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Delish!!!!!

Behold, our Christmas Eve feast. This is a PARED-DOWN version of what we would usually have at home, if you can believe it!

Hors d'oeuvres
    zeppole, Grandma Mary's way (with baccalà and raisins)

Beverages
    sparkling cider
    Trader Joe's Anniversary Ale
    red and white wine
    assorted sodas

Antipasti
    homemade roasted peppers
    tortellini ( Read more... )

For my own sanity, people:

tree and living room decorated
swag of greens up outside
Christmas gift boxes out
holiday cards out
DH's gifts wrapped
house cleaned
Christmas cookies made and distributed to neighbors
Christmas Eve:

• Christmas Eve menu planned
• Christmas Eve menu mapped/delegated
• Christmas Eve grocery shopping done
• cookie tins for guests filled
• Rachel' ( Read more... )

**Good Eats Roast Turkey (with a mixture of herbs, dijon and butter put under the skin for extra flavor)
*My Family Dressing with Sausage, Apples and Dried Fruit
Giblet gravy
Homemade Cranberry Sauce
Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Sweet Potato Casserole
*Green Bean Casserole
*Sweet and Sour Cipolline Onions
*Roasted Fennel w/ Parmesan
*Corn Pudding
**Parker ( Read more... )

We are having friends over for dinner before services. Here's the menu ( Read more... )

We have some friends coming over tonight, 2 brothers and their wives and children. All in all there are 7.5 guests coming (4 adults, 3 kids and 1 cute as a button baby ( Read more... )

I have eaten too many. I guess I should leave a few for the 5 quarts of tomato sauce.

I have made it a goal to try to make fish 2x week. We have a lot of salmon. Being in the Pacific Northwest does have its advantages besides being the only corner of the country not having wacko weather!

Tonight it was slow-roasted sockeye, and usually I make some israeli couscous w/truffle oil or egg noodles or something, but I was feeling a bit ( Read more... )