We are nontraditional: ravioli, meatballs, and sausage. Yes the ravioli & sauce is from scratch.
My wife used to make ravioli for St. Stevens Day using the leftover turkey. It was terrific!
We are nontraditional: ravioli, meatballs, and sausage. Yes the ravioli & sauce is from scratch.
Have you heard of Chile' Reno where you take the green peppers and split lengthwise drain seeds the lay flat in a glass pan and layer eggs over it with cheeses and tomato sauce? That's what my family serves with enchiladas. It's not bad either.We switched to enchiladas, beans, cornbread, Mexican style rice, and tamales. I have a good enchilada recipe that I like to make occasionally.
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We do traditional Jewish Christmas every year, Chinese Takeout and movie.
We switched to enchiladas, beans, cornbread, Mexican style rice, and tamales.
I have been making my own pecan pies (pronounced PUH-khan) for a few years now (snip)
For the last 20 or so years, I have refused to cook what our family considered traditional Christmas dinner. It was usually a remake of what we ate at Thanksgiving and I got tired of that instant replay every year. My older brother still cooks this way but fortunately, his Christmas dinner is usually a week or so after Christmas.
Since it'll be just my daughter, her BF and the grand baby, we decide at Thanksgiving what we want for Christmas dinner. Usually it's something different every year and so, we decided on German Schnitzel, baked Brussel's sprouts with Balsamic vinegar and honey and either stuffed baked squash or mashed taters. I always make a nanner bread because between Jake and I, we can't seem to get enough of my recipe on that. Might even bake some Butterscotch morsel cookies too. Although that's not set in stone.
So what are you having this year? Got a special recipe you want to share? OH, and FWIW, it'll still feel like Christmas even if you ditch that egg nog. Who said it was a "must have" anyway?
Every few years or so, the wife and I skip the family dinners (both families are in town) and do our own thing alone.
Normally I pick up a couple nice steaks for the grill , some crab legs and scallops- twice baked potatoes and a nice salad. Thats this years plan
but I will admit , having worked this Thanksgiving, I miss me some leftover turkey samiches :wink:
My wife used to make ravioli for St. Stevens Day using the leftover turkey. It was terrific!
This year I plan to make a sweet tater pie
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Nice rose' to go with I reckon.
I'm almost 50 years old and I've never had a Christmas dinner. The tradition in my family when I was kid, and I've continued it with my kids, is Christmas breakfast. A huge Christmas breakfast that we eat all day. In the morning after gifts are opened and the kids are off playing, the parents (and sometimes the older siblings) will make a large breakfast. Lots of eggs, bacon, sausage, hash browns, French toast, ebelskivers, ham, fresh fruit, OJ, eggnog etc... Put this on a few warming plates and leave it out for people to eat for a few hours. Leftovers eventually get put in the fridge and get snacked on throughout the day. No more cooking.
Didn't get to make that at Thanksgiving this year, so your reminder makes me double determined to do it for Christmas.
will make a large breakfast. Lots of eggs, bacon, sausage, hash browns, French toast, ebelskivers, ham, fresh fruit, OJ, eggnog etc
In my neck of the woods, you aren't spoze to eat those. They're a table decoration.
That's because you don't have grandma's super secret recipe. They have a cult following, I'm telling ya.
I've always used cast iron because I like how evenly it cooks. Not sure of the brand-been using the same one for about 25 years now. This year, however, I'm going to try it in a non-stick aluminum pan because the new house doesn't have a gas range (I'm still getting used to that). Keeping my fingers crossed that it works out. Oh, and always cook these with a small chunk of apple in center. It's tradition (ebelskiver literally means apple slice)I never ever heard of these ebelskivers till now. So I looked it up. Watched a few vids, looked at some recipes and even the cookware for these cute little moon cakes.
Now, I'd like your opinion on a good pan. Seen some crappy ones, seen some cast iron and even some electric ones. And I'd like to know what your family uses. A brand name for said cook pan would be useful.
This year, however, I'm going to try it in a non-stick aluminum pan because the new house doesn't have a gas range (I'm still getting used to that). Keeping my fingers crossed that it works out.
I've always used cast iron because I like how evenly it cooks. Not sure of the brand-been using the same one for about 25 years now. This year, however, I'm going to try it in a non-stick aluminum pan because the new house doesn't have a gas range (I'm still getting used to that). Keeping my fingers crossed that it works out. Oh, and always cook these with a small chunk of apple in center. It's tradition (ebelskiver literally means apple slice)
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FWIW, our family has used our cast iron pans on both gas and electric ranges. Other than needing to wait a little longer to heat up (and cool down) with an electric range, I don't find there to be much difference.
Camp Chef is the one I've had my eye on. Cast Iron, useful for gas or electric stove top. This one has a wall (if you will) that houses the "half spheres" keeping an even distribution of heat underneath. Cast Iron is a preference to teflon coated pans because they will last a lifetime. I usually cook pancakes in cast iron also.
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