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    Grits and Pinecones » Recipes

    Holidays and Special Occasion Recipes

    If you are looking for the best recipes for holidays like Christmas, Thanksgiving, and Easter, check out all of my incredibly quick and easy holiday recipes here. You will also find recipes for celebrations and special occasions like Cinco de Mayo and Mardi Gras.

    From recipe roundups like my 113 Best Thanksgiving Recipes Ever, 45 Dazzling and Delicious Easter Desserts,  25 Best Christmas Breakfast and Brunch Recipes,  25 Spooktacularly Easy Halloween Recipes and 24 Easy 4th of July Recipes for the Ultimate Cookout, I've got you covered.

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    Four BBQ chicken thighs on a square black plate.

    Easy Baked BBQ Chicken Thighs

    Chocolate Ganache Tart with a slice cut out.

    Chocolate Ganache Tart & Raspberry Sauce

    Collage of five different Valentine's Day desserts including a heart shaped cake, chocolate tart and panna cotta.

    33 Romantic Desserts for Valentine’s Day

    A heart-shapped chocolate cake topped with cherries.

    Heart-Shaped Chocolate Cake with Cherries

    A collage of five different Mardi Gras dishes including a King Cake and Hurricane.

    24 Mardi Gras Recipes & Menu Ideas 2023

    A sliced pork tenderloin covered with apricot glaze.

    Grilled Pork Tenderloin with Apricot Glaze

    A large bowl of cooked black-eyed peas topped with parsley.

    Southern Black-Eyed Peas Recipe

    A white serving dish full of mashed potatoes topped with a pat of butter.

    Easy Twice Baked Mashed Potatoes

    A collage of six Christmas breakfast dishes including eggs benedict casserole and ambrosia.

    29 Make-Ahead Christmas Breakfasts 2022

    A collage of six different christmas appetizers including cranberry brie bites.

    45 Make-Ahead Christmas Appetizers 2022

    Five Christmas desserts including a cranberry cheesecake, gingerbread cookies and a gingerbread cake.

    30+ Best Christmas Dessert Recipes 2022

    Roasted Cornish Game Hens with Cranberry Stuffing garnished with rosemary and cranberries

    Easy Cornish Hens with Stuffing

    A sliced beef tenderloin on a cutting board with gorgonzola dipping sauce.

    Easy Beef Tenderloin with Gorgonzola Sauce

    27 Best Thanksgiving Leftover Recipes

    A glass dish full of cranberry sauce, topped with lemon peels.

    Easy Cranberry Sauce with Fruit and Nuts

    A collage of sweet potato recipes including a pie, soup, and two casseroles.

    15 Sweet and Savory Sweet Potato Recipes

    A white casserole dish with candied sweet potatoes.

    Southern Candied Sweet Potatoes

    A rectangle white baking dish full of sweet potato casserole.

    Southern Bourbon Sweet Potato Casserole

    Pineapple cheese casserole topped with crushed Ritz crackers in a white baking dish.

    Baked Pineapple Cheese Casserole

    An oval casserole dish with cornbread pudding and a serving spoon.

    Easy Southern Cornbread Pudding

    A white baking dish holding Cauliflower Cheese Bake casserole.

    Baked Cauliflower with Gruyere Cheese

    Thanksgiving dressing and stuffing images.

    23 Savory Dressing and Stuffing Recipes

    Thanksgiving dessert collage including pumpkin flan and eggnog cake.

    40 Non-Traditional Thanksgiving Desserts

    A collage of Thanksgiving desserts including two pies and a bundt cake.

    40 Best Desserts for Thanksgiving – 2022

    Cornbread dressing with sausage and pecans in a dish ready to serve.

    Easy Cornbread Dressing with Sausage

    A trifle bowl with a black forest Halloween trifle.

    Easy Halloween Black Forest Trifle Dessert

    Halloween deviled eggs with black olive spiders on top.

    Halloween Spooky Spider Deviled Eggs

    Two smoked ribeye steaks on a cutting board.

    Smoked Ribeye Steak (Reverse Seared)

    Quick and Easy Hanky Pankies on a black plate.

    Quick and Easy Hanky Panky Recipe

    A punch bowl full of punch with smoke coming out of it.

    Witches’ Brew – Halloween Alcoholic Punch

    Mummy Jalapeño Poppers with googly eyes on a black plate.

    Easy Halloween Mummy Jalapeño Poppers

    A crustless ham and cheese quiche in a white pie plate.

    Easy Crustless Ham and Cheese Quiche

    A large white oval bowl full of creamed potatoes and topped with parsley.

    Easy Old Fashioned Creamed Potatoes

    Cornbread in a cast iron skillet.

    Easy Southern Cornbread with Buttermilk

    Four quesadillas in a stack topped with sour cream and salsa.

    Simple Four Cheese Quesadillas

    A collage of halloween treats including a bone cake, and spider web dip.

    50+ Easy Halloween Potluck Ideas for 2022

    A clear cut glass dish full of candied pecans.

    Quick and Easy Stovetop Candied Pecans

    Wild rice chicken salad topped with cranberries.

    Wild Rice Chicken Salad with Cranberries

    Five different ice cream flavors in cones and dishes.

    35 Different Ice Cream Flavors With Recipes

    Scoops of mixed berry sherbet in glass dessert dishes.

    Easy Homemade Mixed Berry Sherbet

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