Holiday Recipes

Carrots are the Christmas side nobody thinks about until they taste a really good batch. These honey garlic roasted carrots roast hot until the edges caramelize, then get a quick toss in honey, garlic, and thyme that turns them glossy...

Cheesecake is the dessert most people assume they have to skip in December. These healthy mini cheesecakes fix that. They are creamy, tangy, built in a muffin tin, and topped with a spoon of bright cranberry sauce, so each one...

Every Christmas party has a tray that empties first, and it is usually the shrimp cocktail. The good news is that it is also one of the leanest, highest-protein things you can put out. Make it at home and it...

Every holiday table needs one dish that is bright, fresh, and crunchy, and this Christmas salad is it. Red pomegranate, sliced pear, white feta, and toasted pecans on dark greens look like Christmas before anyone takes a bite. Each serving...

December is busy, and baking every treat from scratch is not realistic for most of us. These gingerbread protein balls take about 15 minutes, need no oven, and taste like a gingerbread cookie with warm molasses and spice. Each ball...

Christmas morning goes better when breakfast is already done. This Christmas breakfast casserole gets assembled on Christmas Eve, sits in the fridge overnight, and goes straight into the oven while everyone opens presents. No bread, no heavy cream, and no...

Scalloped potatoes are the side dish people hover over at Christmas, and the classic version earns that by using a pint of heavy cream. These healthy scalloped potatoes keep the creamy sauce and golden cheese top, and build it from...

Every Christmas party has a dip, and most of them are a block of full fat cream cheese with a sweet topping. This cranberry jalapeno dip keeps the look and the sweet heat everyone loves, but the creamy base is...

A Christmas ham is already cooked when you buy it. Your only real jobs are warming it without drying it out and giving it a glaze that tastes like a holiday. This honey glazed ham does both, and the glaze...

Christmas cookies are not the enemy. The problem is that most of them are butter and sugar with nothing else to hold you, so ten disappear before dinner. These protein sugar cookies are the classic cut-out kind, soft in the...