592 cheery recipes

No-bake icebox angel cake with crumbled angel food, melted marshmallow, crushed pineapple, maraschino cherries, and coconut. A retro 1950s church-cookbook classic that needs zero oven time.

Warm spiced cherry relish simmered with honey, raisins, cider vinegar, and crunchy pecans. The ultimate condiment for roast chicken, duck, or holiday ham.

Punch bowl cake layered with yellow cake, cherry pie filling, chocolate and vanilla pudding, pineapple, bananas, whipped topping, and nuts. A retro layered trifle for a crowd.

A 10-minute no-cook pasta toss with cherry tomatoes, capers, nicoise olives, fresh basil, and garlic in extra-virgin olive oil. Light, bright, and vegetarian.

Italian vegetable salad with chickpeas, mixed vegetables, olives, and cherry tomatoes in a basil-garlic vinaigrette. A make-ahead marinated salad for potlucks.

Roasted cherry tomato compote over milky Parmesan polenta. Caramelized shallots and white wine turn simple tomatoes into something extraordinary. Low-fat, vegetarian, and full of flavor.

Baked oatmeal studded with dried fruit and baked in individual cups until just set. A make-ahead, kid-friendly breakfast topped with a fun fruit smiley-face the little ones love.

A diabetic-friendly cherry pie made with unsweetened cherries, sugar substitute, and a hint of almond extract. Includes a homemade whipped topping from scratch using skim milk powder.

Chicken gyros with cucumber salsa and tsatsiki turn leftover roast chicken into a fast Greek dinner. Garlic-herb oil, cool yogurt sauce, crunchy cucumber-tomato salsa, warm pita.

Chicken and cherries jubilee braises whole chickens in cherry juice and chili sauce for 6 to 8 hours, finished with a sherry-brandy flambé cherry sauce. Retro slow-cooker showstopper.

Frozen fruit punch made with mashed bananas, crushed pineapple, maraschino cherries, and orange juice, then broken into icy chunks and topped with ginger ale and white wine. A slushy, fruity party punch.

Angel food cake slices stuffed with chocolate chips, marshmallows, fruit preserves, or coconut, then grilled golden in a sandwich maker. A 15-minute dessert kids go wild for.

Fettuccine with Gorgonzola sauce tossed with sauteed asparagus, leeks, artichoke hearts, red bell pepper, cherry tomatoes, and garlic. A vegetable-loaded pasta with bold blue cheese flavor.

Diabetic-friendly cherry pie with sugar-free custard filling and a lightly browned meringue top. A sugar-replacement twist on the classic Washington's cherry pie that keeps the indulgence.

A bright Mediterranean-style potato salad with cherry tomatoes, black olives, capers, fresh herbs, and lemon zest in extra-virgin olive oil. No mayo, all flavor.

Beef tenderloin kabobs marinated in red wine, olive oil, rosemary, and oregano with mushrooms, zucchini, red pepper, and cherry tomatoes. Grilled in 8 minutes.