Our Best Christmas Dinner Menus

Add a sweet taste to your holiday ham with an apricot glaze, made from apricot preserves, pineapple juice, mustard, cider vinegar, and ginger. Roasted leeks and nectarines are the perfect complement to the ham loaf.

Serve it with: Creamy Brie-Topped Potatoes and Persimmon, Blood Orange, and Pomegranate Salad

Beef tenderloin wrapped in a flaky pastry with mushrooms, shallots, and garlic makes a savory and delicious main course for your holiday meal.

Serve it with: Sugar Snap Peas with Orange-Ginger Butter and Goldilocks Potato Pots

Sweet-savory flavors star in this ham recipe -- a brown sugar, garlic, and cumin mixture coats the meat before roasting and the sauce is made from mustard, apple cider, and maple syrup.

Serve it with: Sweet Potato Casserole with Gingersnap Cookie Topping and Peas, Carrots, and Mushrooms

Save time when making this spiced roast beef and Yorkshire pudding by preparing them ahead -- you can chill both recipes for up to 24 hours. Roasted vegetables and our other sides make this roast a hearty holiday meal.

Serve it with: Wilted Spinach Salad with Pears and Cranberries and Butternut Squash-Wild Rice Casserole

This holiday prime rib is high on flavor from the preroast rub of dry mustard, espresso powder, garlic, and onion powder. Merlot Au Jus and horseradish cream sauces complement the meat.

Serve it with: Butterhead Salad with Smoky Ranch and Leek Root Vegetable Gratin

Fruit-flavor stuffing with apples, dried cherries, apricots, and cranberries is the perfect side for this roast served with a tart cherry sauce.

Serve it with: Orange Browned Butter Carrots and Cauliflower and Rustic Garlic Mashed Potatoes

A simple sauce made of port, figs, and brown sugar adds sparkle to parmesan-crusted pork. Kumquats make a festive garnish.

Serve it with: Twice-Baked Sweet Potatoes and Mushroom-Wild Rice Stuffing

A savory topping of Kalamata olives, capers, garlic, and anchovy paste adds a delectable twist to game hens.

Serve it with: Honestly Good Mashed Potatoes and Fresh Citrus and Cranberry Salad

A stuffing of herbed wild rice and sausage makes this pork loin a holiday favorite. To save time, prepare the stuffing the day before and refrigerate it until ready to roast.

Serve it with: Cheesy Mashed Potato Pots and Green Beans with Lime

To make this gorgeous rosemary-accented tenderloin, roast the meat, then tuck creamy rounds of cheese between the succulent slices.

Serve it with: Garlic Mashed Potatoes and Roasted Baby Beets

This recipe offers three ways to glaze traditional holiday ham -- with a tinge of spiced plum, maple-pecan, or cranberry flavor.

Serve it with: Green Beans Amandine and Lemon-Glazed Sweet Potatoes

Fresh-baked pears make a delicious accompaniment to this spice-and-mustard-coated beef roast.

Serve it with: Honeyed Carrots and Beets and Red Onion Compote

Your guests can dress this roast with the topping of their choice. We show you how to make a sumptuous roast with three different spreads -- a black pepper-olive relish, blue cheese-parsley crumble, and horseradish mayo.

Serve it with: Braised Broccoli and Christmas Potato Soup

A pear glaze gives roast turkey a bit of sweet as well as a touch of heat. Try it with homemade pan gravy.

Serve it with: Roasted Squash Soup and Honestly Good Mashed Potatoes

Mushrooms and a dollop of horseradish cream add a holiday-worthy touch to this tender beef dish.

Serve it with: Garlic-Roasted Asparagus and Twice-Baked Potatoes

This recipe shows you two ways to spice up your holiday goose, with fresh herbs or a ginger-honey mixture.

Serve it with: Lemony Green Beans and Mashed Sweet Potatoes