For many, monkey bread has become a Christmas morning tradition, but if you’re like me you’d love to see monkey bread served at every meal. So I’ve gathered some sweet and some savory monkey bread recipes that can be eaten any time of day.

Gooey monkey bread is an indulgence that’s always a hit at family dinners, potlucks, and even breakfast. So these delicious breads are perfect for holiday gatherings of all varieties.

Monkey Bread Recipes

Also known as pull-apart bread, monkey bread is a loaf or cake made with balls of dough and can be flavored with spices, sweeteners, and even cheese and herbs. Once baked, the balls of dough are soft and gooey and can be pulled off for bite sized bits of goodness.

Whether you prefer something hearty and savory or find yourself craving something sweet and fruity, you are sure to find a recipe here to tempt you.

Sweet Monkey Bread Recipes

Homemade Monkey Bread – Sally’s Baking Addiction

Pumpkin Spice Monkey Bread with Cream Cheese Glaze – Lydi Out Loud

Strawberry Monkey Bread – Crazy for Crust

Tropical Hawaiian Monkey Bread – Yellow Bliss Road

Maple Pecan Monkey Bread – Julie’s Eats and Treats

Gingerbread Spice Monkey Bread – A Night Owl Blog

Caramel Pumpkin Monkey Bread – The Typical Mom

Easy Mixed Berry Monkey Bread Recipe – Lolly Jane

Cranberry Orange Pull Apart Monkey Bread – Dinner At the Zoo

Savory Monkey Bread Recipes

Savory Herb & Cheese Monkey Bread – Five Heart Home

Pepperoni Pizza Monkey Bread – Brown Eyed Baker

Mini Garlic Monkey Bread – The Girl Who Ate Everything

Jalapeno Cheddar Monkey Bread – La Terra Fina

Cornbread Pull Apart Bread – Always Order Dessert

Monkey Bread Made Healthy

The Ultimate Healthy Monkey Bread – Amy’s Healthy Baking

Vegan Gluten-Free Monkey Bread – Allergylicious

Keto Pumpkin Spice Monkey Bread Muffins – I Breathe, I’m Hungry

Sugar-Free Fruity Monkey Bread – My Kids Lick The Bowl

These sweet and savory monkey bread recipes offer something for every taste.

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Sauce from fresh cranberries is a far cry from the canned stuff, but you can go beyond this traditional condiment and add cranberries into some other dishes on your holiday menu.

The lovely thing with cranberries is how flexible they are. Their sweet tartness allows them to work well in desserts, but they also work magic in appetizers, side dishes, and more.

Best Cranberry Recipes

Surprise your guests with a refreshing cranberry topped salad or warm their tummies with some serious comfort food like the cranberry meatballs.

Whatever you choose, the holiday season simply isn’t complete without some cranberry. And with these amazing recipes to choose from, you may find yourself enjoying cranberry all autumn and winter long!

Cranberry Sauce Recipes

Thanksgiving dinner wouldn’t be complete without some cranberry sauce. Once you learn how to make a basic cranberry sauce you can jazz it up with cinnamon, orange juice, red wine, or another one of your favorite ingredients. Here are some recipes to get you started.

Basic Cranberry Sauce – Josef Plavjak

Cranberry Raspberry Sauce – Nums The Word

Apple Cider Cranberry Sauce – Celebrating Sweets

Cranberry Relish Recipes

Cranberry relish is made with raw chopped cranberries mixed with other ingredients. Cranberry sauce is made by cooking down the cranberries with sugar and water. If you’re used to the usual cranberry sauce, consider adding in one of these relish recipes for your holiday meals this year.

Classic Cranberry Relish – Dinner At The Zoo

Nutty Cranberry Relish – Food Network

Jalapeno Cranberry Relish – Stay At Home Chef

Cranberry Bread Recipes

Cranberry bread is like the banana bread of the holidays. Whether sweet or savory, cranberries cook into bread for some amazing results.

Artisan Cranberry Bread – The Busy Baker

Cranberry Bliss Bread – The Soccer Mom Blog

Cranberry Orange Pecan Loaf – Great Grub Delicious Treats

Cranberry Salad Recipes

Cranberries are a sweet and chewy topping for salads. Try them in these salad recipes for something new this year.

Cranberry Apple Pecan Salad – Wholefully

Cranberry Waldorf Salad – Spend With Pennies

Cranberry Quinoa Salad – Gimme Some Oven

Cranberry Appetizer Recipes

If you’re having guests over, pique their holiday palates with one of these tasty cranberry appetizers.

Cranberry Feta Pinwheels – Spend With Pennies

Cranberry Jalapeno Salsa Cream Cheese Dip – No Biggie

Cranberry Pinot Noir Meatballs – Julie’s Eats and Treats

Cranberry Side Dishes

Cranberry lovers will rejoice to see cranberries incorporated into these dinner side dishes.

Cranberry Pecan Roasted Vegetables – Yellow Bliss Road

Cranberry Zucchini Slaw – Inside Bru Crew Life

Cranberry Wild Rice Pilaf – The Recipe Critic

More holiday recipes:

101 Thanksgiving Leftover Recipes For Every Meal

Low Carb Thanksgiving Sides

Veggie Recipes Perfect For Holiday Meals

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We are blessed with lots of pecan trees here in the south. We often sit under their shade in the summer and many southerners will go foraging for pecans in the fall. The flavor of a fresh pecan is a little sweet, a little buttery, and it has a soft toothy feel.

Harvesting pecans for recipes

Because pecan trees are giant, most nuts are gathered after they fall from the tree using these wire nut picker upper thingies. Pecans should be harvested as soon as possible after they fall from the tree. Otherwise, they will get moldy or eaten by squirrels, birds, etc.

When they fall to the ground, they may still be in the green or brown outer husk. After the husk opens, it reveals the brown nutshell which must be cracked open to harvest the nut. Pecans are best when harvested from dried brown outer husks.

Use a nutcracker to open the shell and remove the nut. You may have to use a knife or pick to get them out. Dry the nuts in a single layer in a cool dark place for 2-10 days. They can be stored in the refrigerator or freezer.

Check out this easy way to crack into some pecans even if you don’t have your official nutcracker!

Harvesting pecans is kind of a tedious job, and disease, weather, and the variety of tree will affect the flavor and quality of the pecans. If you have a pecan tree but no good nuts, check out this article on evaluating pecan tree disease issues.

Sweet and Savory Pecan Recipes

Whether you harvest your own or buy your pecans, you’ll find they are surprisingly flexible in recipes. I’ve gathered the best pecan recipes I could find to showcase the many ways you can enjoy this yummy nut!

1. Savory toasted pecans recipes

• Asian Spiced pecans at MyRecipes
• Savory spiced pecans at The Kitchn 
• Spicy toasted pecan recipe at Epicurious
• How to toast pecans at Savory Sweet Life

2. Sugary candied pecans recipes

• Candied pecans from Joybilee Farm 
• Spicy maple cinnamon pecans from This West Coast Mommy
• Muddy Buddy pecans from Crazy for Crust 
• Slow cooker candied nuts from The Domestic Rebel
• 5 Minute candied pecans from Amy’s Healthy Baking

3. Bake pecans in cookies, cakes, and pies.

• Almond flour chocolate chip pecan cookies by This West Coast Mommy
• Butter pecan cookies by Sally’s Baking Addition
• Pecan pie cheesecake by Lil Luna
• Easy pumpkin pecan muffins by Experimental Homesteader
• Pumpkin pecan granola bars by A Virtual Vegan
• Apple pecan cake with caramel glaze by Great Grub, Delicious Treats

4. Salads With Pecans

• Raspberry Pecan Chicken Salad by Taste Of Home 
• Mixed green salad with pecans from Simply Recipes
• Apple cranberry pecan salad from Damn Delicious
• Pecan chicken salad by Southern Bite 

5. Prepare a pecan pesto.

• Basil pesto frugal edition at Schneider Peeps 
• Sage pecan pesto at Kayln’s Kitchen
• Pork chops with orange pecan pesto at Tastes Lovely 
• Collard and pecan pesto at Bon Appetit
• Rapini and pecan pesto at Food Nouveau 

6. Top with chopped pecans 

• Easy grilled peaches and pecans from Experimental Homesteader 
• Apple pecan waffles with topping at Loaves and Dishes
• No bake pumpkin cheesecake with pecan streusel topping at With Salt and Wit 
• Southern praline sauce at A Southern Fairytale
• Paleo pecan pie granola at Jay’s Baking Me Crazy

7. Pecan Crusted Recipes

• Pecan crusted baked brie from Experimental Homesteader
• Paleo Key Lime pie from Paleo Running Momma
• Sweet potato pie with pecan crust from A Dash Of Soul 
• Maple pecan crusted BACON from Unsophisticook 
• Pecan crusted chicken from The Adventure Bite 
• Pecan crusted tilapia from Taste Of Home

8. Make a pecan nut butter.

• Pecan butter recipe by Cookie and Kate 
• Pecan Praline Butter by Five Heart Home 
• German chocolate cake batter butter by Good Mama Gracie

9. Add pecans to savory side dishes.

• Green beans with caramelized pecans at Epicurious 
• Brussels sprouts with glazed pancetta and pecans at From Jessica’s Kitchen 
• Cranberry apple pecan wild rice pilaf at Carlsbad Cravings 
• Cornbread sausage and pecan dressing at Bon Appetit 
• Creamy pecan crunch grape salad at Wishes and Dishes

10. Try pecans rolled into delectable truffles.

• Pecan pie balls from Just A Pinch 
• Bourbon pecan truffles from Martha Stewart
• No bake coconut pecan truffles from Frugal Living Mom 
• Maple BACONpecan truffles from The Grateful Girl Cooks 

11. Pecan ice cream recipes

• No churn salted caramel butter pecan ice cream by No Spoon Necessary 
• Low carb pecan praline ice cream by I Breathe, I’m Hungry 
• Caramelized banana pecan paleo ice cream by My Natural Family 

12. Allergy friendly pecan pie recipes

• Dairy free pecan pie by Go Dairy Free
• Keto pecan pie by Kyndra Holley
• Gluten free pecan pie by A Lady In France
• Paleo pecan pie by The Banana Diaries
• Vegan pecan pie by Rhian’s Recipes

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One of the trickiest aspects of preparing big meals, especially during the holidays, is that it is easy to run out of space.

When your entire oven is filled with turkey and ham, and your stove top covered in pans filled with mashed potatoes, vegetables, and gravy, you may wonder how you can get everything prepared and served.

Cooking slow cooker side dishes for family dinners can help save your sanity!

By preparing even one crucial part of your dinner in your slow cooker, you free up the space you need for making something else. And slow cookers just make everything so much easier, don’t they?

Just be prepared. Slow cooker aromas have a way of driving you crazy, long before you can enjoy those tantalizing flavors!

15 Slow Cooker Side Dishes For Family Dinners

1. Slow Cooker Creamed Corn – I Heart Naptime

2. Slow Cooker Honey Cinnamon Carrots – Five Heart Home

3. Slow Cooker Cheesy Garlic Mashed Potatoes – Lil Luna

4. Crock Pot Cauliflower Broccoli Casserole – Julie’s Eats and Treats

5. Slow Cooker Garlic Ranch Mushrooms – Cookies and Cups

6. Crock Pot Stuffing – Spend With Pennies

7. Slow Cooker Macaroni and Cheese Recipe – Brown Eyed Baker

8. Easy Slow Cooker Curried Barley With Carrots & Onions – An Oregon Cottage

9. Easy Crockpot Green Beans – Flour On My Face

10. Slow Cooker Green Beans, Sausage & Potato Dinner – Teaspoon of Goodness

11. Slow Cooker Mac and Cheese – Dinner At the Zoo

12. Slow Cooker Sweet Potato Casserole – Five Heart Home

13. Slow Cooker Baked Bean Sausage Casserole – Tastes of Lizzy T

14. Crock Pot Bacon Green Beans – Julie’s Eats and Treats

15. Easy Crockpot Corn Casserole – Mom Endeavors

More sanity saving recipes:

Slow Cooker Chicken Soup With Butternut Squash And Quinoa

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Vegetables sometimes get forgotten during the holidays. Sure, some people have a tradition of making green bean casserole, but most people reach for the mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy, and other comfort food treats.

But this year, you can help your vegetables be the star of the show too!

Mushroom lovers will be blown away by the scrumptious Crispy Baked Mushrooms, and your holiday guests will be sure to rave when they taste Bacon Blue Cheese Asparagus.

If you prefer green beans but want to do something a little different, Green Beans with Pecans, Red Peppers, and Onions might be just what you are looking for.

Why let the turkey and fixin’s take all the credit? With these veggie recipes for holiday meals, your guests will learn that veggies deserve love, too!

15 Veggie Recipes For Holiday Meals

1. Crispy Baked Brussels Sprouts – Yellow Bliss Road

2. Roasted Garlic Parmesan Green Beans – Bitz N Giggles

3. Green Beans with Pecans, Red Peppers, and Onions – I Heart Naptime

4. Roasted Vegetable Medley – Fav Family Recipes

5. Parmesan Zucchini Sticks – The Decorated Cookie

6. The Ultimate Parmesan Roasted Broccoli – Jo Cooks

7. Crispy Baked Mushrooms – The Girl Who Ate Everything

8. Pancetta and Mushroom Green Beans – Meaningful Mama

9. Roasted Broccoli with Curry Dipping Sauce – Delish Knowledge

10. Easy Roasted Root Vegetables – Cook Eat Paleo

11. Cranberry Pecan Roasted Vegetables – Yellow Bliss Road

12. Roasted Vegetables with Garlic Dijon Sauce – Shaken Together Life

13. Baked Parsnip Fries with Creamy Balsalmic Reduction Dip – Averie Cooks

14. Bacon Blue Cheese Asparagus – Life As a Strawberry

15. Roasted Brussels Sprouts With Ham and Apples – The Farm Girl Gabs

Want more veggie recipes for the holidays?

Mouthwatering vegetable casseroles

Winter squash recipes for every meal

Low Carb Thanksgiving Side Dishes

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There is so much emphasis on carbs during the holidays. Sure, the star of the show might be the turkey, but side dishes of potatoes, stuffing, and candied yams are a quintessential part of nearly every holiday meal, and are completely incompatible with a low carb lifestyle.

Many Keto dieters take a day off from their eating plan for the holidays, and then spend the next few days in a carb coma, feeling terrible.

These delicious low carb recipes can help!

Bake up a nice batch of Grain Free Low Carb Cheesy Cornbread to enjoy along with other amazing dishes like Balsamic Shallot Mushrooms and Cauliflower Mock “Potato” Salad.

With so many great choices within your eating plan, you won’t have to feel a bit deprived through the holidays.

And the best part of all? No carb coma!

15 Low Carb Thanksgiving Side Dishes

1. Easy One Pan Cauliflower “Mac” & Cheese – Yellow Bliss Road

2. Grain Free Low Carb Cheesy Cornbread – Sugar Free Mom

3. Low-Carb Broccoli Cauliflower Rice – Living Sweet Moments

4. Balsamic Shallot Mushrooms – Peace Love and Low Carb

5. One Skillet Garlic Parmesan Zoodles – Almost Supermom

6. Mashed Cauliflower – Fashionable Foods

7. Cauliflower Mock “Potato” Salad Recipe – The Kitchen is My Playground

8. Crock Pot Cheesy Cauliflower Soup – Flour On My Face

9. Cheddar Cheese Cauliflower Bake – Copy Kat

10. Antipasto “Pasta” Salad – Lexi’s Clean Kitchen

11. Rosemary Balsamic Green Bean Salad – Fit Foodie Finds

12. Low Carb Cheesy Brussels Sprouts Gratin – Sugar Free Mom

13. Spaghetti Squash Au Gratin – Midget Momma

14. Butter Roasted Radishes – Peace Love and Low Carb

15. Quick & Easy Pesto Zoodles – Almost Supermom

Looking for more holiday recipes?

Tasty and Tempting Cranberry Recipes

Veggie Recipes For Holiday Meals

101 Creative Ways To Use Thanksgiving Leftovers

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If you love bacon, the Corn and Bacon Casserole might just blow your mind with flavor! Cheese lovers will adore the Cheesy Vegetable Casserole.

And those looking to enjoy lots of flavor without blowing their eating plan simply have to try the Lightened Up Vegetable Lasagna Casserole. It delivers all the decadence you crave – guilt free!

There is something really comforting about a great casserole.

So when the weather gets cool, slip on your favorite sweater and cook up one of these delicious Mouth-Watering Vegetable Casserole Side Dishes.

These casseroles are perfect for small family meals as well as large family gatherings. After all, food this good tastes even better when shared with the ones you love!

15 Mouthwatering Vegetable Casserole Side Dishes

1. Corn and Bacon Casserole – Lil Luna

2. Green Bean Corn Casserole – Julie’s Eats and Treats

3. Bacon & Green Bean Casserole – Yellow Bliss Road

4. Southern Squash Casserole – Five Heart Home

5. Aunt Vicki’s Corn and Mixed Vegetable Casserole – Brown Eyed Baker

6. California Blend Vegetable Casserole – Bitz N Giggles

7. Lightened Up Vegetable Lasagna Casserole – Averie Cooks

8. Cheesy Vegetable Casserole – The Gracious Wife

9. Cheesy Southwestern Four Potato & Veggie Casserole – The Cozy Apron

10. Broccoli, Cheddar & Quinoa Gratin – Cookie and Kate

11. Cheesy Cauliflower Pizza Casserole – Jessica In the Kitchen

12. Veggie Tot Casserole – A Night Owl Blog

13. Parmesan Vegetable Tian – The Comfort of Cooking

14. Mexican Vegetable Casserole with Black Beans – The Gardening Cook

15. Two Sister’s Crafting – Corn Casserole For the Holidays

More delicious recipe ideas

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Low Carb Thanksgiving Side Dishes
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Winter squash is not that different from summer squash, but one of the differences is in the thickness of the skin. That tough outer shell on winter squash is why we can store these squashes for several months, but it also means working with winter squash can be intimidating.

Read more about the difference between summer and winter squash.

Tips for cooking with winter squash

• Use a sharp knife. Get a knife sharpener if you need to because you won’t get through a thick winter squash skin with a dull knife. Here’s a good knife that’s not crazy expensive:

• You can use an ice cream scoop to remove the seeds. It’s a bit larger than a spoon for collecting the seeds and the edges are sharper to help cut through the stringy bits.

• Don’t toss those seeds! Save them! Get any bits of squash meat off of them, some strings are okay, and lay them out to dry. Store the dried seeds in a paper envelope and save them for next spring.

• The skin is very tough. To remove it, make sure you choose a sharp knife or heavy duty peeler.

• If you don’t plan to save the seeds, you can roast or microwave the squash before cutting and peeling.

• It’s okay to use a different winter squash than is called for in the recipe. There are tons of different varieties of winter squash and each will taste a little different. Acorn, butternut, and delicata are the sweetest ones. Others can by sweet or dry depending on the variety.

Here’s a good video about cutting into a butternut squash with some tips for chopping it safely.

47 Delicious Winter Squash Recipes To Enrich Any Meal

The flavor of garden raised winter squash is fantastic in sweet and savory dishes. These vegetables are really versatile in recipes, so it wasn’t hard to round up some great recipes for winter squash.

Main Dishes

1. Slow Cooker Harvest Roast
2. Sprouted Lentil and Butternut Squash Pizza
3. Butternut Squash, Mushroom, and Sage Hand Pies
4. Maple Sausage and Sweet Potato Bake
5. Savory Stuffed Winter Squash
6. Butternut Squash Chili
7. Buffalo Chicken Spaghetti Squash
8. Apple Cranberry Acorn Squash
9. Instant Pot Spaghetti Squash with Meat Sauce
10. Roasted Butternut Squash with Apples
11. Spaghetti Squash with Meatballs
12. Spaghetti Squash Pad Thai
13. Italian Roasted Spaghetti Squash
14. Three Ingredient Twice Baked Spaghetti Squash
15. Butternut Squash and Kale Pie with Almonds
16. Jamaican Stuffed Acorn Squash
17. Hawaiian Style Spaghetti Squash

Lasagna and Noodles

1. Pumpkin Lasagna with Sage White Sauce
2. Gluten Free Spaghetti Squash Lasagna
3. Butternut Squash Pasta with Chicken 
4. Squash and Ricotta Pasta Bake
   

You might also like: 20 Fall-Inspired Meal In A Bowl Recipes

Soups

1. Smokey Butternut Squash and Carrot Soup
2. Hearty Slow Cooker Chicken Soup with Butternut Squash and Quinoa
3. Roasted Butternut Squash Soup
4. Curried Butternut Squash Soup
5. Roasted Butternut Squash Soup
6. Acorn Squash Soup
7. Easy Butternut Squash Soup
8. Hubbard Squash and Sausage Soup
9. Roasted Butternut Squash Soup
10. Butternut Squash Soup with a Surprise Ingredient

Savory Sides

1. Butternut Squash Grits
2. Vegetable Noodles from Scratch
3.  Butternut Squash Risotto
4. Butternut Squash Bread
5. Thanksgiving Roasted Butternut Squash
6. Butternut Squash Hash
7. Delicata Squash Cheddar Fritters

Breakfast

1. Mexican Spaghetti Squash Hash Browns
2. Butternut Squash Egg Cups
3. Pumpkin Oat Breakfast Bars
4. Spaghetti Squash Hash Browns

Desserts

1. Brown Sugar Delicata Squash
2. Maple Ginger Butternut Squash Tart
3. Butternut Spice Bundt Cake
4.  Butternut Squash Pie
5. Winter Squash Cheesecake 

Ready to grow your own winter squash? Read my Winter Squash Beginners Guide

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