My ruminations on my life, my family, cooking, baking, and whatever else comes to mind
We had our traditional standing rib roast for Christmas dinner today, with yorkshire pudding, au jus, herbed dinner rolls, shiitake mushrooms, and roasted brussels sprouts. A delicious meal! I hope that you are having a good holiday too!
We participated in the Corgi Secret Santa again this year. Our Secret Santa was Marie Ploof and her corgi, Kipper. They sent us an awesome package with some toys for Emma and a charm bracelet and corgi magnet for me. Emma immediately took to the alligator and has been squeaking it constantly since I took the tags off. 😀 Thanks so much for the thoughtful gifts, Marie!
We had our traditional steamed crab and bacon wrapped shrimp for Christmas Eve dinner. Very tasty!
We joined the corgi Christmas card exchange this year and we’ve got tons of cards from all over the world! This has been so much fun. 😀 Thank you everyone!
I’ve been such a bad blogger. Here’s some of what we’ve been eating between Thanksgiving and now. Lots o’ trusty standbys, not much in the way of new things, but I’m looking forward to experimenting some with the time off for Christmas!
Smoked Sausage and Summer Squash (using the low fat chicken sausage)
Cornflake Chicken with roasted cauliflower and acorn squash
Sauteed Wild Mushrooms (chanterelles and shiitakes with a bit of butter and fresh thyme)
Herb Rubbed Pork Tenderloin with Cherry Habanero Sauce
White Wine Braised Chicken Thighs with Brussels Sprouts
Roasted Turkey Breast – rubbed with salt, pepper, sage, rosemary, thyme, and canola oil
I made a batch of fudge and a batch of cranberry white chocolate oatmeal cookies this evening. I’ll be giving most of them away to neighbors and friends tomorrow, but we of course had to quality test too. 😉
I wish a happy holiday season to all my readers – a belated Happy Hanukkah, an early Blessed Yule, a quite early Merry Christmas, a non-panicked Mayan end of the great cycle 😛 . Whatever you celebrate this season, I hope that you are able to enjoy some time with loved ones and recharge for a new year. There will be more posts on our Christmas treats, and a post or two about what we’ve been up to and eating in the past few weeks (bad blogger, Cassie!), but in the meantime, here is this year’s Christmas card that I’m hoping to actually get mailed out in the next few days. Wish me luck!
We did good using up all of the turkey this year!
Turkey Stock
Tacos (with my usual burrito spices)
Cranberry Apple Turkey Pasta (a new creation this year; yes, odd, but good!)
