Christmas Feasting
Posted: Nov 16, 2014 1:11 pm
I'm starting this thread a bit early so we can include America's Thanksgiving in addition to Christmas worldwide, but really, feel free to chime in with other Holiday festivities that you may celebrate! I know Canada's Thanksgiving wasn't that long ago.
I'm just curious as to what you all have on the menu this year? Growing up, we typically had the "traditional" Thanksgiving. Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, green bean casserole, sweet potatoes, rolls, corn, cranberry sauce, veggie tray, pumpkin and apple pies. To this day, we don't stray too much from that list of foods, though my inability to tolerate sugar has made me look for low-carb sides, usually a roasted green veggie.
Last year though, Thanksgiving and Hanukkah fell on the same day, and my sister discovered a site to celebrate Thanksgivukkah. And thanks to that site, we had the best turkey I've ever had (I'm not usually much of a turkey person) and best stuffing. My mom is not interested in making the same turkey again this year . Too much work. But I am making the stuffing recipe for both my family and my husband's family this year. Here's the recipe if you all so desire...
http://www.buzzfeed.com/christinebyrne/ ... e-stuffing
And I get my challah bread from my local grocery store bakery. So it's pretty easy in addition to being super tasty.
I also tend to make a lot of pies and kind of rotate which ones based on requests. My top two are probably my Apple pie and my Mississippi Mud pie (a twist on the typical chocolate and vanilla, mine is chocolate and peanut butter).
So how about everybody else? What Thanksgiving, Christmas, or other holiday feasting do you have planned this year?
I'm just curious as to what you all have on the menu this year? Growing up, we typically had the "traditional" Thanksgiving. Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, green bean casserole, sweet potatoes, rolls, corn, cranberry sauce, veggie tray, pumpkin and apple pies. To this day, we don't stray too much from that list of foods, though my inability to tolerate sugar has made me look for low-carb sides, usually a roasted green veggie.
Last year though, Thanksgiving and Hanukkah fell on the same day, and my sister discovered a site to celebrate Thanksgivukkah. And thanks to that site, we had the best turkey I've ever had (I'm not usually much of a turkey person) and best stuffing. My mom is not interested in making the same turkey again this year . Too much work. But I am making the stuffing recipe for both my family and my husband's family this year. Here's the recipe if you all so desire...
http://www.buzzfeed.com/christinebyrne/ ... e-stuffing
And I get my challah bread from my local grocery store bakery. So it's pretty easy in addition to being super tasty.
I also tend to make a lot of pies and kind of rotate which ones based on requests. My top two are probably my Apple pie and my Mississippi Mud pie (a twist on the typical chocolate and vanilla, mine is chocolate and peanut butter).
So how about everybody else? What Thanksgiving, Christmas, or other holiday feasting do you have planned this year?