Holidays & Occasions Christmas Christmas Recipes Christmas Dump Recipes for Your Easiest Holiday Meal Ever By Jenna Sims Jenna Sims Jenna is a Digital Editor for Southern Living and joined the team in 2014. She writes, produces, and assigns content with a focus on email growth and commerce content. She covers a range of topics in the lifestyle space from holiday gift guides to new product launches to tips for cooking with your air fryer. Southern Living's editorial guidelines Published on September 1, 2022 Share Tweet Pin Email Trending Videos When it comes to the Christmas meal, the to-cook list can be quite long. These easy dump recipes are here to save the day because they require little effort on your part but still deliver delicious results for your holiday guests. All you have to do is dump the ingredients into your slow cooker, onto a sheet pan, or into a baking dish and then your hands-on time is complete. Making a few of these easy recipes will allow you to focus your time in the kitchen on other dishes that require your attention (like a showstopping holiday cake). Consider this roundup of dump recipes that includes appetizers, sides, and even desserts that come together quickly and easily our Christmas gift to you. They'll allow you can spend less time in the kitchen and more time celebrating with your loved ones. 01 of 12 Slow Cooker Green Bean Casserole Caitlin Bensel / Southern Living Recipe: Slow Cooker Green Bean Casserole This dump-and-cook green bean casserole gets its creaminess from jarred Alfredo sauce. You'll know it's done cooking when it's bubbling. 02 of 12 Cherry Dump Cake Emily Laurae/Southern Living Recipe: Cherry Dump Cake You'll need just four ingredients to pull this dump cake together. 03 of 12 Slow-Cooker Grape Jelly Meatballs Caitlin Bensel; Food Styling: Ali Ramee; Prop Styling: Sarah Elizabeth Cleveland Recipe: Slow-Cooker Grape Jelly Meatballs No holiday party will be complete without a slow cooker filled with grape jelly meatballs. 04 of 12 Pineapple Casserole Photographer: Jen Causey, Prop Stylist: Josh Hoggle,Food Stylist: Ruth Blackburn Recipe: Pineapple Casserole Toss all of the ingredients together for this classic recipe and you'll have a delicious casserole in just 30 minutes. 05 of 12 Oven-Roasted Asparagus Recipe: Oven-Roasted AsparagusIf you prefer the asparagus to be more roasted, you can increase the temperature to 400 degrees. 06 of 12 Slow-Cooker Collard Greens with Ham Hocks Victor Protasio Recipe: Slow-Cooker Collard Greens with Ham Hocks Put your collard greens into the slow cooker and cook them low and slow with ham hocks to pack them with flavor. 07 of 12 Hashbrown Casserole Southern Living Recipe: Hashbrown Casserole Whether you're cooking for breakfast, lunch or dinner, you can never go wrong with this cheesy, crowd-pleasing casserole. 08 of 12 Slow-Cooker Sweet Potato Casserole Southern Living Recipe: Slow-Cooker Sweet Potato Casserole Your slow cooker will do all the work preparing the sweet potato casserole this year. Just make sure to reserve the marshmallows for the final 15 minutes of cooking. 09 of 12 Tee's Corn Pudding Jennifer Davick Recipe: Tee's Corn Pudding You can use fresh or frozen corn to pull this casserole together. 10 of 12 Cherry-Pecan Brie Jim Franco Recipe: Cherry-Pecan Brie Simply "dump" the cherry preserve mixture onto the top of a round of brie for a no-cook appetizer that has a touch of festive color. 11 of 12 Honey-Glazed Spiced Carrots Iain Bagwell Recipes: Honey-Glazed Spiced Carrots Roasting carrots in a honey glaze will turn them into a decadent holiday side dish that your family will request year after year. 12 of 12 Apple and Pear Crisp Jennifer Davick; Food Styling: Vanessa Rocchio; Prop Styling: Missie Crawford Recipe: Apple and Pear Crisp This sweet treat will come together entirely in your slow cooker. Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit