While you're thinking about what to serve for this holiday season, here's something else to think about: AOL Food's quiz on holiday foods. Ten questions on everything from advocaat and candy canes to mulled wine and pfeffernusse.

I got eight out of ten, which is better than I usually do with these quizzes. One I guessed on and got right, and another one I got because they showed a picture that was a huge clue.

There was a time - say, up to the age of 35 - that I didn't like either cheesecake or pumpkin pie. Maybe our taste buds change over time, but now I love both of them. You have to watch me or I'll eat an entire cheesecake myself.

Here's a recipe that sort of combines the best of both of those worlds, Double Layer Pumpkin Cheesecake. And it's pretty easy, especially if you use a can of pumpkin pie filling like some of the reviewers at the AllRecipes site suggest (it has a lot of the spices already in it). Full recipe after the jump.

I always have the best plans around the holidays when it comes to food. I always have some mathmatical formula where I'm going to consume the least amount of calories possible. If I don't have any cookies, I can drink more. If I don't have any of my sister's brownies, I can have a third helping of stuffing.

It never works out though. I go back for seconds at my sister's house (ham, lasagna, chicken breasts, green bean casserole, various desserts), then have a turkey sandwich and stuffing later that night at home. I go to my other sister's Xmas Eve party and find myself eating pasta salad and grazing on tortilla chips, cheese, and trifle all night (and six beers - "light," but still). Then, on Xmas Day, another meal, this one consisting of turkey, oatmeal and sausage stuffing, yams with marshmallow topping, a bottle of wine, Oreo Cookie cake and cheesecake.

What did you have to eat the past few days?

Call me crazy, but I never think of the winter being a time for salads. To me, the winter is for soups and hearty meals and hot meals and hot tea and hot chocolate. Salads are for the spring and summer, the time of leafy greens and lighter dinners. Christmas is for turkeys and hams and mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie.

But the people over at Cooks Recipes would certainly disagree with me. They've come up with a huge list of various salads that you can eat at Christmas. Most of them incorporate the flavors of the season, including the Cranberry Apple Salad, the Holiday Sweet Potato Salad, and Grandma's Winter Fruit Medley. Danish-Deli-Food.com has a Winter Salad made with figs, cabbage, oranges, and pecans that sounds interesting. But the Layered Lettuce Salad? Not festive enough.

Oh, and Ambrosia Mold sounds like the name of a Bond girl.

• First off, does Ray have to be on the cover of every issue, like Oprah? We get it from the name, it's her mag. She's everywhere nowadays, even on the box of Triscuits I bought the other night.
• We've had a lot of posts about Christmas cookies this week, and Ray has some more recipes, including No-Bake Mocha BonBons and Cinnamon Cornmeal Wafers.
• What do you eat on Christmas morning when you open presents? How about some Swedish Coffee Bread? Or maybe some Mini Turkey and Egg Casseroles, or some Berries with Maple Cream?
• Spicy Maple Walnuts might make for a good, quick snack for the kids.
• Don't forget your dog this Christmas season.
• Mmmm...Chai Eggnog.
• You can buy Rachael's Christmas album (see? I told you she's everywhere.)
• Actress/singer Kristin Chenoweth loves Chik-Fil-A! (Side note: she's the inspiration for the Harriet Hayes character on Studio 60).
• More recipes: Roasted Pork Tenderloin, Coconut Yule Log with Meringue Mushrooms, Italian Cheesecake, and a Spinach-Artichoke Dip.