Carnival of the Recipes: Holiday Open House Edition

Welcome to the Carnival of the Recipes: Holiday Open House edition. Thanks to all of you who brought a dish. The holidays are all about open houses and open hearts. And to prove it, we holiday Carnivalers have shared our favorite recipes with all of you...

The main events:
- Perfect Pizza Crust ('cause the kids are tired of turkey...and so am I)
- Crockpot Mexican Meat (to spice up your holidays)
- Crockpot Cider Pork Stew
- Chicken Cacciatore
- Green Chicken Enchilada Casserole
- Low-Fat Turkey Stock
- Tuscan Beans & Greens Soup
- Zucchini and Tomato Soup
- Chicken Breasts with Rutabagas
- Roast Duck with Spinach Latkes
- Crab Cakes
- Turkey Veggie Soup

On the side dishes table:
- Apple-Glazed Sweet Potatoes
- Marinated Artichokes with Chile Pepper
- Jalapeno Poppers
- Black Bean & Corn Salad
- Hot Artichoke Spinach Dip
- Potato Latkes
- Potato Croquettes
- Best Meatballs

And everyone's favorite...the holiday treats table:
- Biscotti
- Gingerbread Pancakes
- Ukrainian Christmas Honey Cookies
- Almond Bars
- Herb Vinegars
- Red Velvet Cake
- Banana Souffle
- Christmas Cookies
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Cookies
- Ritz Cracker Cookies

Holiday Spirits:
- Holiday Slush
- Cranberry Margarita
- Christmas Cookie Cocktail
- Champagne suggestions

If you're looking for some conversation in the corner:
- Why vegan?

And don't forget treats for the pets:
- Furry Furballs

Be sure and link to this week's Carnival on your blog to show your support for Carnival volunteers. We depend on our wonderful volunteers to sift through all the recipes each week (pun intended), so if you have not volunteered before it's probably your turn! If you have volunteered before and you enjoyed it, feel free to volunteer again too. (It's a great way to introduce new readers to your blog and share your love of cooking at the same time.)

I have added a Carnival of the Recipes page here. (Hopefully, this will help folks plan for upcoming editions with themes.) If you have more suggestions on how to make our Carnival bigger and better, just let me know.

Next week, the Carnival of the Recipes will be hosted by Food Past. The theme is Holiday Memories. send in your favorite recipe (and holiday food memory) to [email protected] by noon CST on Saturday.

If you're interested in hosting a future carnival at another time send an e-mail to [email protected] with the word host in the subject line.

For a line-up of future Carnivals, visit our Carnival of the Recipes page on Blog Carnival. You can also review all past Carnival of the Recipes there too.

Comments

[muse]

Beautifully laid out...
http://me-ander.blogspot.com/2007/12/recipes-carnival.html

[Stephanie]

Thank you!

[FL Mom]

Hi! Everything sounds yummy. The link for Ukrainian Honey Cookies goes to the Black Bean & Corn Salad instead of cookies. Could you fix it when you get a minute? Thanks! :)

[Laura @ Laura Williams' Musings]

Thank you for hosting this week! Lots of great links!

[Side]

Good post