The Easiest Holiday Cookbook
Healthy Recipes, Easy, Fast nd Delicious Meals For The Hliday Season, Including Recipes For Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, 4th July, Halloween, and New Years
Alice B. Robinson
Copyright 2020 Alice B. Robinson
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The characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author.
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ISBN: 9798553832612
Contents
Introduction
How wonderful it is to get together at a festive table with your family.
Have you ever had such a thing that, in the festive commotion, there is not enough time for anything? I had. You need to have time to solve work issues, decorate the house for the holiday, prepare costumes, gifts, invite friends and family to visit, or plan a dinner in a close family circle.
This book is the result of my experience. I have created a collection of recipes that will save your time, but will be insanely delicious and simple at the same time. You will find dishes at any taste: salads, appetizers, main courses, pastries and desserts, as well as cooling and warming drinks. The book includes more than 50 recipes that you can use in everyday life.
You need to spend quite a bit of time to prepare the products and the same amount of time to cook them. All recipes are created for 2, 4 or 6 people. To increase the number of servings, you will need to increase the number of ingredients proportionally.
Let your holidays be filled with warmth, comfort and love. And the dishes from this book will become your favorite for you and your loved ones.
Created for you with love!
APPETIZERS AND SALADS
Bruschetta with pumpkin and feta cheese
Prep: 5 mins
Cook: 10 mins
Servings: 2
Ingredients:
1 baguette
10 oz (300 g) pumpkin
1 orange
1 tablespoon butter (unsalted)
5 oz (150 g) feta cheese
3 sprigs basil
3 tablespoons Sugar
1 pinch of salt
fresh jalapeo pepper (optional)
1 pinch of black pepper
How to do:
- Cut the baguette in half lengthways and brown it in a dry pan until it crisps.
- Peel the pumpkin and cut into small dice. Place the pumpkin in a saucepan and add orange juice, 1 tablespoon of butter, 3 tablespoons of sugar and a pinch of salt. Stew by steaming the extra moisture until the pumpkin is soft.
- Put caramelized pumpkin on dried baguette. Break the feta cheese with your hands and place it on the pumpkin bruschetta.
- Add thin slices of jalapeo pepper (optional) and black pepper to taste. Place the basil leaves on top.
Carrot butter with walnuts
Prep: 25 mins
Cook: 10 mins
Servings: 1-2
Ingredients:
7 oz (200 g) carrots, peeled
2 oz (70 g) butter (unsalted)
1 oz (40 g) walnuts
1 teaspoon vegetable oil
salt and ground black pepper to taste
How to do:
- Preheat the oven to 350F (180C). Cut carrots into circles, sprinkle with vegetable oil, wrap in foil and bake until ready for about 20-25 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool.
- Place baked carrots in a small bowl and add walnuts.
- Blend the nuts and carrots to a homogeneous mass.
- Add the butter (not cold) to the carrot mass and keep stirring until smooth. Add salt and pepper to taste. Such pasta can be served on a roasted baguette or on cookies of your choice.
Club sandwich with turkey and egg
Prep: 15 mins
Cook: 5 mins
Servings: 2
Ingredients:
7 oz (200 g) turkey fillet
3 oz (100 g) romaine lettuce (or other)
6 slices bread to toast
2 eggs
2-3 tablespoons cream cheese
2-3 tablespoons mayonnaise
1 tablespoon vegetable oil (for frying)
1 teaspoon mustard
salt and ground black pepper to taste
How to do:
- Cut the turkey meat into thin slices and beat it a little. Salt, pepper and fry in a frying pan with vegetable oil until ready. Let the meat cool.
- Peel hard-boiled eggs
- Mix mayonnaise with mustard.
- Spread a thin layer of cream cheese on a piece of bread, lay a mix of salad, slices of turkey, thin circles of eggs and add 1 teaspoon of mayonnaise with mustard. Cover it with a second slice of bread. Lubricate it with cream cheese on top and again lay out a mix of salad, egg and turkey.
- Cover with a third piece of bread, greased with cream cheese and press tightly. Cut the sandwich into two parts. Pick up the second sandwich in the same way.
Deviled eggs with ham
Prep: 10 mins
Cook: 10 mins
Servings: 4
Ingredients:
4 eggs
1 pickle
2 oz (75 g) ham
1 tablespoon mayonnaise
1 teaspoon curcuma
3-5 sprigs dill
salt and ground black pepper to taste
How to do:
- Well wash and dry the dill (3-5 branches), then finely cut with a knife.
- Cut the ham first in strips and then in small cubes.
- Cut one large cucumber into plates and then into small cubes, just like ham.
- Peel and cut the hard-boiled eggs in half.
- Take out the egg yolks with a spoon and put into a bowl of ham, greens and cucumber.
- Add 1 teaspoon of curcuma to mayonnaise.
- Add mayonnaise to the filling and mix gently.
- Fill the egg whites with filling and decorate with dill.
Gratin Dauphinois
Prep: 15 mins
Cook: 30 mins
Servings: 4-6
Ingredients:
1 lb 12 oz (800 g) potatoes (peeled)
1 cup heavy cream
2 bay leaves
1 pinch of ground nutmeg
2 garlic cloves
3 oz (100 g) parmesan cheese (or gruyere)
1 oz (30 g) butter (unsalted)
salt and ground black pepper to taste
How to do:
- Preheat the oven to 350F (180C). Using a mandoline, finely slice the peeled potatoes into thick pieces.
- Place the sliced potatoes in a saucepan, pour 1 cup heavy cream. Add salt, pepper, 2 crushed garlic cloves, a pinch of ground nutmeg and bay leaves. Place on the middle fire, bring it to a boil and cook for 5-7 minutes. If the cream thickens strongly, you can add some milk.
- Remove bay leaves and garlic.
- Place half of the potatoes with cream in the baking mould and sprinkle half of the grated parmesan on top. Then lay out the other half of the potatoes, a piece of butter and sprinkle the remaining cheese again. Bake in the oven for 30 minutes. A brown crust should form on the surface of the gratin.
Green beans salad
Prep: 5 mins
Cook: 5 mins
Servings: 2
Ingredients:
11 oz (300 g) green beans
1/2 red onion
1 slice bread (white)
5 oz (100-150 g) cherry tomatoes
3-4 sprigs parsley
1 teaspoon dijon mustard