Avoid Christmas chaos and make this season a stress-free one with our favorite holiday recipes, which save time, energy, and another trip to the market.

Here's a holiday appetizer that's healthy and filling, and only takes 15 minutes to make.

Welcome holiday cocktail-party guests with a standout savory-sweet appetizer that only requires three ingredients.

With just three ingredients -- sage, pancetta, and a boneless pork loin roast -- you can create an elegant holiday main dish in less than an hour.

Save time with an easy yet irresistible appetizer that puts deli and freezer staples to work.

Not only are these parmesan spiral appetizers easy to prepare, they can also be made a day before serving.

Using store-bought pound cake and lemon curd for this dish is a guaranteed time-saver. This trifle, filled with sweet peaches and raspberry whipped cream, can be prepared in advance and stored in the refrigerator until it's ready to be served.

Need a dish for the vegetarians at your holiday gathering? Make a bread pudding that is also yummy enough to sub for traditional stuffing by filling it with cubes of parsnips, brioche, grated cheese, and thyme. You can even assemble it the night before, and bake it the day of the meal.

Need a quick appetizer? This one takes only 10 minutes to prepare. Sweeter and smokier than regular roasted red bell peppers, piquillos form an ideal shell for tangy, creamy goat cheese speckled with scallions and mint.

Get your elegant Christmas dinner on the table faster by making a juicy rib roast and seasoned potatoes that cook at the same temperature.

Focus on the main course the day of the party by serving make-ahead hors d'oeuvres. These crowd-pleasing party appetizers can be assembled and frozen up to one month before baking and serving.

This remarkably easy side dish makes an impressive, tasteful addition to any holiday meal and only takes 20 minutes.

For an easy holiday party appetizer, jazz up purchased olives with citrus slices and fresh herbs for the ultimate crowd-pleaser.

Here's an easy, seasonal main dish that vegetarians and meat eaters alike will enjoy. Plus, it only takes 45 minutes to make.

No fancy pans are required to make these mini cheesecakes: they're made in cupcake tins. Plus, only the crumb crust is baked, so the filling simply needs to be chilled.

Serve smoked salmon in a way that's both simple and tasty -- using chips.

These flavorful mini appetizer pizzas topped with vegetables, herbs, and cheese bake in only 12 minutes.

Chickpeas, once roasted, take on the flavor and texture of nuts, making them a fun snack with drinks. Prepare the simple appetizer in under 15 minutes for any holiday cocktail party.

Get the party off to an appetizing start with this bite-size cocktail-hour snack that you can prepare quickly.

To serve these bacon-wrapped potatoes as an appetizer, simply leave in the toothpicks they were secured and baked with. Remove them to serve as a side dish.

Spread good cheer with glasses of this Christmas classic. You can make Emeril's version several days ahead -- the flavor will get even richer.

You won't miss the meat in this vegetable-packed lasagna. The dish takes only 45 minutes to prepare and you can even use the extra roasted squash and tomatoes to make a Roasted Vegetable Salad with Mozzarella to serve as an appetizer or enjoy the next day.

Pair your winter greens with a bright lemony drink. If you don't have Limoncello, an Italian lemon liqueur, you can make a similar-tasting drink by increasing the vodka and adding lemon syrup.

Souffles are much simpler to make than you think, and this one only takes an hour to make. Just stir egg yolks and spinach into cheese sauce to create your base. All that's left is to fold in egg whites and bake. There's no need for perfection with this dish. Even if it rises unevenly or deflates after baking, it still will taste delicious.

Serve show-stopping chocolate truffles that only take 30 minutes to prepare. You can decorate however you please --  with cocoa, chopped nuts, sprinkles, or even luster dust to give them a festive touch.

Add a little spice and heat to purchased nuts with this recipe for an easy holiday appetizer, which combines mixed nuts with candied ginger and cayenne pepper. Pour sugar syrup over the mixture, bake, and then crack into brittle pieces once cooled.

In this easy dish, boneless pork loin gets a seasoned rub and roasted. When the pork comes out of the oven, use the pan drippings to make gravy accented with tangy balsamic vinegar.

Prepare one large or several small dishes of this 20-minute raspberry trifle to end the holiday celebration on a sweet note.

A delicious roast of surprising simplicity will be the star of your holiday feast. It cooks in the oven with acorn squash at the same temperature, so they can be prepared simultaneously to hit the table in less than an hour.

A few store-bought ingredients turn these toasts into an appetizer. Smoked trout and chopped cornichons perch atop a layer of garlic cream.