I love eggs benedict-- my favourite to make is with english muffins from the grove, turkey green sausage from kellers, poached eggs with a green chili Parmesan cheese sauce--- its really good.


So what is everyone having for Christmas dinner? Is your Christmas different than your Thanksgiving menu?

In my family we make a pork roast with saurkraut, baked apples, and green beans. With many other fixings-- that is the usual.

This morning, the honey made french toast (bread with walnuts and cranberry) with real maple. She had coffee and I had almond/coconut eggnog.

Tis the season!! :jester:

My honey she's making Minestrone soup-- that is as instant as I can get.

Mmm.

Stop by anytime, Sun.

Something NOT delicious :| the lazy man pierogi at the local Greek deli...yes..I know...the GREEK part shoulda clued me in that their POLISH food wouldn't be all that good. But I paid for something that I can cook better myself. And that irks me more than a lil bit....

It didn't even have saurkraut in it!!! Im appalled....

I will stick to the ones I know and love. I tried the Florida variety ONCE and never ever again....like ever. It was gross and watery. They are much bigger than the haas ones...but size isn't everything....really it isn't.

Uh oh. What was in it?

No clue...it was bland...tasted vaguely cheesy...had meat in it....blech...i think they just shredded cabbage and put it in.... :| Mines is soooo much better. I even make it into a casserole...almost like a reuben... :)

Mmmmmmmmmm... I am beginning to recover from gardening when the wind chill is down to 25 *-4 C, Urs! Am I nuts?!* because I mulled some cider.

It's funny how things which were always so exotic to me when I was growing up in the desert turn out to be so doggoned simple. I mulled it in the microwave in a covered bowl.

1 quart cider, room temperature
6 cinnamon sticks (broke them in half)
a few allspice berries
a few anise seeds
then a teabag with nutmeg, cloves, ginger--less than half a teaspoon of any of them, less than a quarter teaspoon ginger

I heated it 7 minutes on high and 10 more minutes on medium. It's about as hot as coffee... and not so exotic at all. But ohhh so good on a freezing cold day! My insides are starting to thaw. :)

Thank you! I confess, tis the old Tupperware dealer in me that thinks of these things. I used my Stack Cooker. LOVE that thing! :cheesy: I know some people keep mulled cider in a crockpot but I would have to get a third one, a smaller one... not that it's impossible, mind you! There's one on sale for $11 right now lol.... but I already have the Stack Cooker. :)

I do too-- esp. hard ciders.

:|

Wow $11? Amazing. How small?

What is a stack cooker?

The crockpot is a 1 quart.

A Stack Cooker is a microwave cooking system. The bowls are round and they stack together to let you cook a main course, a side dish and a dessert all at once. I used the large bowl and the cover (lid) for the cider.

Here's a link. http://order.tupperware.com/coe/app/...r=P10049001195

That's so good to know! Bek's best friend is a vegetarian and I have been looking for a substitute for the chicken soup powder that I usually use.

O course you are nuts Catie! That's part of your charm!

It's Monday morning here, it's raining a bit, which is cooling the place down but making it all steamy as well.

I had a win yesterday! I am always looking for things Bek's best friend will eat. He's got a very limited palate and will basically only eat refined carbs and cheese - so, think macaroni cheese, welsh rarebit, pizzas with only cheese on them... sushi... that kind of thing. Kris jokes that the kid only eats things in a certain colour group - white to pale yellow. Lol.

I mashed a bit of pumpkin (fresh, we don't have tinned here), added some cream cheese, nutmeg, and some grated cheese and used it as a wonton filling. Success!

Though as I was saying to Sun before, it's probably more appropriate as a pasta filling, but anyway - he liked it, so it's a win!

I've been trying to think of ways to get more fresh vegetables into him, he doesn't eat much of anything, most of the time. Unless it's sweet things, he loves sweet things.