Now that Thanksgiving is an entire DAY behind us, let's talk about Christmas food. I think that makes perfect sense.
So, again, my sister and her family are coming in for the week of Christmas, and since I can't actually remember the last Christmas I spent with her (maybe in 2000?), I am ridiculously excited about this year's festivities.
I'm planning some special menus.
Christmas Eve
She flies in Christmas Eve afternoon and I assumed no one would feel like cooking a big meal, but Mike got very sad about breaking our breakfast-for-dinner Christmas Eve tradition, so we'll cook.
Brown butter blueberry muffins
Pancakes (either red velvet or oatmeal cookie)
Mike's Scramble. (Mike is going to whip up scrambled eggs with onions, peppers, cheese, etc. He's requested we refer to this as "Mike's Scramble" for the duration of the holidays.)
Bloody Mary's. I might need to buy this mix (#47 from the Food Lush gift guide)
Christmas morning
Cheap cinnamon rolls from a tube. (Delicious, though!)
Mimosas
Coffee
Christmas Night
Steak (Mike's taking care of this)
Scallops in hazelnut browned butter (I've been eating a little fish for about a month now--just once every couple weeks or so--and I'll enjoy these on Christmas night.)
Store-bought dinner rolls
French silk pie, perhaps? (Haven't quite decided on dessert.)
Other
I think I'll try to whip up these cranberry & brie sandwiches at some point and maybe these old-fashioned chocolate donuts, too, because why not. It's Christmas.
One other dinner will also be this (oh-so-good) veggie lasagna or these spicy shrimp with yogurt
Have you thought about what you're having this year?