🎄Delicious Christmas Recipes for Festive Meals🎄

Appetizer

Christmas Vegetable Wreath Salad

• Ingredients: Mixed greens, arugula, cherry tomatoes (red and yellow), cucumber, black olives, sweet peppers (red and green), cheese cubes.
• Decoration: Arrange the vegetables in a wreath shape, tie a “bow” using sliced sweet peppers, and drizzle with olive oil and lemon juice for dressing.
• Garnish: Sprinkle with chopped nuts (e.g., walnuts or almonds).

Main Dish

Honey-Glazed Orange Chicken Legs with Roasted Vegetables

• Ingredients: Chicken legs (or whole chicken), oranges, honey, soy sauce, garlic, rosemary, and fresh thyme.
• Steps:
  1. Prepare the marinade: Mix orange juice, honey, soy sauce, minced garlic, and herbs. Marinate the chicken legs for 2 hours.
  2. Roast in the oven at 200°C (390°F) for 40 minutes, basting with the marinade occasionally. Finish with high heat for a golden glaze in the last 5 minutes.
  3. Roast vegetables: Use potatoes, carrots, broccoli, and pumpkin, drizzle with olive oil and salt, and roast until golden brown.
• Plating: Arrange the roasted chicken legs on the vegetables, garnish with orange slices and fresh rosemary.

Dessert

Christmas Gingerbread Mousse Cups

• Ingredients: Gingerbread cookies, heavy cream, milk, chocolate, powdered sugar, cinnamon, and cream cheese.
• Steps:
  1. Crush the gingerbread cookies and layer them at the bottom of a glass or cup.
  2. Mix cream cheese and heavy cream, sweeten with powdered sugar, and whip until fluffy. Pour over the cookie layer.
  3. Add a layer of melted chocolate and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
  4. Sprinkle with cinnamon powder and decorate with a mint leaf or a small gingerbread ornament.

Drink

Mulled Wine

• Ingredients: Red wine, orange slices, cinnamon sticks, cloves, honey or brown sugar, apple slices.
• Steps:
  1. Pour red wine into a pot and heat gently. Add orange slices, apple slices, cinnamon sticks, cloves, and honey.
  2. Simmer for 10 minutes, ensuring the wine doesn’t boil.
  3. Serve in mugs or glasses, garnished with orange slices and cinnamon sticks.

Wish you have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!