So...whats for dinner?
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Carole,
I agree on wishing all the sides could be done ahead... We are doing way more ahead than normal but there really are some things that just have to be done the day of.... We've been working our butts off the past couple of days... Here's hoping it's smooth sailing from here.... I'm tired already...lol!
Michelle,
Thanks for the holiday wishes! Lol on the boxed potatoes being a hit... Sometimes it's not necessarily what is the best dish but more what they are used to! Just added your Waldorf Salad to our Christmas Day menu.. Thought we could use something a bit lighter and sweeter to balance the heavy meat and potatoes.... I know what I'll be loading on my plate.
Nancy,
That danish sounds really good and easy.... I've saved your recipe to make soon... Maybe New Years day.....
Susan,
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Allright, Susan, more unsolicited advice...ditto on making sure you call the doc. On a much less serious note,DH has developed this "violently loud" night cough since his last URI, requiring him to sleep (in short spurts) in the family room far away from the ears of the other five people currently in this house. I finally convinced him to stop unsuccessfully self-administering over the counter meds, and he emailed the doc. I was hopeful until he received the automated "out of office" response and wouldn't call the covering doc. Back to the family room last night. So tonight he's gotten DS1's advice on yet another over the counter product. OY!
We are having quite a time with little DGS alias, tornado boy.
Lord I envy his energy! We babysat for him yesterday while his parents attended the funeral services in RI....basically the whole day, and we were wiped out by noon. Fortunately he takes good naps, and if I weren't readying for the open house I would have done that too! One little active two year old can certainly humble his 60 something grandparents in their house, and is great at unearthing potentially dangerous or mess creating items that we experience as wallpaper! I know I am telling you nothing new, Laurie. The good news is that he is pretty respectful of our limits for cabinet invasions, and xmas tree ornament grabbing. That said, he was getting way more comfortable "testing" tonight.
The open house was delightful....but remind me to never plan such an event while having family with babies staying with us over a Christmas weekend! I am really exhausted.......but really pleased that everyone appeared to have a great time and enjoyed meeting our new DGD. She's a sweetie. We had plenty of varied food and libations for our guests. One popular appetizer was the smashed pea/ ricotta crostini with mint. I may repeat it for the appetizer I bring to our friends' home for Xmas day.
On the fence about what to make for tomorrow night's dinner. Honestly, I'd like to stay out of the kitchen after cooking so much these past few weeks. I want time to be with the babies. Tomorrow we are going to take them to the Children's Museum and visit DS2's bachelor pad in Southie. Maybe we can stop at a restaurant there late enough in the day that we will only have to snack here for dinner. Lots of leftovers in the fridge......;)
Sweet gift from your mom, Eric.
Deb, your town hall or registry of deeds should have that document....but usually the bank that holds the mortgage has one. Sorry you have that stress during the holiday.:(
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Happy Christmas Eve everyone!
Had my white elephant gift exchange party yesterday for about 25. I was lazy and got food from the caterer...chicken marsala and picatta and then added mashed potatoes (healthy choice from a box...can't tell from homemade) green beans amondine and a salad with garlic rolls. With all the appetizers, it was more than enough for everyone! The hit was the green beans amondine. I used the tiny green beans, blanched them the night before where they were just crisp tender, then before serving, I melted butter, toasted the almonds, and poured it over the green beans. Not a one left!
The fun was watching my two little DGD's play together and enjoy their toys so much...even if they did fight over them occasionally! It's so great to have little ones around during the holidays...they are such a joy!
Enjoy your festivities everyone!
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Susan Better to talk with a Dr. today then to get really sick on Christmas Day and not be able to get ahold of anyone. Hope it all gets resolved and you feel better.
Lacey that is what we are seeing in this neck of the woods....people getting the usual cold but with a harsh cough that seems to linger for a long time. Hope he feels better soon.
Hot danish and coffee to start off our Christmas morning while we open gifts...thanks Nance!!
Having our children home, ages 26 and 23, and hearing them laugh and giggle while playing video games is like listening to them when they were little....I am so blessed.
Merry Christmas everyone and Wishes for a health New Year for everyone!!!
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My son made it in from Toronto late last evening, so the family will be complete for a few days. I am blessed to have such a wonderful, caring group of children and grandchildren. And a loving husband who has been and continues to be my rock.
I'm not taking my laptop with us to DD's this evening, so this will be my last post until after we get home tomorrow night. I hope everyone has a wondrous Christmas filled with family, food, fun and love.
Merry Christmas, one and all!
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Merry Christmas my friends. I wish I could share a cup of coffee or a meal with every one of you. Thank you for sharing your lives and menus with me this year. May your Christmas be everything you want it to be.
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the braised vegetables were a partial success. The bacon had spoiled, so I had to leave it out, and the canned chicken broth was very bland. But it was enough to tell the idea is worth trying again, with the bacon and homemade chicken stock. I put herbs and things in as well as celery and carrot, so it has much more flavor than the canned broth did. I ended up using less than 1/4 of the can of broth, so today I'm going to add a little water and chicken boullion, some leftover rice pilaf that needs to be eaten up, and some vegetables, to make soup for lunch. My mom said she would have liked the chanterelles in bigger pieces, so you got more of a mouthful of flavor. I had chopped them coarsely to spread their flavor throughout the dish. So maybe I will buy some dried ones, and then I can have relatively large pieces of mushroom, and add the soaking water to the pan to flavor the whole dish. They really are delicious! We went to Thanksgiving dinner at a friend's house--she made a delicious mix of brussel sprouts, chanterelles and some sort of little round nut, maybe hazelnuts, and estimating from what I saw in the kitchen during prep, there was more than a quart of chanterelles in it. She's a chef and I am guessing she must know a mushroom hunter who picked them for her as a favor or swapping for future culinary services, because otherwise there were several hundred dollars' worth of just mushrooms in that one menu item. I peeled the parsnip, cut it in slices about 1/4" thick, and simmered for about 15 or 20 minutes IIRC. The parsnip was cooked tender, but the cabbage was sitting on top of the other vegetables and got more steamed than simmered. It could have used a few more minutes. I'd like to try growing some of those baby cabbages to use in this dish. A softball-sized cabbage cut in quarters would be a good serving size (along with the other ingredients) and it would have a little bit of the core down the middle to keep it from falling apart during cooking.
Then I might do a little pre-prep for Christmas dinner. It's just my mother and me this year, so instead of a turkey, I'm doing Cornish hens, stuffed with a rice mixture with some dried apricots and raisins. I found an enormous artichoke at the store yesterday, so we're going to split that, with some lemon-parsely-butter to dip the leaves in, and a blueberry pie for dessert. The stuffing can be made ahead, and maybe I'll also do the piecrust, up until the point where the water is added.
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Susan- I hope you are feeling better and as everyone else has said- I hope you called the Dr.
Lacey- Hope your DH gets rid of the cough soon. But I agree with Carrie, the cough part of the cold that is going around lingers. I have been coughing for 6 weeks- but it gets a little less frequent and better each day. So glad the open house went great and that you had a blast with your grandson. It is true, trying to clean and prep with a tornado amongst you is very hard!
Michelle- Yay for having the whole family together! I hope you have a wonderful Christmas!
Carrie- Your post of your kids coming back early to be home made me smile- I am sure you will all enjoy the family time.
I'm sorry I don't have time to post to everyone but I hope you all know that I wish you all a wonderful Holiday with your families! May you all be blessed with good health!
I am just about ready for Christmas. Despite starting off way behind I caught up! As of Friday night I was 100% bought and wrapped. I did a bunch of the cooking and food prep over the weekend so I won't have a lot to do on Christmas. We do a big breakfast Christmas morning and I started my gorton this morning at 7. Another hour and it should be done. Tomorrow we are going to cook a simple ham and some cheese and rice, because DH really wants it. We will have a Mexican appetizer in a crescent ring, buffalo chicken dip, quiche, shrimp, Swedish meatballs, dips breads etc. We usually travel to our friends on Christmas Eve and have decided not to this year. DH still has to make his chili and we don't want to be up really late doing it like we usually are. For the moment the house is clean- from top to bottom. But I don't know how long that will last. As I have been typing my 3 year old just came in and dumped milk all over the floor I just washed...sigh...But they are being really helpful and trying not to trash the place too badly.
This afternoon we will make chocolate chip cookies for Santa and sprinkle reindeer food on the lawn before dark. The kids are REALLY excited and my 5 year old has been tracking Santa all day on the Norad tracker. My youngest is wearing his Santa hat and singing jingle bells over and over
The whole thing is pretty funny! I wish all of you lots of love and happiness- Merry Christmas!!
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Going over my Aunt and Uncle's for Christmas dinner. I am going to make an Apple Pie and Peas with pearl onions.
My parents paid off the house in 1985 so there is no mortgage. DH will have to call the lawyer and find out what to do.
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Deb- Check with the town hall- they should have a copy of the deed to the property with the description of lot lines etc.
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In Arizona, it's the County Recorder's office that has copies of property maps. In other places, a court will perform the function of recording copies of contracts, wills, deeds of trust, deeds of sale and so forth.
Probably the best place to start would be the name of the agency on the "Pay to" line of the check that you sent in to pay your property taxes.
And after all of that, Merry Christmas.
DD is already begging me for a taste of the cheese-cake that I've already made and wants me to make an early cemicuken (still not sure if that's spelled right).
Eric -
We got back late tonight and to tired to read all the post but hope everyone is doing well. I will read them in the morning
Hope every one has a nice Christmas been thinking about you all. Love and hugs!
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MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!
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Merry Christmas and God Bless Us Everyone!
Susan, hope you're feeling better. Lacey, I hope your DH is feeling better. I've had a cough for awhile, especially at night. Never had a cold, saw the new onc for a six month visit and he thought it was a side effect of the ace inhibitor I take, even though I've been taking it for over a year and the cough has only been going on for about a month.
Lacey, Kaara, Michelle and Laurie, and everyone else with little ones, it makes the holidays so much fun, enjoy! My DD at 15 is the youngest in my family. But my niece is expecting in March, so next year there will be a little one!
Kaara, I am going to try those green beans. They sound yummy. Christmas ve was a success last night. Most all the hors d'ouvers we had were gone, except the raw veggies and dip, go figure! Looking forward to reading how everyone's Christmas was later. Enjoy! -
Merry Christmas to everyone.
Dinner has been eaten and everything is cleaned up...and the turkey bones are boiling in the stock pot.
Best of all, I didn't over eat!!!!!
Eric
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Merry Christmas everyone!
We are sitting in a very quiet house, which feels weird after having our little DGS and DGD here for four days. They left today after visiting with us at our friends with whom we have Christmas dinner. They are safely home now, and when we called a bit ago we could hear the chaos in the background...making our quiet house not seem so terrible. But boy, was it fun to have that little tornado here. He is so interesting and fun! I think it will be even more fun when we head down to visit at his house since he knows his boundaries, and it is more kid proofed, so we will worry less about his safety. What a pistol! My relatives used to call my DS2 that....and I can see the genetic similarity!
Yesterday we took the kids (toddler and infant, who slept the whole time) to the Children's Museum....it was way busier than I expected. The two year old had a great time...as did his dad. Then we went to visit DS2 in his nearby bachelor pad, which was a riot. DGS managed to unearth every ball DS2 had in his condo....and being a sports person, he has a lot.
We had a strange potpourri for Xmas Eve dinner since we had a late lunch in Southie. So it was large shrimp cocktail ( had to have some fish afterall) along with leftover pulled pork sandwiches, ciabatta bread with pesto dip,and a few other appetizers left over from the party.
This AM, DH made lovely omelets for breakfast before we opened gifts. I really do appreciate his ability and willingness to make breakfast when we have houseguests since I am not at all a breakfast person, and it is the one cooking effort at which he is really good!
So we are home with no dinner mess to clean up, and an invitation to enjoy more Christmas cheer at our next door neighbors'. Why not!?
I hope all those wonderfully planned Christmas meals worked out beautifully for all of you and that your day was special!
Auntie Nance, what a lovely message....and back to ya! -
DD & SIL at Elbow Beach Bermuda
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Awwww, what a cute photo, Deb!
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Best wishes to all for the holidays.
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I hope everything got resolved for susan and her fever...
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Michelle, sending you positive thoughts/love/prayers for the carboplatin darkening all those Christmas lights permanently!
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Oh, and tomorrow we head to the eye surgi-center at 6 AM to let the doc decide if she will do DH's cataract surgery despite his intermittent cough. Oy!
Also, our friend had a very vegetable-full dinner for our holiday meal today. She usually has salmon or beef tenderloin. Today there were many appetizers, shrimp cocktail; cheese tray; my smashed pea/ricotta crostini; spanikopita; melon with prosciutto and a fruit platter. The meal was Italian braised chicken pieces with olives, accompanied by green beans, roasted brussels sprouts with cranberry and pine nuts, sweet potato in a custard cup of sorts, arugula salad with roasted tomato, garlic bread, and a fabulous chocolate cake from a bakery. Very nice..... -
Merry Christmas to all.
Lacy, hope things go well with DH surgery.
Our get together was brunch. I made a strata with sausage, peppers onions and cheese. My DD made the ham. And a stuffed French toast casserole with pumpkin spice filling. Fruit salad and, of course cookies. I did eat dome nut not that much. But real fun to be together. Hope everyone had the same kind of fun. Much love. -
Hi Laurie
Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays to all!
We had a yummy Turducken for dinner. THe best part is that my hubby cooked
MRDRN -
Hi MRDRN!! Merry Christmas! Glad you found this thread!
Michelle- Thinking of you this morning hope all goes well with your appointment.
Lacey- Hope things go ok for your DH at his appointment with the eye surgeon.
Debbie- Welcome back!
We are expecting more than a foot of snow that is going to start late afternoon today. So I will need to head to the grocery store this morning with the boys. Almost out of milk, juice etc. Besides that I am going to try to dig my way out of the mess! Toys are everywhere!! Not to mention getting all the crock pots to their rightful places etc. Looks like we will be spending the next couple of days staying home. I need to come up with a couple of dinner ideas. Maybe a potato leek soup?
DH surprised me on Christmas with the best gift of all- a weekend away without the boys. I have never been away from them for 24 hours and I am EXCITED! It has been 5+ years of being Mommy 24- 7 and we are just going to the seacoast and staying in a hotel for 2 nights. Yippie! I will get to sleep, eat and be an adult for a whole weekend!
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yay Laurie! I used to wear my work clothes to drop my daughter off at nursery school then come home and change into pjs and go to sleep on my day off. I knew if she knew I was home she would tell the teacher she was sick. Have fun!!!
We had a great Christmas, turned out I didn't go to any of my "families" because my DD wanted me to stay with her, so we ordered Chinese and read foot to foot on the couch. It's hereditary.
I hope everyone had a great Holiday.
PS, what a cute picture, Deb!
I have to go to work. I don't want to . I was getting used to not going
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Everyones Christmas meals sound so good. Hope everyone had a great holdiay with their family and friends.
Laurie SCORE on the weekend getaway!
Bedo that sounds like the perfect evening, sometimes all the visiting and get togethers can be too much. Christmas Eve we stayed ina dn did movies and popcorn, a little relaxation before the madness on Christmas Day.
Deb Love the pic Oh to be in a warm place.....storm gonna hit here also tonight, predicting a foot of snow.
Moonflwr Stuffed French toast with pumpkin? Wanna share that one?
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Laurie: I remember those days!! Enjoy your weekend!
Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas with friends and family! My DD and I had a nice dinner together at a local farm to table restaurant...expensive, but we shared and it was delicious! Nice to have just a mother/daughter day.
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My Christmas Eve jammies from my hubby and DD...LOL! I laughed so hard I cried!!! They made me come to the top of the stairs the same way Ralphie did it in A Christmas Story. And they had that scene queued up on the tv to coordinate with my "grand entrance".
Here I am with my granddaughter. For the record, I did not sleep in this getup, I received some cute real PJs, too.
My IV machine just beeped - I am almost out of the chemo center. At least it's fast.
More later...
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Michelle, TOO, TOO CUTE! LOL! What fun, your dgkids will not forget that for a long time! LOL, not sure ill be able to either! LOL
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lacey - sounds like a whirlwind of activity at your house, good luck to DH at getting rid of the cough and the upcoming surgery - my dad and my MIL did well with it.
susan - hope you are feeling better, and were able to enjoy.
laurie - having been a military wife the whole time I was a parent of young ones I remember going many years without a vacation away from kids - we never lived near any family. ENJOY, you've earned it!
We started last night with shrimp and champagne, then had a standing rib roast served with a sour cream and horseradish sauce, oven roasted potatoes rubbed with olive oil and S&P, sauteed zucchini/yellowsquash/carrots, warm italian bread and a green salad with citrus vinaigrette. Too full for dessert - which is good because I didn't make one! We had Christmas Eve dinner with friends - the beauty of Florida living - grilled steaks outside by the pool, but they sent half of the cheesecake and strawberry sauce home with us so that was the available dessert. Plus, I have remnants of all of last week's baking. Pretty relaxed, and we didn't open any gifts until about 10 p.m. because the kids went out on the boat and fished all day. Their Christmas breakfast was PB&J sandwiches and Andes mint cookies!
deb - been to that beach - loved it and such a cute pic.
luvrving - enjoy your family and so happy you are all together!
Hope you are all enjoying the holiday whatever you are doing!
Not sure if DS will get to fly out today due to weather, but I won't complain about getting to keep him for another day!
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OMG, Michelle!!!! That picture is sooooo funny! There was a marathon showing of A Christmas Story on TV yesterday so watched it in between getting things ready for dinner.... Miracle on 34th Street and A Christmas Story are my 2 must-see movies during the holidays... Hope your chemo went smoothly and that the carbo kicks some cancer butt!!
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Michelle- That picture as awesome! TOO CUTE!! Hope chemo went smoothly for you and is gentle on you. Get ready for a snow day tomorrow!
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