22 (Really Good) Christmas Recipes That Make Enough For 2 People

This three-course meal — a Caesar salad with bacon, garlic butter steak, and scalloped potatoes — is perfectly portioned out for two people. Don't forget to split a bottle of red!

Recipe: Steak Dinner for 2

I know Christmas is synonymous with comfort and indulgence, but this salad will be a refreshing note on the holiday table.

Get the recipe: Kale and Quinoa Salad

Picture this: just the two of you, sitting on the couch, a cup of salted caramel latte in your hands, watching Die Hard for the hundredth time. What more do you need?

Get the recipe: Salted Caramel Brûlée Latte

If you don't feel like cooking a ham or roasting a turkey, may I suggest duck? It's delicious, feels fancy, and actually not that hard to make. This pan-seared duck is brought to a whole new level thanks to a gastrique — a sweet-and-sharp sauce made with caramelized sugar deglazed with vinegar and port wine.

Get the recipe: Pan-Seared Duck Breast With Port Wine Sauce

This English classic (think mac 'n' cheese but with cauliflower instead of pasta) can make for a great vegetarian main dish but will also shine bright as a side dish.

Get the recipe: Cauliflower Cheese

The only tricky part in prepping this is that you need to butterfly the tails, but the recipe shows you how to do that, step-by-step. You then brush the tails with lemon-garlic butter before broiling them for a few minutes.

Get the recipe: Broiled Lobster Tails

It is a truth universally acknowledged that gingerbread cookies will put you in a Christmas mood no matter what.

Get the recipe: Spicy Gingerbread Cookies With Lemon Icing

The recipe is for six people, but you can easily half the portions. Ready in 25 minutes, this makes for a great first course or a side dish, depending on your mood.

Get the recipe: Paprika Roasted Brussels Sprouts Salad With Prosciutto and Pimentón Aioli

Is this recipe ambitious? Maybe. But if Christmas isn't the right time for a little bit of culinary ambition, I don't know when is.

Get the recipe: Super-Simple Glazed Ham

Homemade. Chocolate. Marshmallows. Need I say more? Alright: homemade chocolate marshmallows served in a cup of steaming-hot chocolate. You're welcome.

Get the recipe: Chocolate Marshmallows

Just because you're hosting for two people doesn't mean you can't cook your very own Feast of the Seven Fishes. This dish is a great place to start.

Get the recipe: Fritto Misto

You'll only need a handful of ingredients to make these (with puff pastry, bacon, and cheese being the main ones), and you can easily adjust the portions to make fewer twists than the original recipe yields.

Get the recipe: Sweet and Savory Cheesy Bacon Wrapped Puff Pastry Twists

All the flavors of gingerbread in delicious truffles. I'll take a dozen.

Get the recipe: Gingerbread Truffles

Five ingredients, almost zero effort, and just five minutes' prep are needed to make this great side dish.

Get the recipe: Garlic Roasted Carrots

Take the ultimate Christmas morning brioche, turn it into French toast, and you're in for the best treat.

Get the recipe: Panettone French Toast

Just think of green beans as an excuse to eat a ton of delicious bacon bread crumbs.

Get the recipe: Green Beans With Bacon Bread Crumbs