55 santa recipes

Santa Claus cookies decorate flat sugar cookies with red sugar caps, miniature marshmallow tassels, currant eyes, cinnamon candy noses, and coconut beards. A festive holiday craft cookie kids can help build from baked rounds.

An easy chicken strips recipe perfect for a weeknight dinner.

Linguine primavera with zucchini, yellow squash, and red bell pepper in a chunky tomato-wine sauce topped with fresh basil and sliced olives.

Spinach and lentil soup with bay leaves, cumin, garlic, and green onions. A vegan, high-fiber bowl that comes together with pantry basics. Hearty without feeling heavy.

Earthy lentils simmered with fresh spinach, green onions, garlic, and cumin in this Santa Maria-style soup. Vegan, high-fiber, and ready in 30 minutes flat.

Just like Santa, I have big orders to fill when it comes to the holidays. Everyone wants me to make them some.

Traditionally baked during 'Sinterklaas', a feast on 5 December (6 December in Belgium and Germany) on which little children receive gifts from the holy St. Nicholas, the partial inspiration for Santa Claus. In Germany, Pfeffernüsse are traditionally made during the Christmas season.

Santa Maria-style grilled tri-tip marinated 24 hours in red wine, olive oil, Worcestershire, soy sauce, and garlic. Central California barbecue at its finest.

Tender grilled tri-tip with a four-ingredient soy and onion soup mix marinade. Santa Maria style California barbecue, sliced thick, finished rare on the grill for a juicy, beefy crust.

German beer-braised Brussels sprouts simmered in beer until tender, then finished with butter and salt. A traditional 4-ingredient side dish that converts sprout skeptics.

Golden millet porridge simmered with onions, carrots, squash, or parsnips and sea salt. A four-ingredient vegan whole grain breakfast with a creamy, slightly nutty texture that absorbs any vegetable you add.

Crispy oven-baked potatoes coated in crushed cornflakes, Parmesan, paprika, and garlic salt. A crunchy, golden side dish with no deep frying needed.

Stir-fried flank steak with a soy-sherry gravy over crunchy scalded bean sprouts and onion, seasoned with homemade Szechuan pepper salt. A textural Chinese beef dish.

Homemade gochujang (Korean hot sauce) fermented from meju, glutinous rice flour, barley malt, chili powder, and salt. A traditional month-long fermentation project that yields 4 gallons.

Thai-style bananas simmered in sweetened coconut milk with a pinch of salt. A 4-ingredient dessert that doubles as a hot or cold treat, ready in 25 minutes.

Grilled spring onions and asparagus with fresh lime and flaky sea salt. A 5-ingredient, 20-minute vegetarian side that lets the char and vegetables shine.