Food traditions make us more appreciative of what we eat, making us want to taste rather than eat it all at once. You don’t have to eat at your computer or eat from a paper wrapper on your lap when you’re in the car.

During the holidays, cooking from scratch may help us remember how rewarding and vital food preparation can be. Today, store-bought or restaurant-bought meals are more common than ever. Those who already know how to cook but don’t have the time or don’t like it when they have to do it all year may be re-inspired by the pleasure cooking brings. 

When kids and adults who aren’t very good at cooking get their hands dirty and cook with their families and friends, they can learn essential kitchen skills and build their confidence. For example, they can learn how to cook a melt in the mouth bottom round roast. 

Holiday foods can be intimidating, especially if you’ve never cooked them before. However, it’s important to keep things simple and easy when preparing for the holidays. 

You can find many cooking and baking tips on the internet to help you improve your cooking and baking skills. Here are some simple holiday dishes to try:

1. Bite-sized Brie

These appetizers are crispy, buttery, and so addictive that you’ll want to eat them all the time. Baked pastry shells are filled with rich brie, then topped with many things. Even though these bite-sized treats come in four different flavors, you won’t be able to stop at one. Garlic butter herb, maple bacon with pecans, cranberry, and apricot walnut are just some of the choices you can make for dinner.

2. Holiday Ham

Store-bought food is okay, but it’s great to try making your own holiday ham. Make it yourself, and your loved ones will feel extra special this holiday season because they made it. The recipe is easy. You can make the best ham with just a few simple ingredients and a tasty maple and brown sugar glaze.

3. Stuffing as Side Dish

There isn’t a Christmas dinner menu without the sides! There are walnuts, apricots, cranberries, onions, and mushrooms in this stuffing. Imagine the kaleidoscope of tastes and textures that could happen! There are so many vegetables in the bread that it is very moist. Whether you put this stuffing in a bird or eat it as a side dish is fine. It doesn’t matter. It’ll still be great.

4. Roasted Turkey

Stuffing isn’t complete if we don’t say hello to our favorite festive bird. Make a juicy, buttery, well-seasoned, and cooked to perfection turkey for Christmas. Make your mother proud with this turkey. There’s no need to put anything on or brine it.

5. Parmesan-crusted Baked Potatoes

Crisp on the outside, soft on the inside, and creamy and buttery all over, these potatoes are a big hit. You can’t have a Christmas table without potatoes. As the parmesan cheese bakes, it forms a crunchy crust that gives the potatoes a beautiful look, taste, and texture. These spuds are great for the holidays, but they’re also easy enough to make on any day.