Hi friends 🤍 Today I’m sharing 8 of my favorite tried-and-true holiday recipes — the kind that are comforting, crowd-pleasing, and perfect for Christmas, Thanksgiving, school events, or any festive gathering.
I made all of these recipes to share with my kids’ school during their quarterly staff appreciation event. Each division takes turns bringing in food, and this month’s theme was the holidays, so I leaned into classic, cozy, Italian-inspired Christmas dishes that I know people truly love.
Every single recipe in this video is one I’ve made time and time again — nothing fancy for the sake of being fancy, just really good food made with love.
🍝 What I Made:
• Family Spaghetti Sauce – a generations-old recipe, adapted for busy mom life
• Christmas Lasagna – hearty, comforting, and always a hit
• Sausage & Meatballs – using the same red sauce (and yes… I’m sharing my secret for the best meatballs ever 🤫)
• Keto Antipasto Salad – packed with flavor and perfect as an appetizer
• Tiramisu – a holiday favorite with one small tweak that made it even better
• Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie – time-consuming but WORTH IT… people think it’s bakery-made
• Anise Cookies – a classic family favorite and holiday must-make
I’ll have all of the recipes linked below so you can recreate any (or all!) of these for your next gathering.
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Holiday Recipes • Christmas Cooking • Italian Christmas Recipes • Easy Holiday Dishes • Crowd Pleasing Recipes • Comfort Food • Holiday Baking • Christmas Lasagna • Homemade Meatballs • Tiramisu Recipe • Holiday Entertaining • Teacher Appreciation Food • Family Recipes
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I don’t want to brag but I was the top 1% of her viewers this year…I watched 308 of her videos. 😂
Totally awesome 💚💚💚💚💚💚
That’s a nice wine!!! I would of had a glass. Oh no ragu!!! Lol
It says the recipes are linked but I don’t see any links! Is it just me? Help;)
That antipasto look 👀 is amazing
Basically a bolognaise sauce. I cook it all the time.
Random comment. I've always been impressed how you cut up an onion.
Recipes written……….please!
The Tiramisu dessert is with Amaretto not with rum😮😮😮
Next time put parchment paper underneath the cookies so it doesnt go all over the counter ❤💋
Love the video, something I noticed : The lighting blows you out a bit, I think just a smidge more blush will light your face back up and balance everything- You have great cheekbones
In our Italian house..we call them S cookies with anise extract.
We shape them like an S and can die dough red or green And braid them..
Where are the recipe links…c’mon Kim lol.
Everything looks delicious. Would love the lasagna and tiramisu recipe printed please. ❤
My word that pie looks so good!!! It would be a whole mess if I tried to make it tho. 😂
Did not see a link to all the recipes can you please share?
What kind of sausage did you use?
Tiramisu is my hands down favorite dessert. We get it from the local Italian restaurant for our anniversary every year, but I've never made it before. Must try!
She mentioned she'd have all the recipes linked below, but I cant seem to find them. Can anyone help me locate them, I'd love to make her sisters memory cookies this year!! TIA!! <3
The talking with the knife waving is scaring me😂
I am so sad😢 i can't get bananapeppers in the Netherlands 😢😢😢😢. I have had them one time and i LOVE ❤❤ them, but New York pizza don't have them annymore😢😢😢
The pie looked so pretty. It all looked delicious.
Kim thats alot of salt, you're a fantastic chef, love everything you cook. I use less ❤🎄🎅🎄❤️
Mascarpone and not marscapone. But you are perfect anyway
I love that you make your sister’s cookies… But they did come out of the oven, looking like a bunch of belly buttons.
Wow 😮! Really great Christmas cooking ideas 💡! Merry Christmas 🎄🎁!
Hi, thanks for sharing! Where can I find the recipes?
My sweet Kim, it's Dec 15, and it's really cold in Bailey, NC, and when I heard the cold was in Florida, I immediately started praying you and yours are warm . Stay warm and safe and happy. Thank you for always being there for us. You are Amazing!!!
Wow! Everything has me hangry, in a great envious way!
Y'all keep on stocking your pantries, please. Little by little, it can be done.
Kim, can you do a video on what you’re doing for kids teachers if you’re doing things for them this holiday season?
Kim you are my FAVORITE! Wed be best friends according to my son whose been seeing me watching you 😅 i would love the red sauce recipe for the lasagna ❤
From one “Chicken Lady” to another your egg yolks are a dark orangey color because your chickens have a better diet with more protein. Compared to the commercially farmed chicken eggs, the chickens are feed more grain because it’s cheaper and results in a pale yellow yolk.
Why is tiramisu not recommended while pregnant? Is it because of the rum, or the mascarpone?
It’s nice when we can click on the recipes and make copies! Is that possible?
Everything looks delicious
Did I miss the written recipes?