What's on your table for Christmas dinner?
Really, I need ideas. I have none. Meat obviously. The family wants pork chops. Meh, whatever. Me, I want effortless. We might order meat pizzas. Really.
Often in the past I've done the frozen lasagna thing, with much approval, but I'm off carbs so lasagna is off the menu. (yeah, I've tried subbing various veggies for the noodles. Not to be tolerated. Especially eggplant, an otherwise delectable veggie. It gets rendered nasty when asked to become an ersatz nooodle.
So what else should I make for Christmas?
As a buffet at breakfast: Summer sausage, sausages, fancy cheeses, cookies, eggs, etc.
Christmas cookies.
Some sort of low carb dessert.
Pork chops with cinnamon apples
Salad
Baked mashed potatoes (do them in advance and then heat them up in the oven)
Croissants
apple cider
roasted mushrooms and cauliflower.
So, it looks like I'll be in the kitchen. Oh well. All in the name of love.
What's on your Christmas table?????
Really, I need ideas. I have none. Meat obviously. The family wants pork chops. Meh, whatever. Me, I want effortless. We might order meat pizzas. Really.
Often in the past I've done the frozen lasagna thing, with much approval, but I'm off carbs so lasagna is off the menu. (yeah, I've tried subbing various veggies for the noodles. Not to be tolerated. Especially eggplant, an otherwise delectable veggie. It gets rendered nasty when asked to become an ersatz nooodle.
So what else should I make for Christmas?
As a buffet at breakfast: Summer sausage, sausages, fancy cheeses, cookies, eggs, etc.
Christmas cookies.
Some sort of low carb dessert.
Pork chops with cinnamon apples
Salad
Baked mashed potatoes (do them in advance and then heat them up in the oven)
Croissants
apple cider
roasted mushrooms and cauliflower.
So, it looks like I'll be in the kitchen. Oh well. All in the name of love.
What's on your Christmas table?????
Comments
Mashed Potatoes
Sausage-Stuffed Mushrooms
Artichoke Spinach Mushroom Pie
If we were with my parents, though, it would definitely be a huge pot of Christmas Gumbo, which always tastes better the 2nd day and thus would get you out of the kitchen :)
my new favorite is roasted root veggies ... so I guess that would be my suggestion... (blogged about it here FYI) ...
(http://eroosje.blogspot.com/2010/12/this-thursdays-end.html)
Good for you for keeping to your diet! Not easy but you can do it!!
Honey Ham
Rolls
Cheese Rice
Asparagus
Red Velvet Cake
Mississippi Mud
(The ham will turn into sandwiches for supper that night after Vespers.)
Plus I'm making something to take to church for after Christmas Liturgy and something for coffee hour on Sunday after Liturgy. I told Father that we're having leftovers Sunday night. I will be SO sick of cooking! (c;
An interesting treat I'll be taking is called
Ginger Snaps and Gorgonzola cheese.
Recipe: Top snaps with a bit of Gorgonzola cheese. Devour.