THE DINNER THAT CHANGED CHRISTMAS

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.