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Shrimp cocktail platter from my local seafood store
3 ft. Italian hero that has fried eggplant, roasted red peppers, provolone, ham, salami and pepperoni
Mesculin salad with goat cheese, dried cranberries, walnuts and balsamic.
Spinach dip
Swedish meatballs-I am making these
Rice pilaf-Making this
BBQ ribs
Pigs in a blanket
Cheese and crackers
Farfalle pasta with broccoli, garlic and oil.
Most of the foods are ordered from a great place we like to make it easier for all of us. It's informal and buffet style. Ha been this way at my mom's for 20 years
Christmas day is at my SIL, not sure what we are having.
We don't eat anything special for Christmas eve since we have a big dinner the next day for Christmas. For Christmas we have ham, yams, rolls, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes and gravy, and pies.
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For Christmas Eve this is what I am planning:
Baked brie en croute with homemade spicy raspberry jam
Giardiniera
Smoked gouda
Charcuterie
Sharp stilton
Grapes
Homemade country bread and assorted crackers
Fresh salmon croquettes with lemon-dill cream cheese
Spiced olives
Roasted garlic
Shortbread dipped in dark chocolate
Christmas day:
Classic shrimp cocktail
Horseradish and mustard crusted prime rib with horseradish sour cream on the side
Russet, sweet potato, and gruyere gratin
Roasted fennel, turnips, and garlic with croutons made from the leftover bread
Cranberry relish
French silk pie with whipped cream
And lots of wine and champagne cocktails!
For Christmas day we are having Chicken parmesan, lasagna, sausage, meatballs, garlic bread and salad. It's an easy meal for my SIL to make. Cheesecake and assorted cookies for dessert.
I know one thing i'll be eating for sure and that is my mommas red velvet cake, yummy...haven't had it in two years so i'm really looking forward to it this year.
Steak tartare. My family's special recipe. I would live on the stuff forever if I could.
steak tartare-now here's something you dont see too often anymore..
although i have prepared it for quite a few folks- if you cut deeper in the primal/meat, there is much less chance of bacteria exposure, than if you used trimmings/muscle
from the surface
i use to eat raw burger quite often years ago..... i was lucky-never got sick...
my great grandfather, lived to be over 100 ate raw burger all his life,,,he also smoked for over 60 years
he had a high protein diet,, tho he didnt like sweets, and avoided them
We celebrated Christmas today (family reasons) and the meal was delicious It was my first time cooking the Christmas ham and it came out perfect and the swede casserole was the best I've ever tasted! The potato casserole didn't come out quite right though but nevermind. Good food and a full belly and plenty of wine
We celebrated Christmas today (family reasons) and the meal was delicious It was my first time cooking the Christmas ham and it came out perfect and the swede casserole was the best I've ever tasted! The potato casserole didn't come out quite right though but nevermind. Good food and a full belly and plenty of wine
congrats on cooking the ham just right
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It was my first time cooking the Christmas ham and it came out perfect and the swede casserole was the best I've ever tasted! The potato casserole didn't come out quite right though but nevermind. Good food and a full belly and plenty of wine 
