8 Creative Main Dishes for Christmas
Excited for Christmas dinner, but turkey isn't your first choice? You're not alone! These 8 Non-Traditional Christmas Main Dish Recipes are perfect when you want something delicious and fancy for your main course. Try something new (even vegetarian or fish options!) this holiday season!
1. Lottery Roast Beef
You'll know you've got a winner with your first forkful! Lottery Roast Beef has got your number when it comes to great flavor. A simply seasoned beef tenderloin is marinated for hours, seared, and slathered with a beautifully arranged butter-and-horseradish combo. Then, the lucky part comes into play when it gets baked until fork-tender for your devouring pleasure. Tender Lottery Roast Beef is like money in the (flavor) bank that you will want to spend a lot of time with. It definitely is a winner!
See More2. Fancy Stuffed Chicken
Whether you are celebrating an anniversary or just celebrating making it through another week, we have the perfect main dish idea for you! Fancy Stuffed Chicken is not as stuffy as it sounds, but it is stuffed full of fancy stuff! It all starts with plump, juicy chicken breasts that are generously packed with flavorful cream cheese, sun-dried tomato, mozzarella, and spinach combination that takes this dish to a whole new level. Seared and baked to scrumptious levels of enjoyment, Fancy Stuffed Chicken is the high-heel, sequined dress, and black-tie version of chicken that you will come to look forward to enjoying from time to time. Don't wait for a day to be special, make it a special day and try some today! Your limo (oops, we mean chicken) awaits!
See More3. Creamy Pasta Primavera
If you are going meat-free or even if you're not, this is the delicious main dish you've been searching for! Creamy Pasta Primavera takes some of the veggies you love and mixes it up a bit. Al dente pasta joins forces with the veggie gang — zucchini, asparagus, bell peppers, cherry tomatoes, and snow peas — in a creamy parmesan sauce for a delectable pasta treat you won't soon forget. Creamy Pasta Primavera fills in all the gaps of the great, fresh taste you crave. Remember to always eat your veggies!
See More4. Buttery Garlic Salmon
If you love salmon, you are going to adore this one! Buttery Garlic Salmon is top-of-the-line when it comes to your favorite fish pick. Thick, meaty salmon fillets are cooked until golden-brown, then showered in a simple, yet outstanding buttery garlic sauce. Leaps and bounds above the rest, Buttery Garlic Salmon is an elegantly easy, special or normal day recipe that all your fish-lovers will treasure. Swim on up to some really great tastes!
See More5. Aunt Carol's Apricot-Glazed Ham
Is it a holiday? Special occasion? Or are you simply desiring the pure bliss those fun events bring? Well, Aunt Carol's Apricot-Glazed Ham must be the center of your celebration feast. This might sound like an intimidating main to make but it's actually quite easy! And the sweet, apricot-glazed results are tasty enough to serve at a fancy Sunday dinner yet simple enough to make on a regular Thursday. You get to experience the tastiness of a juicy ham plus the serotonin sharing a meal together brings and both are something to celebrate! Aunt Carol's Apricot-Glazed Ham always brings delicious and joyous times, no matter what time of year it is!
See More6. Holiday Tenderloin
Hopefully, the snow isn't glistening where you are because this grill-worthy recipe is a must! Holiday Tenderloin is a shareable, elegant main dish that everyone will be fa la la la la-ing all over! Pork tenderloins are topped with a festive cranberry relish and then grilled just right. Served with even more of that tasty relish, Holiday Tenderloin is a must for all your Yuletide gatherings. Baby, even if it is cold outside, this is truly the best gift of great food!
See More7. The Perfect Roasted Chicken
Take us home! That's how The Perfect Roasted Chicken will make you feel the minute it hits the oven. A whole chicken is seasoned, topped with melted butter, and surrounded by lemon and garlic pieces, then roasted until fork-tender. Home is where the good food is... and The Perfect Roasted Chicken makes the perfect meal! Let's eat!
See More8. Garlic Mahi-Mahi
What happens when you pair the sweet flavor of mahi-mahi with the fragrant savoriness of garlic? Garlic Mahi-Mahi is a speedy and scrumptious seafood dish that will shake up your weeknights! The fish is flaky and tender, the sauce is zesty, herby, and bright, and the sautéed asparagus is crunchy and fresh. Garlic Mahi-Mahi invokes enjoying dinner by the shore even if you're landlocked! Grab some white wine and enjoy the summer sun with this dish!
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