25 Recipes to Spice up the Holidays

Lists and Round Ups

Are you bored with green bean casserole for the holiday? Do you need ideas for something different? Well if you do, here are some recipes that will spice up your holiday celebration in one way or another.

For Some Spicy Starters…

Black-eye Pea Chipotle Dip

Blackeyed Pea Chipotle Dip with chips

Orange Chipotle-Spiced Pecan Mix by Eat Yourself Skinny

Spicy Vegetable Sides

Green Chile Succotash

Lima beans, corn, and green chile succotash

Roast Cauliflower with Chilli Oil by With A Glass

Calabacitas

A bowl of calabacitas (squash, green chile, and corn)

Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Apple, Chile & Walnuts by Food52

Bourbon Carrots with Red Chile Powder

Sweet and Spicy bourbon carrots - Add a little maple syrup and chile powder

Chili Garlic Green Beans by Oh My Veggies

Cucumber and Chiles Salad by Red or Green?

Sauteed Mushrooms with Onion and Spice

Sauteed Mushrooms with chile powder and paprika

Braised Cipolline Onions by Southern Boy Dishes

Leeks Baked in Cream by Diary of a Tomato

Roasted Fingerling Potatoes

Fingerling potatoes roasted with smoked paprika

Cinnamon Chile Roasted Sweet Potatoes by Cinnamon Spice & Everything Nice

Green chile Potato Gratin by Everyday Southwest

Corn, Tomato and Green Chile Tamales

Tamale with corn, mushroom, green chile - vegan

Butternut Squash Stuffed Poblano Chiles by East of Eden Cooking

Quick Corn Relish by Kitchen Riffs

Massaged Kale and Sweet Potato Salad

Massaged Kale, roasted sweet potatoes and feta cheese salad

Spicy Sweets and Treats

Chocolate Pudding – New Mexico Style

A chocolate pudding seasoned with red chile powder, cinnamon and ginger

Tres Leches Pumpkin Flan by Tortilla and Honey

30 Comments

  1. Absolutely loved this roundup, MJ! Particularly drooling over the roasted fingerling potatoes, I can’t wait to make those! YUM! šŸ˜€

  2. Thank you all for your nice comments! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and are looking forward to a very Happy New Year!

  3. I love how you put a SW twist into all your recipes! So unique, so yummy!!!

  4. That Chipotle dip looks so tasty…the sauteed mushrooms look so delish too, and so are the rest of the dishes. YUM!

  5. What a wonderful collection of recipes! I am little overwhelmed but I’ll get through all the delicious dishes and make some of them soon. Thanks for sharing!

  6. MJ, this is a great collection of holiday treats. Thank you for taking time to do the roundup.
    Happy Holidays to you and yours!
    Angie

  7. Okay, this is a pretty fantastic round-up of recipes. My eyes are locked on your lovely tamales recipe. I wanted to make tamales for Christmas Eve, but may not happen till January now. This month kinda ended up being crazy with travels to Michigan. I hope you have a very Merry Christmas! Hugs, Terra

  8. Awee…that Bourbon yummy carrot…that Mexican Pudding….am now totally confused as to which to choose for my holiday indulgence. Festive greetings to you and your family MJ!

  9. MJ, you just made my holiday complete…I love these recipes! I love spicy, and no one does it better than you! Thanks again…as always!

  10. I am blind!!! I have noticed only your gorgeous photos and haven’t seen the link to my blog!!!! Thank you so much, MJ! I am so flattered and proud to be cited here! Thank you so much again!

    • You are most welcome Sissi! I’ve been thinking of the roasted cauliflower ever since I first saw it! Was very pleased to feature it.

  11. MJ, it is such an excellent idea to post several Christmas food ideas in one post! I think I did it last year and actually checked myself my own post when I lacked inspiration šŸ˜‰
    Your propositions not only look delicious, but so different from what I have ever had for Christmas. I’m sure I’d love your Christmas menu.

  12. I love the idea of a Southwestern-inspired holiday dinner! Thanks for including my green bean recipe too!

  13. Hi MJ,
    What a superb round up! Lots of great recipes and ideas.
    Wishing you a very Merry Christmas!

  14. This is a very nice collection of recipes!

  15. I love checking out roundup – I often end up with finding more recipes that I want to cook than I need, but this is a great way to re-discover favorites! Sharing 25 recipes with spices is a brilliant and unique idea!

  16. This is the year of the brussel sprouts for me. I have made them ten different ways from Sunday and still can’t get enough of them.

  17. What a lovely set of recipes, the orange and chipotle combo sounds fab! X

  18. Great ideas, my friend! šŸ™‚

  19. What a great idea for a post MJ – thank you! And you’ve offered up so many delicious choices all categorized for us too! — it’s like reading a beautiful menu at a fancy, spicy restaurant ;-). Your bourbon carrots are calling my name… Kelly… over here….I’ve got to work them in to our holidays and those braised cipolline onions have got to be the prettiest darn alliums I’ve ever seen! I hope you don’t mind if a hover over here for a while and enjoy the view :0).

  20. Thanks for featuring my braised onions, MJ! Great collection of holiday dishes! Happy holidays!!

  21. What a great selection! Of all the wonderful things that caught my eye, the tamales win! I took a week-long cooking class a few years ago in Albuquerque and we made some of the best tamales!!

  22. Really great round up MJ, I’m hosting a major party this weekend and I think I might just be trying some of your suggestions, the black eye dip sounds particularly good!

  23. Great roundup of holiday goodness! Super selection. And thanks for including my corn relish!

  24. Thank you for including my Butternut Stuffed Poblanos! A dash of southwestern flavors mingling in my holiday cooking is just what I need to remind me of traveling in New Mexico during the holidays!

  25. I like spicy! What a great roundup of recipes. I am with Ramona—I am making that black eye pea dip as soon as I am able.

  26. MJ, this is a mouth-watering collection! So many great ideas to spice things up for the holidays. YUM!

  27. Ooh I love this spicy menu and especially your spicy dip and the tamales! The perfect ending would be that gorgeous pudding of course :)Thanks so much for including my Brussels Sprouts too šŸ™‚

  28. You make the most exquisite yet oddball (to us in Australia) food ever. I love every recipe you share and this lot is terrific. Happy Christmas!

  29. I want to add all these to my menu. šŸ™‚ I especially love your black eye pea dip. šŸ™‚

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