This Christmas cookbook and planning guide features simple-yet-festive recipes, decorating tips, gift ideas, and more! Dawn Hall knows how hard it is to prepare all the Christmas goodies and entertain guests on a budget while juggling an already busy schedule. In this holiday edition of her popular Busy People’s series, Dawn adapts her seven-ingredients or less, thirty-minutes or less formula for the Christmas season. Jam-packed with creative, low-fat recipes, this comprehensive cookbook is handily organized into menus complete with grocery lists, each listed according to various holiday meals. A special section provides creative recipes for leftovers including Turkey a la King over stuffing. You’ll also find recipe plans for cookie swaps, edible and affordable teacher’s gifts, an elegant Christmas eve buffet, and so much more. Make merry with delicious recipes such as: Yuletide Pork Roast with Lemon Pepper and Rosemary, Cranberry Salsa, Busy Holiday Bruschetta, Festive Frittata, Broccoli and Tomato Trifle, Snowball Cheese Balls, Cranberry-Walnut Mini Scones

Provides cross-stitch patterns for a variety of Christmas decorations and gifts.

Offers recipes, game plans, table decorations, and important prayers for the Jewish holidays.

Celebrations mean food—lots of it! But if you, your family, or your friends are among the ever-growing millions of people eating vegan, you might be wondering: How can I make classic holiday and party fare—without milk, cheese, eggs, or meat? This cookbook answers that question! Alicia C. Simpson, author of Quick and Easy Vegan Comfort Food, is out to prove that sharing delicious vegan eats will make you a party starter (and definitely not a party pooper). From Seitan Parmesan and Sweetheart Sangria for Valentine’s Day, to “Tourkey” Cutlets and Roasted Garlic Smashed Potatoes for Thanksgiving, Alicia serves up all your holiday favorites—with complete menus for: New Year’s Eve • Valentine’s Day • Game Day • Mardi Gras • St. Patrick’s Day • Easter • Cinco de Mayo • Independence Day • Halloween • Thanksgiving • Hanukkah • Christmas • Kwanzaa • . . . Plus Birthday Sweets! Not a gourmet chef? Not to worry! Everything from Naw-Fish Étouffée to Vanilla Bean Ice Cream is quick and easy to prepare. Quick and Easy Vegan Celebrations takes the guesswork out of get-togethers, so all you have to do is send out those invitations—and enjoy the vegan cooking, partying . . . and eating!

From the authors of the Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day series comes a holiday and celebration cookbook that uses the same groundbreaking quick and easy baking method. Zoë François and Jeff Hertzberg shocked the baking world when they proved that homemade yeast dough could be stored in the refrigerator to use whenever you need it. Now, they’ve done it again with Holiday and Celebration Bread in Five Minutes a Day, a cookbook with savory, sweet, healthy, and decadent recipes for every occasion. Every culture has its great bread traditions for holidays and celebrations—traditional Christmas loaves from Ukraine, Greece, Germany, Italy and Scandinavia; celebration breads from France and Israel; Easter breads from the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Austria to name a few. The book is chock-full of fragrant, yeasted treats made for celebrations and special occasions. All the old standbys are here, plus delicious examples from around the world. All were too time-consuming and painstaking to make at home—until now. In 100 clear and concise recipes that build on the successful formula of their bestselling series, Holiday and Celebration Bread will adapt their ingenious approach for high-moisture stored dough to a collection of breads from the four corners of the globe. This beautiful cookbook has color photos of every bread and includes step-by-step collages. With Zoë and Jeff’s help, you’ll be creating breads that rival those of the finest bakeries in the world—with just five minutes a day of active preparation time.

Celebrate the holidays with miniature stitchery designs that are quick to make for decorations and gifts. The fun collection in 50 Cross Stitch Quickies for Christmas from Leisure Arts presents a big variety of themes, from Santas and snowmen to angels and cheerful greetings. The designs were all chosen from popular kits originally published by Bucilla Needlecrafts, a division of Plaid Enterprises. With stitch counts of approximately 35 by 35 or less each, the designs are perfect for creating ornaments, gift tags, greeting cards, and embellishments for holiday accessories.