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Post by daylilydude on Dec 26, 2022 5:32:52 GMT -5
Just wondering what was there to eat at your table ... here, we had sauerkraut and sausage for dinner.
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Post by brownrexx on Dec 26, 2022 9:15:39 GMT -5
I made my traditional lasagna with a salad made with my garden leaf lettuce. Christmas cookies for desert.
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Post by paulf on Dec 26, 2022 9:33:44 GMT -5
We like to snack so there was a platter of meats, cheeses and crackers along with vegetables (all store bought) and dips. The major meal was turkey and dressing with mashed potatoes and gravy. I had beets the others had green beans. Last night nachos with all the trimmings became a late in the evening meal. Grandma and granddaughter made homemade sugar cookies and peanut butter cookies with a chocolate star in the center. The kids love my "bug pancakes". We have had a large skillet with molds of insects for mini pancakes and since they were all very young I make pancakes for breakfast.
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Post by spike on Dec 26, 2022 10:06:30 GMT -5
Since my son was home, he chose dinner! Chicken parmesan with spaghetti and homemade Pierogi!
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Post by octave1 on Dec 26, 2022 10:28:31 GMT -5
I made homemade ravioli filled with ricotta and mushrooms using a contraption I got from Amazon years ago. They turned up fine considering this was my first attempt at filled pasta. We also had turkey + gravy, cranberry sauce, peas, homemade buns and fresh sliced pineapple. Dessert was cranberry bread. All in all, and aside from a dry-ish turkey, it was a decent dinner that yielded plenty of leftovers.
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Post by september on Dec 26, 2022 10:38:46 GMT -5
Christmas Eve supper at my house - lasagna, fresh green beans, salad, buns, blueberry pie. Christmas Day supper at son's house - smoked turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes & gravy, green bean casserole, buns, salad, cake for dessert.
He and girlfriend enjoy cooking way more than I do! Made enough for 10 people, so we got sent home with enough leftovers for another large meal! Yay, no cooking tonight!
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Dec 26, 2022 12:36:59 GMT -5
Christmas dinner was a partially smoked, partially roasted standing rib roast. (We transferred it from the grill to the oven because son #2 got a late smart getting it in the smoker, and we needed it done faster.) It was extremely tender (you could cut it easily with a butter knife), juicy, and delicious, though. My FIL was particularly impressed and definitely wants to have that again sometime. Sides were an au jus, a cheesy, bacon-y mashed potato dish, Brussels sprouts, rolls, sweet potatoes, and deviled eggs. (MIL wanted leftover turkey, so she roasted a turkey yesterday, too. We didn't actually have the turkey at dinner but I got a breast and a leg to bring home.) There was some leftover roast and au jus as well, but not very much of the roast! We had a ridiculous number of desserts, so we have a lot of sweets leftover. Cheesecake cupcakes, chocolate chocolate chip cookies, sugar cookies, a hot cocoa cake, a variety cheesecake, there is still some leftover banana bread in the fridge from last week, and just now my next door neighbor brought a loaf of spice bread like she does every year. Not to mention that most everyone got candy or other goodies in their stockings. So we have an plenty of things to eat for a while. Especially snacks and desserts!
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Post by pepperhead212 on Dec 26, 2022 13:58:17 GMT -5
I made myself some Italian food yesterday. My friends, who have had me over for the last several holidays, had the lady's brother get a major cancer surgery on Monday, and someone in the brother's family got sick (though not covid), probably while in the hospital, so to be safe, I'm staying home. I did drop off 3 tins of cookies on their front porch, for them to enjoy! So far, nobody in their house has gotten sick. I had taken out 2 lbs of ground venison from the freezer, to make some Chinese food originally, but decided to make Italian, to use up a bunch of the bell peppers, and the half pound of mushrooms I had in the fridge. I looked in a favorite Italian CB of mine - The Frugal Gourmet Cooks Italian, originally because I knew he had some good sausage recipes in there, but also found two simple, but delicious, antipasti, one with red bell peppers, and the marinated mushrooms. The peppers, cut into large strips, are put in a sauté pan (in olive oil, of course!), with some sliced onion, and minced garlic, and cooked on medium, covered, stirring occasionally, for 15 minutes. Then some white wine, tomato paste, and some pepper flakes are mixed in, and cooked another 5 minutes, and that's it! The mushrooms are even easier, and were finished while the peppers were cooking! It is much like the mushrooms a la grecque, that I used to make a lot, but less complex, and no lemon juice. The seasonings are mixed up in a bowl - olive oil, white wine vinegar, parsley, garlic, and oregano, with salt and pepper to taste. The halved mushrooms are simply boiled 2 minutes, drained well, and mixed in while hot - sort of cooking the garlic a little. The pasta dish I made was a tomato sauce, started with the sausage, which I cooked and set aside, using about 1¼ lbs of it in the sauce. I also rehydrated some eggplant and summer squash - originally meant for Chinese, but good in Italian, too! I started with sautéeing the diced onions and peppers, then the eggplant and squash, adding a 28 oz can of crushed tomatoes, about 1/4 c chopped anchovies, and about 2 tb fish sauce (end of the bottle). I added some thyme and marjoram (a bunch of parsley and rosemary is in the sausage), and simmered about 15 minutes, while getting the pasta ready. Added the sausage, to cook another 5 minutes or so, after the 20 oz pasta had been cooking a few minutes. After mixing the pasta in, and serving some up, I grated on a little Asiago cheese, to top it off. Starting the simple bell pepper antipasti by pepperhead212, on Flickr Finished pepper antipasti by pepperhead212, on Flickr Mushroom antipasti, much like mushrooms a la grecque. by pepperhead212, on Flickr Starting the pasta sauce, with onions, garlic, peppers, and rehydrated eggplant and squash. by pepperhead212, on Flickr Pasta sauce, after adding a can of crushed tomatoes, and a generous amount of anchovies, chopped up, before simmering 15 minutes. by pepperhead212, on Flickr Pasta sauce, after adding about 1 1/4 lbs cooked venison Italian sausage, and cooking about 5 minutes, while cooking pasta. by pepperhead212, on Flickr Finished pasta, after adding 20 oz of spirals, cooked. by pepperhead212, on Flickr Italian style dinner, with a lot of leftovers! Didn't make a dent in the pasta. by pepperhead212, on Flickr Guess what I had for dessert? COOKIES! All I had really was two of those macaroons (I have been very good about staying away from those!), and one each of the snickerdoodles. And some of the Formosa Oolong tea, out of my freezer - I rarely treat myself to this. And guess what I had for breakfast today? PASTA!
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Post by mgulfcoastguy on Dec 26, 2022 15:05:36 GMT -5
Apple jalapeño sausage Bundt for the immediate family plus Cream Cheese Jalapeño Corn for the extended family. Others made other things of course.
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