Kendra Vaculin

This hearty Greek pasta bake is packed with impressive-looking layers of chewy giant noodles, spiced meat, and a creamy, cheesy béchamel to top it all off. 

This rum punch is very simple to throw together, but cranberry-studded ice makes it feel deceptively fancy, doubling as a festive garnish and temperature control.

The combination of juicy mixed citrus with sliced avocado and sautéed shrimp is striking and, yes, delicious—but we all know that the bed of crispy rice is why you’re here.

Make ice cream without an ice cream machine using this zip-top bag and rock salt trick. Peppermint flavoring and candy canes are festive, but you can flavor your ice cream any way you like.

These tender, buttery sugar cookies use cold butter (no waiting around for yours to soften!) and come together in a food processor, so you can go from zero to dough in minutes.

These savory hand pies are flaky, melty, and, thanks to a package of frozen puff pastry and sliced deli ham and cheese, really simple to assemble.

These extra creamy (and extra cute) tiny potatoes are reminiscent of sour cream-slathered potato pierogi, which is a very good thing.

We did away with the worst part of roasting squash—the prep! Instead, we roast it whole until tender, tear it into big pieces, glaze it, and roast it again.

The solution to legume doom: This citrusy marinated bean salad with crunchy greens and big chunks of salty feta.

Tart cranberries meet their match in bright ginger and fruity golden raisins for a no-fuss sauce that comes together in minutes.

We gave biscuits the Thanksgiving treatment by packing these with classic stuffing flavors like sage, rosemary, fennel seed, and scallion.

A Thanksgiving salad should have enough flavor and heft to hold its own, and be sturdy enough to dress ahead of time—this one checks all those boxes.

Stop hunting for that roasting pan you never use! This Thanksgiving turkey and gravy recipe requires nothing more than a rimmed baking sheet and a wire rack.

When Thanksgiving demands green bean casserole but your jam-packed oven has other plans, opt for this buttery stovetop version.