January Recipes - Life's Little Sweets (2024)

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Here is a list of seasonal, delicious, and easy January recipes! The list goes from a simple breakfast, make-ahead lunches, and scrumptious dinners that will take you no time to cook. If you’re looking for hearty meals that will fill up your tummy this month, then keep on reading.

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  • January Recipes

January Recipes

December is very engrossing, to say the least. January can be a breath of fresh air after the busyness of the holiday season. This is the perfect time to welcome a laid-back and chill attitude, especially in the kitchen.

But that doesn’t mean that the food isn’t going to be appetizing!

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January Recipes To Make

The new year has got me feeling super appreciative and very ecstatic for what this period will be about to bring. What better way to kick off the brand new time than with these mouthwatering recipes that I just can’t get enough of. And I know you will too once you get a hold of this list!

January Dates to Remember (2022)

  • Global Family Day is Saturday, January 1
  • World Braille Day is Tuesday, January 4
  • World Day of War Orphans is Thursday, January 6
  • African National Congress Foundation Day is Saturday, January 8

Popular January Recipes

After days of continuously thinking of good food to make for the past holiday, your brain might be wracking up some ideas on what food you should prepare next for January.

I don’t know about you, but I am ready to jumble things up for this month and look for recipes that have less fuss and have more easy breakfasts, and ready-to-cook dinners.

Below, you’ll discover all of the cold weather comforts you’re looking for to make in January.

*I will be updating this list throughout the month and year!

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Appetizers

  • Yellow Split Pea Soup
  • Bagel with Cream Cheese and Scallions
  • Roasted Red Pepper Hummus
  • Congee

Drinks

  • Coconut Milk Latte
  • Oat Milk Latte
  • Hazelnut Coffee Recipe
  • Blue Butterfly Pea Flower Lemonade
  • Mulled Cider
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Salad & Sides

  • Apple Carrot Raisin Chicken Salad
  • Strawberry Salad Recipe
  • How to Make Kale Chips
  • Baked Sweet Potato Fries Recipe

Mains

  • Instant Pot Sweet Potato Chicken Chili
  • Chicken Pot Pie Tater Tot Casserole Recipe
  • Caprese Pizza
  • Gluten-Free Turkey Meatballs
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Snacks

  • Oatmeal Raisin Cranberry Cookies
  • Bagel with Roasted Eggplant
  • Scout Trail Mix
  • Chocolate Caramel Dipped Pretzels
  • Banana Cinnamon Sugar Dumplings

Dessert & Sweets

  • Oatmeal Raisin Cranberry Cookies
  • Bakery Style Chocolate Chip Cookies
  • Linzer Cookies
  • Chocolate Crinkles
  • Cinnamon Sugar Mixture
  • Homemade Pumpkin Pie
  • Red Velvet Cake Recipe
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Toppings & Condiments

  • Homemade Gingerbread Syrup Recipe
  • Lilac Flower Simple Syrup
  • Lilac Flower Sugar
  • Chocolate Almond Butter
  • Chocolate Peanut Butter
  • Easy Peanut Sauce

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JANUARY RECIPES

Here is a list of seasonal, delicious, and easy recipes to make in January! The list goes from a simple breakfast, make-ahead lunches, and scrumptious dinners that will take you no time to cook. If you're looking for hearty meals that will fill up your tummy this month, then keep on reading.

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Egg Salad Recipe

This Egg Salad Recipe is perfect for having at Summer holidays, gatherings, or any time of the year. You can also make this standby Egg Salad Recipe for a delicious, protein-packed, quick lunch. (only 6 required ingredients, makes 4 servings)

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Funeral Potatoes

Funeral Potatoes are a cheesy funeral potatoes casserole recipe that feeds all your cravings. Perfect for any nights dinner, special occasions and any gathering with hungry stomachs.

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Beef Potsticker Wonton Dumplings Recipe (Steamed or Fried)

This Beef Potsticker Wonton Dumplings Recipe is a flexible dumpling recipe when you need that delicious, savory, beefy flavor of homemade dumplings. Have them steamed or pan-fried as potstickers, in a broth soup as wontons! I also include my tips on how to make a quick Asian-style soup broth.

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Grilled Cheese Ham Sandwich

This Grilled Cheese Ham Sandwich has 2 kinds of cheese, Eckrich Virginia Brand Ham and sliced bread.

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Sheet Pan Lemon Tarragon Salmon Dinner

This Sheet Pan Lemon Tarragon Salmon Dinner has savory roasted green beans and cauliflower. This easy-to-clean-up recipe has minimal preparation, tons of flavor, and cooks in only 30 minutes! (2-4 servings)

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Hamburger Vegetable Soup

This Hamburger Vegetable Soup is hearty and flavorful and warms you from head to toe. And with so many veggie combinations available, it’s totally customizable to your tastes!

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Slow Cooker Texas Style Pulled Pork

Slow Cooker Texas Style Pulled Pork makes a delicious and savory dinner using pork shoulder with a blend of spices and condiments. serves a crowd.

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Garden Herb Mayonnaise

Garden Herb Mayonnaise has garden-fresh flavors and is a great addition to burgers, veggie burgers, and fish. It only takes minutes to prepare.

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Stuffed Bell Peppers Recipe

This Stuffed Bell Peppers Recipe is a family favorite with garden-fresh flavors and fully satisfying for dinner. Customize them with ground chicken, beef, turkey, or pork!

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Almond Meringue Kisses

Almond Meringue Kisses:The wonderful thing about this recipe, is that it yields quite a few cookies, (depending on the size you pipe them), so be sure to share them with friends.

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Grilled Cheesy Chicken Fajita Quesadillas

Celebrate Fiesta Friday with these delicious grilled cheesy chicken fajita quesadillas. They are cooked to perfection and loaded with chicken and pepper jack cheese!

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Slow Cooker Cheesy Queso Dip

There are only 3 ingredients for this Slow Cooker Cheesy Queso Dip and it is so tasty and satisfying – perfect with your favorite tortilla chips. Make this simple queso recipe for a party or gathering and it’s sure to be a crowd pleaser!

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Peach Cobbler Recipe

This Peach Cobbler Recipe has fresh, ripe peaches with a crisp, biscuit on top. It’s wonderful on it’s own or served with vanilla ice cream!

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Franks and Peppers Stew Recipe

This Franks and Peppers Stew Recipe is a family recipe that offers a new way to have classic American Beef Franks. This garden vegetable stew has all the flavors of Summer produce, it's hearty and satisfying and serves a crowd. Make it for your next BBQ, potluck, or family gathering.

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Fresh Herb Baked Salmon

Fresh Herb Baked Salmon is a great way to utilize fresh garden herbs and make salmon in a simple and delicious way. (4-5 servings, gluten-free)

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Sun-Dried Tomato Ham and Cheese Ring

This Sun-Dried Tomato Ham and Cheese Ring is perfect for an appetizer, snacking, or for bringing to a gathering. Melt-y Swiss and cheddar cheese, ham, and sun-dried tomatoes make this savory snack packed with flavor and satisfaction.

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Easy Crock-Pot Turkey Chili with Egg Noodles

This Easy Crock-Pot Turkey Chili with Egg Noodles recipe is perfect for when you want hot comfort food that satisfies every food group. Let your Crock-Pot/slow cooker do all the work for you!

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Garlic Herb Dry Brine

This Garlic Herb Dry Brine makes a turkey or roasts delicious, flavorful, and savory. A key dry brine recipe to have in your back pocket!

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Corned Beef and Cabbage

Corned Beef and Cabbage is a classic Irish-American family dinner popular to serve on St. Patrick’s Day. This savory, delicious and complete meal is cooked in a Dutch Oven on the stovetop with corned beef brisket, baby red potatoes, green cabbage wedges, and carrots.

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Classic Homemade Tater Tot Casserole

This Classic Homemade Tater Tot Casserole is made from scratch without the use of canned soup. It's creamy, comforting and a delicious, one-dish dinner, sure to be a family favorite!

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Sweet Refrigerator Pickles

If you don’t think you like sweet pickles, give these homemade Sweet Refrigerator Pickles a try. They’re great for a quick crunchy snack and excellent on top of hot dogs fresh off the grill. Toasted bun. A little mustard. Is your mouth watering yet?

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Tuna Melts

These Tuna Melts are perfect for a quick lunch or savory snack. It uses my Tuna Salad and No-Knead Bread recipes. (1-2 servings)

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Perfect Sage Thyme Butter Whipped Potatoes

Perfect Sage Thyme Butter Whipped Potatoes are savory, full of flavor, and a favorite on the Holiday table. Enjoy these creamy, butter-infused, whipped Yukon Gold potatoes at your meal! Keep them warm in a slow cooker for easy serving.

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Garlic Herb Eye of the Round Roast

This Garlic Herb Eye of the Round Roast is a savory, flavorful, and meaty main dish for the dinner table. This roast is seasoned with fresh herbs like thyme, rosemary and garlic, onions, and Montreal Steak Seasoning. Easy to make for a weeknight or holiday dinner alike. (gluten-free)

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Homemade Beef and Broccoli over Brown Rice

Homemade Beef and Broccoli over Brown Rice is a savory, stir-fry dish that has thin-cut strips of lean, flank steak, crisp, bite-size, broccoli florets, a savory, garlic-infused brown sauce over steaming hot, brown rice. Make this popular Chinese-American cuisine take-out dish at home!

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Easy Basil Mozzarella Poutine

Easy Basil Mozzarella Poutine has Grown In Idaho Super Crispy Shoestring Fries, pearl-size Mozzarella balls, hot, homemade beef gravy and topped with chopped fresh-from-the-garden basil & Italian parsley, with a sprinkling of fresh ground pepper.

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Steamed Broccoli Rabe Rapini

This healthy, vitamin-richBroccoli Rabe (Rapini)is steamed, and then drizzled withextra virgin olive oil, and sprinkled withKosher saltandfresh ground black pepper.

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How to Dry Herbs

It is so important to know How to Dry Herbs, especially, if you have a kitchen garden, or have access to herbs. This is a great way to preserve those valuable herbs so that you can use them throughout the seasons. Stretch that growing season abundance by drying your herbs with 4 different ways!

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Easy Ramen Soup Recipe

Level up your ramen game by ditching the seasoning packet, adding your favorite greens (in this case, purslane & turnip greens), sliced Hakurei turnip, poached egg(s), and fresh herbs like dill, cilantro, and parsley. This Easy Ramen Soup recipe is perfect for lunch or dinner! (serves 1)

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Congee

This Congee soup recipe is a basic congee with a turkey (or chicken) soup base, long-grain rice and served with shredded, thinly sliced iceberg lettuce, finely sliced ginger root, chopped scallions (green onion), and seasoned with fine salt and ground white pepper. This comforting, nutritious soup can be served for breakfast, lunch, or dinner and is perfect during cold weather and to soothe you when you are under the weather! (dairy-free/non-dairy, gluten-free, vegetarian option)

  • First published: 3/23/2022
  • Updated & republished: 1/5/2023
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Allison Lancaster is a blogger and work-at-home mom. She has always had a passion for writing and after becoming a mom in 2015, decided to turn her passion into her career. Her writing has been featured in the Huffington Post, Scary Mommy, and more. She resides in Tennessee with her husband and two children.

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