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Caryn.com's Eclectic
Thanksgiving and Christmas
Kitchen

gourmet alternative recipes & menu options
for traditional holiday dinners & parties



If a link for a recipe you are dying for is not up yet, email me and
I'll move that one to the top of my list to add for this year

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Additional Caryn.com Areas of Interest to Cooks

Chanukah Recipes
| Cooking with Herbs | Gifts & Supplies for Cooks & Food Lovers

Gourmet Coffee & Tea

Thanksgiving Party Favors & Gifts | Christmas Party Favors & Gifts

Suggested Menu Items:

Appetizers | Salads & Vegetables | Sides & Gravy
Main Courses | Desserts

Additional sites with unusual ideas or VERY extensive
collections of Holiday Recipes & Menu Plans
(plus a Thanksgiving link or two)

suggest your favorite recipe or submit site

Practical Kitchen.com
Santa's Net World Recipe Index
Elegant Lobster Holiday Brunch
Vernalisa's Holiday Recipe Index
Epicurious Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Menu Maker
Xmas Dinner in the 19th Century
Christmas Baking with Susie J
Cook's Recipes: Holiday Collection
chef 2 chef
A Low-Carb Chistmas Dinner
Menu


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What makes these recipes so different, anyway? And do you have to be, like... some super-whiz chef or something like that to be able to make them?

answer:

All recipes on this site have been chosen for their use of fresh, whole food, healthy ingredients. Some have been slightly amended from the original versions based on my own kitchen experiences either to enhance flavor or lower the fat content of the recipe.

Most of the recipes here are relatively easy to make, and make a colorful splash when put on the table. Sure, I'm a really good cook. Mom was a gourmet cook so I was spoiled growing up, and pretty much had to learn how to cook really well once I moved out of her house, just to keep myself in the standard of eating to which I had grown accustomed! So I am fully capable of making stuff that's incredibly hard, but who has the time--not me, that's for sure! So most recipes that end up on my site as one of my favorites will be outstanding in terms of flavor, but not too time consuming to prepare, although of course, keep in mind that as a general rule, holiday meals require a little extra in terms of effort. Kitchen magic can only go so far...

So there's the scoop.

Enjoy!

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