Christmas Dinner Menu Ideas

Celebrate the holidays in style with your family and friends with these traditional and non-traditional Wisconsin-inspired Christmas dinner menu ideas and recipes.

Wisconsin-Inspired Christmas Dinner Menu Ideas and Recipes

For my family the holidays, as long as I can remember, have been a melding of traditional and non-traditional recipes, mainly because my family (and extended family) hail from different cultural roots.

Certainly, the thing that binds us together is our love of each other but also our love of food.

So, when folks ask me what my Christmas dinner menu consists of, I have to be honest and say multicultural. From Cuban, to German, to Croatian, to Mexican, to Italian, and more, it’s never the same from year to year, except for a few must-make recipes. And, that’s okay with me.

It’s also a great opportunity every year to share new recipes that I’ve introduced on Wisconsin Homemaker.  Many have now become our family favorite recipes that continue to get rave reviews year in and year out.

Sill in a quandary of what to make for your holiday celebrations? Here are a few of my favorite recipes for a Wisconsin-inspired Christmas dinner menu:

Holiday Appetizers

1. Easy Cheesy Artichoke Dip

2. Brie Wrapped in Puff Pastry

3. Lone Star Salsa

4. Holiday Veggie Pizza Wreath

5. Candy Cane Crescent Roll Appetizer

6. Creamy Dill Dip

7. Cheesy Tomato Onion Tart

Christmas Cocktails and Hot Drinks

8. Gaga Key Lime Margarita

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9. Fresh Lemon Martini

10. Spa Mojito

11. Eggnog Latte

12. Gingerbread Latte

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Christmas Dinner – Main

13. Croatian Cabbage Rolls

14. Salt Herbed-Crusted Prime Rib Roast

15. Seafood Medley in White Wine and Garlic Sauce

16. Oven Roasted BBQ Ribs

Christmas Side Dishes

17. Crescent Asparagus Spirals

18. German Potato Salad

19. Old Fashioned Cucumber Salad

20. Flemings Creamed Corn Recipe

21. Cucumber Dill Salad

22. Classic Cobb Salad

23. Succotash Salad

24. Roasted Winter Vegetable Medley

25. Broccoli Slaw with Pineapple and Mandarin Oranges

26. Ramen Noodle and Napa Cabbage Salad

Christmas Desserts

27. Old Fashioned Fruit Cocktail Cake

28. Pina Colada Cheeseball

29. Annabel Langbein One Pot Spiced Apple Cake

30. French Apple Tart Tatin

31. Wisconsin Rhubarb Pie

32. Gluten Free Chocolate Mint Flourless Cake

33. Apple Pineapple Upside Down Cake

34. Cuban Pumpkin Flan

35. Midwest Spice Pear Cake

And, of course, don’t forget to bring out your homemade Christmas Cookies and Fudge. Merry Christmas!