Our favorite holiday and entertaining dishes: appetizers, entrees, sides and desserts
Apple (or pear) tart, quick and easy
Asian turkey and cabbage empanadas with spicy dipping sauce
Black bean and sweet potato stew
Brigadeiros (Brazilian chocolate truffles)
Broccoli and cauliflower sformatino
Broccoli slaw salad with cranberries, almonds and yogurt dressing
Caribbean chicken curry with butternut squash and red bell pepper
Chicken tagine with prunes and almonds
Chocolate and hazelnut dipped strawberries
Cod cakes with red pepper, tarragon and yogurt remoulade
Couscous with orange and dried fruit
Espresso chocolate custard cups
Greek hummus with white beans and feta
Grilled beef teriyaki skewers with ramps (or scallions)
Grilled sesame-lime shrimp and cucumber skewers
Grilled vegetable and goat cheese puff pastry tart with zucchini, mushrooms, peppers and onions)
Hot or mild Italian turkey sausage meatballs with fennel-mustard dipping sauce
Lemon poppyseed cake with lemonade glaze
Lobster, corn and basil quiche
Marinated olives with garlic, pepper, orange and mint
My mom's circa-1960 chicken and rice casserole (in the slow cooker)
Polenta with wild mushroom ragout
Pomegranate-orange-ginger shrimp
Roasted winter squash with cranberries, pepitas and honey-lime vinaigrette
Salmon and quinoa patties with lemon-yogurt sauce
Salmon croquettes with sesame-lime sauce
Salsa and shrimp stuffed avocado
Shrimp, lemon, herb and feta macaroni and cheese
Shrimp with tarragon and yogurt sauce
Slow cooker poached pears in caramel sauce
Slow-roasted tomato macaroni and cheese
Spiced lentils with squash and raisins
Spinach, golden raisin and parmesan tart
Spinach salad with glazed beets and blue cheese
Steamed baby bok choy with spicy hoisin glaze
Sugar-free slow cooker cranberry sauce
Turkey and cheese in puff pastry
Vegetable paella with spicy garlic sauce
Warm salad of kamut, cranberries and feta
