Christmas Recipes Archives - Stacey Homemaker

Zucchini Tomato Pesto Bake

By Stacey Homemaker on December 14, 2019 46 Comments

This delicious vegan zucchini tomato bake is easy to make, quick to assemble, and it’s so IMPRESSIVE! This beautiful healthy side dish is perfect to make for the holidays or to go with your weeknight dinner.

*This recipe was originally published on 7/15/15, but I updated it with better recipe instructions on 12/14/19.

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This zucchini tomato bake looks fancy and hard to make but it’s actually really simple to make! Because it looks so pretty, I always serve this vegan zucchini casserole at holiday dinners to impress my family! In addition to being a beautiful dish to look at it also tastes incredibly delicious!

If you like ratatouille, I think that you’re really going to enjoy this zucchini bake! This dish is similar to ratatouille because of the thinly sliced layered vegetables, but what sets it apart is the flavorful pesto sauce that’s used instead of tomato sauce.

I just love how the pesto sauce seeps into every nook and cranny of the zucchini bake while the vegetables are roasting. It’s seriously tasty! After you try this vegan pesto recipe, you should try Pesto Quinoa Spinach Stuffed Tomatoes, Oil-Free Baked Pesto Pasta Casserole, Roasted Portobello Mushrooms with Green Pea Pesto Lentils, and Creamy Vegan Pesto Pasta!

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Pomegranate Wild Rice Christmas Salad

By Stacey Homemaker on November 15, 2019 2 Comments

This festive Christmas salad is the perfect side dish to serve with your holiday meal! Loaded with arugula, nutty wild rice, roasted pecans, juicy pomegranate arils, greens onions, tart dried cherries, and tangy garlic dijon dressing; this hearty salad is a major crowd pleaser! Vegan and gluten-free.

This is my all-time favorite salad! I love the combination of flavors and textures, it’s so incredibly delicious and it’s such a good Christmas salad! The festive red pomegranate arils and green arugula ingredients make this the perfect vegan holiday side dish!

The first time that I made this simple salad was for our Christmas dinner a few years ago and my family (especially my mom) fell in love with it!

Now, my family loves this wild rice pomegranate Christmas salad recipe and they request it at every holiday, so I usually end up making it for almost every single family get-together or holiday gathering.

Related Post: Complete Vegan Thanksgiving Menu

The combination of peppery arugula, tart dried cherries, nutty wild rice, sweet pomegranate arils, and roasted pecans tossed in a tangy garlic dijon dressing is so tasty! This vegan wild rice salad is definitely a crowd-pleaser and I think that you’re going to love it as much as we do!

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Vegan Scalloped Potatoes Florentine

By Stacey Homemaker on November 4, 2019, Updated December 3, 2019 3 Comments

Every bite of these cheesy vegan scalloped potatoes is ultra-rich, super creamy, and loaded with spinach! Complete your holiday meal and impress your family with this decadent vegan side dish! Gluten-free and oil-free.

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I’m SO excited to share this easy vegan scalloped potatoes florentine recipe with you! This casserole is pure healthy vegan comfort food, and I think that you’re going to fall in love with these decadent potatoes just like I have. Honestly, I can’t stop eating these cheesy potatoes. I’ve been eating leftovers for breakfast all week, it’s that good!

These potatoes are SO rich and SO creamy, and the addition of spinach is such a yummy twist on a traditional classic. Any chance that I get to hide some extra veggies in a meal is a win for me! Do you feel the same?

Also, I tested this recipe a few different ways: with cashews, without cashews, with cauliflower, with frozen spinach, etc. to come up with the best combination for you, and I definitely found it! (If you have a nut allergy, I shared the instructions on how to make these vegan scalloped potatoes without cashews below.)

Every bite is loaded with perfectly cooked potatoes, onions, garlic, spinach, and the creamiest cashew-based white sauce! Seriously, it’ so decadent and delicious. This vegan potato casserole is truly the perfect side dish to serve with lentil loaf, vegan cabbage rolls, or lemon garlic cauliflower steaks for dinner.

I highly recommend that you add this creamy scalloped potatoes florentine recipe to your Thanksgiving feast and Christmas dinner menu, they’re 100% holiday-worthy! Vegans and non-vegans alike love these creamy potato and spinach casserole!

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This Vegan Christmas Dinner Menu Will Impress All of Your Guests!

By Stacey Homemaker on November 25, 2018, Updated December 15, 2019 8 Comments

Every recipe that you need to make the BEST vegan Christmas dinner is on this list! Trust me, these recipes will impress all of your guests– even the carnivores.

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You might be reading this post because you’re a new vegan, an experienced vegan, or a non-vegan with a vegan family member that you’re cooking for this Christmas. This vegan Christmas dinner recipe list is for everyone!

First of all, if you aren’t vegan and you’re taking the time to research vegan Christmas recipes so you can make something special for your vegan guest, I want to thank you for doing that! Seriously, it will mean so much to that person and I know that they will be blown away by how thoughtful you are.

I’ve found all the best vegan Christmas recipes for you and I narrowed them down to the best of the best. These recipes are from some of my most trusted vegan food bloggers– their recipes always get rave reviews!

I also wrote out my personal vegan Christmas dinner menu (at the end of this post) + tips to help you plan your vegan Christmas dinner menu too!

The following topics are questions that I get asked over and over, the answers might help you too!

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