Dawn Hall - Busy Peoples Fun, Fast, Festive Christmas Cookbook

Busy Peoples
Fun, Fast, Festive
Christmas
Cookbook
Dawn Hall Copyright 2005 by Dawn Hall All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any meanselectronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any otherexcept for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher. Published by Rutledge Hill Press, a Division of Thomas Nelson, Inc.,
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hall, Dawn.
Busy peoples fun, fast, festive Christmas cookbook / Dawn Hall.
p. cm.
ISBN 1-4016-0223-1 (hardcover)
1. Christmas cookery/2. Quick and easy cookery/3. Low-fat dietRecipes.
I. Title.
TX739.2.C45H353 2005
641.5'686dc22 2005015189 Printed in the China
05 06 07 08 095 4 3 2 1 It is with honor, admiration, and respect that I dedicate this book to Jo Anna Lund, the author of Healthy Exchanges.

Jo Anna is a living example of a godly business woman who has taken the lemons in her life to make delicious lemon pie in order to bless others. Contents Chapter One:
Christmas Eve Dinners Italian Christmas Tossed Salads Busy Holiday Bruschetta Super Easy Lasagna Herbed Cauliflower Warm Spiced Cherries over Pears Fiesta Chili Soup Southwestern Celebration Salad No-Cook Bean Dip Beefy Chili Enchilada Casserole Spicy Spanish Rice with Tomatoes and Green Chilies Virgin Cranberry Daiquiris Sweet Snowflake Tortillas Christmas WreathShaped Vegetable
Tray with Dip Cranberry Cocktail Spread Corned Beef Appetizer Roll-Ups Chipped Beef & Swiss Cheese Pastry
Roll-Ups Snowman Cheese Spread Merry Cherry Pizza Old-Fashioned Baked Custard Holiday Punch Bowl Pistachio Cream Mini Tarts Cranberry Salsa Reuben Roll-Ups Smoked Salmon Rolls Bacon, Onion & Pineapple Spread Cucumber & Ham Dip Cherry-Berry Kiwi Trifle Creamiest Old-Fashioned Rice
Pudding Maraschino Cherry-Chocolate Chip
Muffin Tops Warm Peppermint Candy Cane
Dessert Beverage Chapter Two:
Breakfasts & Brunches Cranberries & Cream Smoothie Christmas Mixed Berries Breakfast
Sandwich Turkey Breakfast Sausage Links Coffee Puffy Seafood Omelet Christmas Cinnamon Toast Chocolate Almond Steamer Virgin Mimosa Festive Frittata Eggnog French Toast Creamy Fruit Salad Pumpkin Cider Country Skillet Scramble Sausage Gravy Chocolate Gravy Snowman Biscuits Frosted Grapes Warm Mint Milk Cinnamon & Spice and Everything
Nice French Toast Cranberry & Walnut Pancakes Strawberry Christmas Tree Snowy Fruit Dip Turkey Bacon Coffee or Tea Breakfast Scramble Christmas Tree French Toast Ham & Cheddar Biscuits Pumpkin Crumb Squares Crispy Christmas Breakfast Wreath Red & Green Grape Salad Broccoli & Tomato Trifle Eggnog Cappuccino Carved Watermelon Chapter Three:
Christmas Day Dinners Herbed Turkey Homemade Gravy Savory Stuffing Candied Yam Mini-Casserole Whipped Mashed Potatoes Green Beans & Ham Spiced Cranberry Sauce Biscuits or Rolls (Store Bought) Gingerbread Eggnog Crimson & Emerald Spinach Salad Roasted Turkey Breast with Potatoes
and Gravy Christmas Cauliflower Basil & Garlic Biscuits Pumpkin Mousse Snowman Cookies Cranberry Chutney Turkey Breast Roast with Cinnamon
Sweet Potatoes Broccoli Casserole Christmas-Style Waldorf Salad Banana-Nut Bread Strawberry-Banana Christmas
Parfaits Edible Ornament Cookies Spicy Seafood Soup Seafood Topped Tossed Salad Salmon Topped with Creamy Shrimp
Sauce Bell Pepper Medley Whole Wheat Buttermilk & Basil
Biscuits Minty Angel Dessert Cups Santas Favorite Steak and Spinach
Roll Dinner (Serves 4) Grannys Gourmet Tossed Salad Steak & Spinach Roll (Santas Favorite) Garlic Smashed Red-Skin Potatoes Holiday Broccoli Christmas Tree Biscuits Candy Cane Ice Cream Cups Fancy Shmancy Sit-Down Dinner
(Serves 6) Snow-Capped Icebergs Filet Mignon Topped with Lobster Dilled Smashed Potatoes Asparagus with Crab & Blue Cheese Cheese Filled Breadsticks Virgin Cranberry Mimosa Cranberry Sorbet Cream of Spinach Soup Yuletide Pork Roast with Lemon
Pepper and Rosemary Savory Rice Stuffing Broccoli Breakaway Pumpkin Custard Cut-Out Glazed Sugar Cookies Homey-Ham Dinner
(Serves 6) Tossed Salad with Smooth Cranberry
Salad Dressing Christmas Skillet Ham Steaks Sweet Potatoes with Caramelized
Onions Onion Muffin Tops Gingerbread & Eggnog Dessert Cups Southern Country Ham Dinner
(Serves 8) Mini-Ham with Sweet Sauce Holiday Turnip Greens with Potatoes Cranberry-Apple Warm, Sweet &
Spicy Chutney Sweet Potato Mini-Muffins Peachy Pumpkin Dish Old-Fashioned Bread Pudding Stuffed Cornish Hens
(Serves 6) Stuffed Cornish Hens with Acorn
Squash & Apples Cucumber & Beet Salad Cranberry-Nut Bread Cranberry-Cinnamon Tapioca
Pudding Guiding Star Cookies Turkey Buffet
(Serves 14) Turkey Breast with Cloves & Warm
Fruit Chutney Green Beans & Potato Casserole Sausage Stuffing Punch Bowl Christmas Salad Cran-Nutty Mini Biscuits Pumpkin Trifle Chapter Four: Kids
Birthday Party for Jesus
(Ages 3 to 10) Grilled Cheese Christmas Puzzle
Sandwiches Snow-Covered Holiday Fruit Cups Dill Dip with Assorted Vegetables Snow-Topped Birthday Cupcakes Kiddy Christmas Cocktails F irst and foremost, I want to thank God for my gifts and talents to be able to create delicious-tasting, low-fat foods that are every bit as tasty (and often tastier) than the traditional high-fat, time-consuming foods we grew up loving. I would be a fool to take the credit for the amazing things God has done through me far and beyond my wildest hopes or dreams, and I will be forever grateful. To Him I give all praise and glory. To Tina Wilkerson, I want to express my utmost appreciation and gratitude for her culinary education and expertise, which has been a total godsend. You were my right-hand man through this entire experience; and I am forever grateful for all of the long hours and double and triple testing of recipes you did to ensure our best efforts of providing the highest quality, best-tasting, low-fat, fast, and easy recipes made with seven or fewer easy-to-find ingredients.

You were an asset that I cherish and value immensely. I dont know how I could have done this without you. Thank you with all my heart. To Mary Shaffer, Josh Bialorucki, and Karen Schwanbeck-Lay: Thank you all for your help testing my recipes, proofreading, testing more recipe ideas, grocery shopping, retesting yet more of my recipe ideas, and all the other things that went into creating this book. Did I say thank you for testing my recipes? To Larry Stone: Thank you for the vision of this book and for the freedom you have given me to expand on your literary insight and expertise. Special thanks to my editor, Geoff Stone, for critiquing my work and helping me communicate more clearly.

I am very grateful to my literary agent, Coleen OShea, whose expertise guides and directs me with wise counsel. Last, but surely not least, much appreciation to my family, who taste-tested more turkey, ham, and Christmas cookie recipes than they really cared to. No matter how good something tastes, too much of a good thing can be too much. Ill never forget that after three months of countless turkey and ham recipes, my daughter finally asked, Mom, do we really have to eat another meal of turkey or ham tonight? All I could do was smile. W hen my publisher asked if I would be interested in creating a Busy Peoples Christmas cookbook, I was immediately elated with the endless possibilities. What fun, I thought, as visions of festive holiday treats danced in my head.