This year Christmas was different. I was not cooking dinner. My sisters and my friends were not cooking dinner….well not for us anyways…
This year my eldest son cooked Christmas dinner. He came up with a menu, just slightly off of the traditional path that our family dinners have always taken.
He prepped things ahead of time and although he took on quite a menu he had it all ready to go on time without a single problem.
This is something completely new. He is not a regular cook. He does love good food though and he scoured recipes for things that sounded good that were also doable.
He prepared this meal with a minimum of equipment. He borrowed several items from me such as my toaster over, a slow cooker, immersion blender, platter and a tablecloth. I also would have brought a few other things had I know what else he was missing. (good gift ideas for another time)
Here is our menu:
- Butternut Squash & Apple Soup
- Gingerale Glazed Carrots
- Creamed Corn with Red Peppers and Bacon (made from scratch not canned)
- Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Chipotles in Adobo Sauce
- Mashed potatoes with Garlic Cream and Parmesan
- Cornbread Stuffing
- Roast Turkey stuffed with Oranges, Lemons, Onions, Rosemary, Sage and Oregano
- Tourtiere (French Canadian Meat Pie..Traditional Christmas dish)
Everything was absolutely delicious. I was so impressed. I think he was a bit surprised as to how much work all of this was going to be but he pulled off this dinner for 7
I felt kinda bad leaving him with a huge mess to clean up but his garburator backed up and we couldn’t do the dishes after dinner.
This may be our new family tradition … or not…depending on how long his memory is of all the work he had to do.
Lori, what a delish menu...he did take on quite the job, and obviously he pulled it off too.
ReplyDeleteSounds wonderful, ah there are some recipes that I am going to look up for myself in there. Especially the sweet potatoes.
Jen
Wow - very impressive and nicely done!
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful! there are definitely things I want to try on that menu. Happy New Year!!
ReplyDeleteCongrats to your son! Sounds like heaven, especially the no dishes part:@) Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteI would jump on that tradition in a heartbeat! Sounds awesome!
ReplyDeleteA new grocery store just opened in our town and they import tourtiere from Montreal. A little bit of home!
Happy New Year to you and your family.
Wow, impressive. What an excellent menu and bonus that it was presented by you son. A lot of work, he must have a passion for cooking.
ReplyDeleteI am impressed beyond words!
ReplyDeleteWonderfully blessed you all were!!
Hugs,
Jackie
Wow - wish I was in your family! That menu sounds delicious! My DH would love to tackle some of those.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! Sounds like he did one heck of a job. If I were you, I'd make a new tradition of letting someone else do Christmas cooking.
ReplyDeleteAll the best in 2013 Lori.
Ali x
Oh man...I wish you had pictures!!
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