Three light Christmas recipes that still taste like the holidays — miso butter Brussels sprouts, citrus miso salmon, and a 70-calorie pecan chocolate bark. Appetizers, mains and desserts, all under 350 kcal and make-ahead friendly.
Each recipe page has full ingredients, steps and nutrition — pick a card to open it. We refresh this collection every December.
A sweet-savory miso glaze replaces butter and sugar for a light Christmas side.
A bright orange-miso glaze and a 12-minute bake make a healthy Christmas Eve main.
A no-bake, lighter pecan pie by the piece — about 70 kcal each, make-ahead a week.
More light ideas: all Christmas recipes · the light Christmas pasta · pair a dish with our sesame soba.
Yes. The Brussels sprouts side is about 95 kcal a serving, the salmon main about 320 kcal, and the pecan bark about 70 kcal a piece — all far lighter than the butter-and-sugar holiday versions they replace.
Mostly. The sprouts can be blanched a day ahead, the salmon glaze takes two minutes, and the bark keeps a week in the fridge — a low-stress holiday menu for a busy kitchen.
Yes. Toast the pecans, melt the chocolate, scatter and chill — no oven. It is the easiest make-ahead Christmas dessert and stays good a week.
Yes — this is our evergreen light Christmas collection. We refresh the recipes and add new ones each December while keeping the same URL.
Browse the full light menu, or see the rest of our light Christmas recipes beyond this trio.