504 holiday recipes

Halloween pumpkin patch cake built from two devil's food bundts stacked face-to-face, frosted orange, with a green cupcake stem and candy corn jack-o-lantern face. Easy showstopper for kids' parties.

Brunch pizza topped with ham, mozzarella, and a poured egg-milk custard baked on pizza dough until set and golden. Five ingredients, 30 minutes.

French-style stuffed eggs with ham, Dijon, and thyme, topped with a broiled breadcrumb crust. A lightened-up deviled egg appetizer with a warm, crispy topping perfect for Easter brunches.

Rich and creamy baked spinach casserole made with cream cheese, butter, and onion soup mix, topped with crispy breadcrumbs. Only 5 ingredients and a holiday side dish crowd-pleaser.

Piped kiss-shaped meringues dried overnight in the oven, then dipped in melted semisweet chocolate. Light as a snowflake and stunning on a holiday cookie tray.

Pear-walnut quick bread swaps water for pear nectar and folds chopped pears plus toasted walnuts into a honey bread mix for a 5-ingredient loaf. Great for holiday gifting and breakfast slicing.

Spicy salt and pepper shrimp makes an excellent appetizer or main course.

This recipe nowadays is not only cooked in Chinese New Year, but also in normal days!

This recipe is a tradition in my husband's Swedish family. It makes enough cookies to feed the Swedish Army.

Halloween veggie platter with a deliberately lumpy, yellowish cottage cheese dip that looks horrifying but tastes like a savory onion dip. Gross-out party food that's secretly healthy.

Veggie Christmas tree platter with broccoli florets shaped into a tree, cauliflower as snow, and cherry tomato and carrot ornaments on a bed of ranch dressing. A festive no-cook appetizer.

Halloween spider cake made from two bowl-shaped cakes filled with green Jello, frosted black with licorice legs and gumdrop eyes. Oozes green goop when sliced.

Nuclear Waste cocktail with blue curacao and Irish cream liqueur topped with cider for a murky, sci-fi green drink. A deliberately ugly Halloween party drink that tastes surprisingly good.

Halloween spiderweb cookies decorate sugar cookies with white flooded icing and black piped concentric circles, then drag a toothpick to create perfect web patterns. Show-stopping party cookies for kids and adults.

Fruit-flavor popcorn balls made with Jello gelatin, corn syrup, sugar, and salted peanuts. Pick any Jello flavor for colorful, kid-friendly popcorn treats in 15 minutes.

French green salad with butter lettuce, spinach, and sauteed shiitake mushrooms in a lemon-Dijon vinaigrette topped with fresh basil. An elegant, earthy side salad.