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Recipes by Occasion

You’ll find recipes here for every holiday occasion!

Our Recipes by Occasion section offers a wide range of recipes for all the familiar holidays: Christmas, Thanksgiving, New Year’s Day, and more.

Take a look at our festive recipes!

A burger bowl filled with ground beef, diced tomatoes, shredded cheddar, lettuce, sliced red onions, pickles, roasted potato wedges, and a serving of creamy sauce.

Burger Bowl

Three corn tortillas filled with shredded chipotle chicken, topped with chopped purple cabbage, cilantro, and crumbled cheese, served on a white plate.

Chipotle Chicken Tacos (slow cooker!)

Close-up of a chili mac - a mixture of elbow macaroni, ground meat, beans, and tomato sauce being stirred with a black spatula.

Chili Mac (One Pan!)

A collage of six different dips with chips and crackers, overlaid with text that reads “12 Easy Game Day Dip Recipes” in bold pink and white letters.

12 Easy Game Day Dip Recipes

A ladle holds a creamy chicken enchilada soup with shredded chicken, black beans, corn, diced tomatoes, and spices over a pot of the same soup.

Chicken Enchilada Soup

Plate of round gingerbread shortbread cookies with white icing drizzle, surrounded by cinnamon sticks, a cooling rack, and baking ingredients on a white surface.

Gingerbread Shortbread Cookies

A plate of assorted Christmas cut out sugar cookies decorated with colorful icing in shapes like trees, stockings, candy canes, and stars. Some plain cookies are scattered around the plate.

Cut Out Sugar Cookies

Two champagne flutes filled with a red poinsettia cocktail garnished with cranberries and rosemary, next to bottles of Cointreau and Prosecco, with festive red decorations and loose cranberries.

Poinsettia Cocktail (Cranberry Champagne Cocktail)

A stack of gingerbread pancakes topped with a gingerbread cookie, colorful sprinkles, whipped cream, and syrup, with more pancakes and cookies in the background.

Gingerbread Pancakes

A plate of assorted Christmas cream cheese spritz cookies shaped like wreaths, trees, and snowflakes, decorated with green and red sugar sprinkles.

Cream Cheese Spritz Cookies

A pepperoni pita pizza with melted cheese, sliced into pieces, on a sheet of parchment paper with one pepperoni slice off to the side.

Pita Pizzas

A glass of blood orange mocktail with ice, garnished with a blood orange wedge and candied ginger, sits on a white coaster surrounded by sliced blood oranges and ginger pieces.

Blood Orange Mocktail

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