Survive the Holidays with Our Ultimate Holidays Guide

Stress less and enjoy this holiday season with EatingWell’s Ultimate Healthy Holidays Guide. Inside you’ll find easy, delicious recipes and healthy tips to get you through the holiday season healthy and happy. Check out:

Easy Entertaining Recipes & Ideas:

• Our best recipes and menus for your easiest holiday ever
• 18 prize-winning holiday cookies
• Super-simple holiday side dishes & desserts
• Easy & elegant: Horseradish Crusted Beef Tenderloin and more stress-free Christmas recipes
• 15-minute appetizers and cocktails for parties
• Make-ahead sides that save you time, like Au Gratin Potatoes
• 30 simple homemade gifts from your kitchen for under $20
• Crispy Potato Latkes and more delicious recipes for Hanukkah
• 7 expert tips for easier holiday entertaining

Health & Diet Tips:

• 3 foods to eat when you overeat
• 6 breakfasts to head off holiday weight gain
• 3 immune-boosting superfoods to keep you healthy all winter

Pictured above: Maple Walnut Cake, Mississippi Spiced Pecans, Crispy Potato Latkes

Healthier Holiday Cookies

It’s cookie time! Everyone is baking, sharing and enjoying one of the season’s most fun traditions—beautiful homemade cookies. EatingWell’s annual holiday cookie swaps have yielded some incredible goodies that are healthier too. Our cookie recipes use sweeteners judiciously, no hydrogenated fat, contain all-natural ingredients and as much whole-grain flour as possible. Try these yummy recipes and tips to help you bake amazing holiday cookies!

• 6 Prize-Winning Recipes from EatingWell’s 2009 Annual Cookie Contest
• Lusciously Nutty Holiday Logs & more Healthy Holiday Cookies
• Top 18 Holiday Cookie Recipes
• 5 secret swaps to make healthier holiday cookies
• Reader’s Choice Contest: Vote for your favorite holiday cookie for your chance to win a stand mixer from Cooking.com or coupon booklets for Organic Valley products

Pictured above: Double Nut & Date Tassies, Apricot-Almond Sandwich Cookies, Lusciously Nutty Holiday Logs

Easy & Affordable Gifts from the Kitchen

Save money—and your sanity—by avoiding shopping malls this holiday season and make delicious gifts in your own kitchen. Add a pretty finishing touch with our printable holiday gift tags and a colorful bow.

• 30 homemade gifts from your kitchen for under $20: chocolates, spice rubs and more
• Start a new tradition: 5 star chefs share their favorite pasta sauce recipes to share with friends and family
• Make one of these scrumptious side dishes and leave the serving dish behind as a beautiful gift
• Download our festive holiday gift tags

Pictured above: Maple Nut Granola, Spanish Rub, Blueberry-Pecan Pancake Mix