25 Delicious Christmas Dinner Recipes: Dinner Ideas

Wow your family and friends with these fabulous Christmas dinner recipes.

With Christmas just around the corner, it’s time to start thinking about the perfect Christmas dinner this year. Luckily, there are plenty ideas online, and we’ve rounded up some of the yummiest looking recipes below.

Christmas Dinner Recipes

Hope you enjoy these lovely Christmas dinner recipes and get some inspiration for your own Christmas dinner this year!

To view the full instructions for any of these Christmas dinner recipes, please click the link below each image.

1. Pumpkin Dinner Rolls With Whipped Brown Sugar Cinnamon Butter

These soft and tender Pumpkin Dinner Rolls will be the talk of your Thanksgiving or Christmas Table!

Adorably delicious and easier than you might think with the option of Whipped Brown Sugar Cinnamon Butter!

Christmas Dinner Recipes: Pumpkin Dinner Rolls With Whipped Brown Sugar Cinnamon ButterFrom: carlsbadcravings.com

2. Apple Cranberry Walnut Salad

Crisp apples, dried cranberries, feta cheese, and hearty walnuts come together in a fresh Autumn Apple Cranberry Walnut Salad.

An easy side dish for any favorite meal!

From: lecremedelacrumb.com

3. Creamy Garlic Parmesan Mushrooms

Creamy Garlic Parmesan Mushrooms are sautéed in a butter garlic until tender and then tossed in the most AMAZING creamy parmesan sauce.

These are great as a side, on top of meat or eaten by themselves and ready in under 10 minutes!

Christmas Dinner Recipes: Creamy Garlic Parmesan MushroomsFrom: therecipecritic.com

4. Cream Cheese Cranberry Loaf

While pumpkin bread is a classic dessert/breakfast/snack staple during autumn months, there isn’t really an equivalent treat for winter…until now.

This loaf is perfectly moist, sweet and tart, and is the perfect thing to make when you’ve got friends or family coming over, or for when you just need a little pick-me-up to start or end your day.

Christmas Dinner Recipes: Cream Cheese Cranberry LoafFrom: 12tomatoes.com

5. Sweet Potato Muffins

These sweet potato muffins are extremely moist, packed with nutrients, and DELICIOUS!

Christmas Dinner Recipes: Christmas Dinner Recipes: Sweet Potato MuffinsFrom: goodinthesimple.com

6. Cheesy Green Bean Casserole

A Cheesy Green Bean Casserole made from fresh green beans with sautéed mushrooms and a crunchy fried onion topping.

This is a must make recipe for the holidays or any large family gathering. With a cup and a half of shredded cheddar, it is supremely cheesy.

Christmas Dinner Recipes: Cheesy Green Bean CasseroleFrom: spicysouthernkitchen.com

7. Creamy Cranberry Salad

One of my piano students taught me the perfect lesson in salad for the holidays. The keys are cranberries, pineapple, marshmallows and nuts.

Christmas Dinner Recipes: Creamy Cranberry SaladFrom: tasteofhome.com

8. Honey Roasted Butternut Squash With Cranberries And Feta

This sweet and savory side dish is perfect for the holidays and loaded with Fall flavor!

Christmas Dinner Recipes: Honey Glazed Hasselback Butternut SquashFrom: peasandcrayons.com

9. Sweet Potato Casserole with Butter Pecan Crumble Topping

It’s an easy recipe to make and preassemble before baking it off especially if you’re cooking it for a holiday meal like Thanksgiving or Christmas Eve dinner.

Christmas Dinner Recipes: Sweet Potato Casserole with Butter Pecan Crumble ToppingFrom: averiecooks.com

10. Creamy Broccoli Casserole

Creamy Broccoli Casserole is a family-favorite, indeed.

With its cheesy broccoli goodness and buttered cracker crumb topping, what’s not to love? It’s a perfect side for the holidays or any day!

Christmas Dinner Recipes: Creamy Broccoli CasseroleFrom: thekitchenismyplayground.com

11. Crispy Roasted Rosemary Sweet Potatoes

These crispy sweet potatoes make a scrumptious and elegant side that’s a cinch to make!

Shallots tucked in between the layers make this dish extra aromatic and full of flavor. The perfect healthy compliment to a hearty winter meal!

Christmas Dinner Recipes: Crispy Roasted Rosemary Sweet PotatoesFrom: thecomfortofcooking.com

12. Oven-Roasted Cranberry-Dijon Glazed Ham

Ain’t nothing better than an oven-roasted homemade ham glaze I say.

This recipe uses fresh cranberries, meaning it’s perfect for the holiday season! I love the zing that the Dijon mustard adds too.

This recipe that shows you how to glaze a ham is super easy to throw together!

Christmas Dinner Recipes: Oven-Roasted Cranberry-Dijon Glazed HamFrom: thefoodcharlatan.com

13. Garlic Rosemary Chicken With Cranberries

There is nothing better in my book than a simple one-pan baked chicken. All the comfort with little work.

And that’s what we have in today’s easy garlic rosemary chicken…except with an added festive twist using cranberries!

Christmas Dinner Recipes: Garlic Rosemary Chicken With CranberriesFrom: themediterraneandish.com

14. Sweet Potato Casserole With Marshmallow & Pecan Streusel

Everyone goes crazy for this Sweet Potato Casserole with Marshmallows and Streusel!

Mashed sweet potatoes topped with toasted marshmallows and a brown sugar-cinnamon-pecan streusel.

The perfect side dish for Thanksgiving, Christmas or any holiday celebration.

Christmas Dinner Recipes: Sweet Potato Casserole With Marshmallow & Pecan StreuselFrom: celebratingsweets.com

15. Parmesan Roasted Carrots

I have fallen in love with these Parmesan Roasted Carrots.

They are a sure fire way to get the kids and grown-ups to eat their vegetables!

Christmas Dinner Recipes: Parmesan Roasted CarrotsFrom: yourhomebasedmom.com

16. Baked Ham With Pineapple Brown Sugar Glaze

Beautifully caramelized Baked Ham with Pineapple Brown Sugar Glaze for the holidays or Sunday supper. Feeds a crowd and takes only minutes of hands on prep time.

Christmas Dinner Recipes: Baked Ham With Pineapple Brown Sugar GlazeFrom: rotinrice.com

17. Christmas Salad with Creamy Poppy Seed Dressing

This Christmas Salad with Creamy Poppy Seed Dressing is the perfect side dish for your special holiday dinners. The dressing is so creamy and delicious!

Christmas Dinner Recipes: Christmas Salad with Creamy Poppy Seed DressingFrom: favfamilyrecipes.com

18. Gruyere Popovers

These easy Gruyere Popovers are a fluffy, cheesy bread that would be perfect to make for Thanksgiving dinner or Christmas dinner!

Christmas Dinner Recipes: Gruyere PopoversFrom: homemadeinterest.com

19. Brie And Cranberry Pull Apart Bread

Easy and delicious Brie and Cranberry Pull Apart Bread. The ideal festive Christmas loaf to make for a party.

Christmas Dinner Recipes: Brie And Cranberry Pull Apart BreadFrom: tamingtwins.com

20. Sautéed Cinnamon Apples

This is such an easy and delicious side dish! These apples are cooked to perfection with incredible flavor!

I love the added flavors of lime and orange juice. It helps bring the apples to life.

Christmas Dinner Recipes: Sautéed Cinnamon ApplesFrom: chef-in-training.com

21. Bacon Parmesan Beans

I’m not a huge vegetable person, so whenever I come across a veggie recipe I enjoy, I have to share it.

These Parmesan Bacon Beans are so easy to make and they taste absolutely amazing. Enjoy your veggies!

Christmas Dinner Recipes: Bacon Parmesan BeansFrom: sixsistersstuff.com

22. Christmas Tree Spinach Dip Breadsticks

In today’s post: Learn how to turn refrigerated dough into an adorable Christmas tree with these spinach dipped stuffed breadsticks!

Christmas Dinner Recipes: Christmas Tree Spinach Dip BreadsticksFrom: sohungry.website

23. Not Your Mom’s Mashed Potatoes

These are Not Your Mom’s Mashed Potatoes! This is a rich and creamy mashed potatoes recipe that is the BEST mashed potatoes you’ll ever make!

Christmas Dinner Recipes: Not Your Mom’s Mashed PotatoesFrom: homemadeinterest.com

24. Honey Glazed Hasselback Butternut Squash

As elegant as it is delicious, this Honey Glazed Hasselback Butternut Squash is guaranteed to be the star of any dinner table.

Christmas Dinner Recipes: Honey Glazed Hasselback Butternut SquashFrom: thehealthyfoodie.com

25. Easy Garlic Parmesan Knots

Unbelievably easy, fool-proof, buttery garlic knots that come together in less than 20 min – it doesn’t get easier than that!

Christmas Dinner Recipes: Easy Garlic Parmesan Knots

From: damndelicious.net

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Christmas Dinner Recipes

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