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    You are here: Home » Easy Special Occasion Recipes

    Easy Special Occasion Recipes

    Welcome to Flipped-Out Food's collection of easy special occasion recipes! Special occasions and holidays can be stressful for the home cook. Here, you'll find easy special occasion recipes and strategies for delivering fancy meals with the least amount of stress possible. For example, my Work-Ahead Holiday Dinner Meal Plan is a great model for delivering an elaborate dinner that will wow guests—without all the stress. Much of the work that goes into the meal is done before the day of your event!

    • Greek Marinated Lamb Chops
    • Reverse Seared Ribeye
    • Valentine's Day Dinner Ideas
    • A platter of Orange-Bourbon Glazed Ham slices on a white platter with pan juices. Next to it sits the rest of the ham on a cutting board with a carving knife.
      Orange Bourbon Glazed Ham
    • Side view of the partially sliced roast leg of lamb on a cutting board with rosemary sprigs and a bottle of wine in the background.
      Roast Leg of Lamb
    • Work-Ahead Chicken Rollatini (Chicken Rollups) sliced on a ceramic plate with roasted vegetables and a slice of lemon.
      Work-ahead Chicken Rollatini (Chicken Rollups)
    • Close up view of Filet Mignon bacon-wrapped steak sitting on a white plate.
      Reverse-Seared Filet Mignon Steak with Compound Herb Butter
    • Roast Beef Tenderloin with Green Peppercorn Sauce, the roast on a white platter with two sliced medallions covered in sacue.
      Easy Roast Beef Tenderloin with Peppercorn Sauce
    • Herb-Roasted Rack of Pork
    • A small prime rib for date night, with one slice cut on a wooden board. The interior is a perfect medium rare.
      Date Night Prime Rib Roast
    • Turkey Roulade with Sausage Stuffing on a white platter garnished with sage and cranberry sauce
      Holiday Turkey Roulade with Sausage Stuffing
    • Work-Ahead Holiday Dinner Meal Plan
    • Grilled Italian Sausage Sandwiches with Pepper-Onion Foil Packs on a grey plate sitting atop a dark wood table.
      Grilled Italian Sausage Sandwiches with Pepper-Onion Foil Packs
    • Angled view of Roasted Rack of Lamb with Potatoes on cooking tray.
      Roast Rack of Lamb with Potatoes
    • Grilled Beef Kebabs with Vegetables
    • Greek pasta salad in square white serving dish
      Easy Greek Pasta Salad
    • Top view of Easy, Zippy Coleslaw in a bowl made of cabbage leaves.
      Easy, Zippy Coleslaw
    • Top view of a round, grey plate with sliced ribeye steak with caramelized onions and mushrooms. The steak is cooked to a perfect rare doneness.
      Grilled Ribeye Steaks with Caramelized Onions and Mushrooms
    • Top view of Pork-Shrimp Wontons with Soy-Ginger Dipping Sauce. Three wontons are arranged on a decorative, iridescent appetizer plate sprinkled with chopped chives. A blue ramekin with dipping sauce sits next to the plate and an ornate pair of chopsticks.
      Pork Shrimp Wontons with Soy Ginger Dipping Sauce
    • Steak Mushroom Onion Skillet: a porterhouse steak in a cast-iron skillet with caramelized mushrooms and onions. The skillet sits atop a colorful striped cloth.
      Steak Mushroom Onion Skillet
    • Herbed Roast Duck
    • Top view of a blue bowl filled with double-mushroom barley pilaf. The bowl is sitting in front of a pumpkin and a bunch of red flowers.
      Double Mushroom Barley Pilaf
    • Make-ahead green bean casserole in baking dish
      Make-Ahead Green Bean Casserole
    • ultimate classic roast turkey
      Ultimate Classic Roast Turkey
    • Orange-Ginger-Spice Cranberry Sauce
      Orange-Ginger-Spice Cranberry Sauce
    • One-Pot Cornish Game Hens with Mushroom-Barley Pilaf: two hens, brown and crispy from roasting, arranged in a Staub Perfect Pan with sage sprigs atop the finished mushroom-barley pilaf.
      One-Pot Cornish Game Hens with Mushroom-Barley Pilaf
    • make-ahead crockpot corned beef and cabbage
      Make-Ahead Crockpot Corned Beef & Cabbage
    • milk-braised pork loin simmering in Dutch oven
      Milk-Braised Pork Loin
    • Pico de gallo in a decorative blue bowl sitting atop a wooden tray.
      Pico de Gallo
    • Loaded Baked Potato Salad

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