The Kitchn’s Holiday Gift Guides — Holiday 2014
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Healthy Appetizers: Fresh Tomato Salsa
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by bluebayou
“Finely chopped Serrano chilies make this salsa nippy and nice. Combine with tomatoes, onions, cilantro and lime juice, and this salsa is ready for dipping.”
Healthy Side Dishes: Lemony Green Beans with Walnuts and Thyme
Healthy Main Dishes: Panzanella Salad Skewers
Healthy Lunches: Spaghetti Squash with Pine Nuts, Sage, and Romano
What’s Cooking This Weekend? — Weekend of December 6-7, 2014
Happy weekend! What’s cooking in your December kitchen? I’m moving on to my third batch of Emma’s eggnog loaf cake (it makes such a nice gift — and, um, breakfast too). What about you? Tell us what’s cooking and how you plan to spend your time in the kitchen this weekend. Don’t miss these treats from the past week, too!
- The best appetizers for a holiday party.
- Stocking stuffers that food-lovers will be glad to shake out under the tree.
- Don’t miss these
1011 cookbooks from 2014. - Gingerbread muffins!
- Dark chocolate truffles (raw! vegan! easy!) with peppermint.
Cream Cheese Danish Bread, Smoked Salmon Dip, Dark Chocolate Peppermint Bites & Indian Scrambled Eggs — New Recipes from The Kitchn
Now that Thanksgiving and all the leftovers have been demolished, it’s time time to move on to the holidays. This week we have some fun edible gift ideas like raw dark chocolate peppermint bites and an apple and cinnamon-infused bourbon. If you need some solid, easy recipes to get you through the holiday season, try our Indian scrambled eggs for breakfast and the kale and apple soup for dinner.
What Are Your Favorite Weeknight Meals During the Holidays? — Reader Intelligence Request
The holidays are a funny time, when it comes to food. We’re deluged with sweets and ideas for holiday entertaining. Looking at magazines and blogs this time of year one might be forgiven for thinking we subsist for a month on a diet of cheese balls, peppermint cookies, and marshmallows.
But in the middle of holiday hectic — wrapping up work, buying gifts, travel — we need to eat normal, everyday meals. What are your favorite meals and ways to stay nourished and healthy in this busy month of December? Tell us — and read on for a few of my own.