I have so much left to bake and only 4 days to do it in. No, my math isn't wrong. Yes, there are still 7 more days till Christmas, but since we are busy running around from the 22nd through the 25th, all baking must be finished by the night of the 21st. This, of course, does not include the cooking that must commence on the 24th for the Christmas Eve dinner.
Baking List:
Sugar cookies (old version) - DONE
Sugar cookies (new version) - DONE
Gingerbread cookies - (Dough chilled; waiting to be rolled out)
Shortbread cookies
Springerle cookies
Molasses cookies
Baps
Chocolate cake
Pecan pie * 2
Christmas Eve Dinner:
Potato soup
California salad (stolen from The Melting Pot)
Ratatouille or Penne (still deciding)
Ham
Roasted Chicken
Yams
Mashed potatoes
Corn
Chicken Fingers (from a box!)
Most of the dinner can wait till the morning of Christmas Eve. Yet, I would like to have the soup made in advance. I must admit that for the veggie dish I am leaning towards the Ratatouille because it can also be made in advance and left to steep in the fridge.
So, surely, I must have accomplished something yesterday. No, nothing. Nothing happened in the kitchen anyway. But, the house is clean and we now have enough laundry to see us through till Christmas. Plus, I bought the ham. I could have waited another day or two before I picked up the ham, but I had a dream that I went to get it out of the fridge on Christmas Eve and it wasn't there. I had forgotten to buy it. I started to cry and then I woke up. I was sure my dream was an omen. So, the ham couldn't wait another day.
On a side note, never share your dreams with your husband. It just gives them an opportunity to laugh at you ... and think you are crazy. As if nobody else dreams about their Christmas ham?!
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Oh dear. A couple of busy days ahead. Never mind, you will have fun making the cookies (and sampling them). I baked my traditional cut-out cookies and iced/decorated them yesterday - they are so pretty and fun to eat!
Thanks for the recipe, I am definitely going to do it.
Whats the California salad?
The California Salad:
It's nothing more than greens (I use spinach) topped with walnuts, tomatoes, gorganzola cheese (or feta) and Raspberry Walnut vinagarette. It's very simple, but oh so good.
BTW I will defintitely try that recipe. It sounds perfect! Thanks for sending it.
Christmas morning here in white and wonderful Minnesota. Hope you achieved all you wished to do. And sending you season's greetings.
Your list of things to do makes me feel like a slacker. I only had to make two dishes - taco salad for our Mexican themed Christmas Eve dinner with my husband's family and sweet potato casserole for our Christmas Day dinner with my family. Oh yeah, I managed to knit a hat!
Hope you had a Merry Christmas and accomplished everything on your to do list.
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