Gourmet Appetizers, Soups & Breads
for Holiday Dinners & Parties

Get set... because if you're looking for some new thanksgiving food ideas and some Christmas dinner recipes that will make a splash, you're at the right place. Whether you are making an elegant thanksgiving dinner, casual thanksgiving food for family, or hosting a holiday party, christmas party or even christmas dinner, these Thanksgiving Recipes and Christmas recipes will help you make easy gourmet food that will help you get your guests into the holiday spirit. As in each of our food sections, we've included vegetarian Thanksgiving recipes (many of them also vegan recipes) and put an emphasis on fresh ingredients and healthy recipes suitable for Thanksgiving and Christmas because we believe that holiday recipes that treat your body well are great holiday gifts you can give to yourself and others. In this section you'll find appetizer recipes (I've divided them into which I think could serve as christmas dinner appetizers and which ones are best served at Thanksgiving dinner) Personally, I like to keep holiday dinner appetizers light, because there is always so much other food 've made for the main course. I generally start with either a salad or soup, and serve hot, freshly basked mesquite biscuits (recipe included below) which to be quite honest beats any dinner roll recipe I've ever tasted!

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Appetizers: Thanksgiving Recipes : Christmas Recipes

Spring Mix Salad w/ Roasted Portobello Mushrooms & Juniper Berry Vinaigrette (Vegetarian Appetizer/Vegan)

Butternut Squash & Pear Curry Soup
(Vegetarian Appetizer/Vegan)

Stuffed Portobellini Mushrooms
(Vegetarian Appetizer/Vegan)

Low-Fat Cranberry Sweet Bread