopped basil. Close up.

Sautéed Mushrooms with Pistachios and Basil

3 pieces of poached salmon on a platter surrounded by asparagus, quartered cherry tomatoes, walnuts, and lemon slices. Topped with Tzatziki Sauce

Poached Salmon with Tzatziki Sauce

Diced and roasted Kabocha Squash with Peppers and leeks on a big white plate with a wood spoon. side view.

Kabocha Squash Breakfast Hash

Seared and thinly sliced pork tenderloin. Top view on a white plate with a sprig of rosemary in the background.

Balsamic Rosemary Pork Tenderloin

Bouillabaisse (Fish or Seafood Stew) In a white bowl with clams, shrimp, and chunks of white fish in a yellow red delicate sauce.

French Bouillabaisse (Fish Stew / Soup)

Close up of wood bowl of green salad with raisins, crushed almonds, and red pepper flakes. Fork on the side.

Kale and Almond Salad with Lemon Dressing

8 Quail Nestled Into And Cooked In A Cast Iron Skillet

Easy Pan Fried Quail

Side view. Slice of brown cake on white plate with fork with out of focus cake in background.

Easy German Chocolate Hazelnut Torte

Close up of pan of fusilli pasta with quartered mushrooms in a light cream sauce with parsley garnish.

Creamy Mushroom Pasta with Lemon

White bowl with black rim of red tomato bisque soup on a wood rectangle plate. Grilled cheese sandwich cut in half diagonally on the side.

Easy Tomato Bisque Soup

White shallow bowl (side view) of brown/red chunks of lamb with diced carrots and sauce over white rice with a pea, mint, and almond garnish.

Braised Lamb Stew with Peas and Mint

Side view of a small bowl of rice pudding with cinnamon sprinkles, whipped cream, and 5 blueberries.

Simple and Creamy Rice Pudding

Five poached pink shrimp on a little tan plate with a wedged lemon. Poached shrimp in a blue bowl on the side and also layed over some cups in the background. Lemon wedges in the background.

Simple and Easy Poached Shrimp

Roasted Beef Brisket Sliced on A Wood Cutting Board With Horseradish in a White Bowl with A Fork

Simple Oven Cooked Beef Brisket

Whole cooked beef tenderloin sliced on a cutting board revealing pink center. Side View

Simple and Easy Whole Beef Tenderloin

Top view of three small white bowls of diced red beets. Two bowls with crumbled goat cheese and orange zest. One bowl with just orange zest is close up and in front.

Roasted Beets with Orange Balsamic Dressing

Browned prime rib roast on elevated rack in a cast iron pan on a wood cutting board. Close up.

Cradled Prime Rib Roast

Crispy pan seared shrimp close up in a black pan with brown bits and fond stuck to the shrimp and pan. Closer up.

Easy Pan Seared Shrimp with Butter

Blood Oranges & Roasted Yellow and Red Beets on a white plate with thyme and walnuts sprinkled over the top.

Blood Orange and Beet Salad

Shrimp In A Dark Roux With red and yellow peppers on yellow grits on a white plate.

The Best Lowcountry Shrimp and Grits

Mashed Cooked Sweet Potatoes in A white Bowl

Easy Mashed Sweet Potatoes

White bowl of horseradish sour cream white sauce with a spoon sticking out. Rare beef tenderloin on the side.

Horseradish Sour Cream Sauce

Top down view of red pot filled with cooked browned beef chunks and carrots in a brown gravy and tomato sauce.

Beef Goulash Stew with Spaetzle

Top down view of white bowl with chopped greens and sauce in it. Small bowl of chili flakes on the side.

Simple Vegetarian Collard Greens

Close up ofcooked jalapeno poppers filled with a brown orange crust and a chopped cilantro garnish. Top view, close up.

Cream Cheese Stuffed Jalapeño Poppers

Top down view of cooked boneless skinless seared chicken thighs in a yellow cream mustard sauce in a dark pan.

Pan Fried Chicken Thighs with Dijon Cream Sauce

5 Roast Sweet Potato Slices on a white plate with a dollop of sour cream and chive garnish.

Roasted Sweet Potato Coins with Cumin

Browned whole head of cauliflower on an elevated rack above parchment paper. Side view.

Simple Whole Roasted Cauliflower

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I’m Beckie Hemmerling. I love food and I think of it on a basic level of providing strength & nourishment. Cooking has helped me *try* to figure out life, not just my own, but also other people's. I have cooked through many joys / sorrows and cooking has always been a meditative place through these highs & lows. More background info →

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