Happy day after Christmas!
I haven’t check in, in a couple of days, because I was enjoying time with family & friends. I hosted Christmas yesterday at my house. I’ve been talking about hosting Christmas in our home before we even knew we were moving. Christmas is something I’ve wanted to have in my own home for years, but our apartment was just too small to do it. Last Christmas when we knew we’d most likely be moving I started talking about having it.
There is just something about cooking good food and making everyone feel welcome in our home that got me so excited months in advance. It was a perfect day. Even though we almost burnt the turkey, everything turned out wonderful and pretty stress free. I had a lot of help preparing & cleaning…especially cleaning. We all know I fall short when it comes to cleaning skills.
I made homemade manicotti for the first time ever and it was delicious. The shells could have been a smidge thinner, but I’ll work on that next year. I’ll be sure to post the recipe also in the coming week.
Our menu:
Appetizers:
- Stuffed mushrooms (made homemade breadcrumbs from bread I made earlier in week)
- Artichoke dip
- Tomato & fresh mozzarella
- Bruschetta
- Spread of fresh cheeses & Italian meats
First Course:
- Homemade manicotti & meatballs
Second Course:
- Endive & mixed greens salad with toasted walnuts
- Roasted veggies (asparagus, carrots, broccoli)
- Turkey
- Chicken for those who don’t eat turkey
Third Course:
- My mom’s cheesecake
- Uncle Tommy’s peanut butter lumps & crumb cake
- All my desserts I made
Drinks:
- Pomegranate Vanilla Sangria
- Merry Berry Vodka Cocktail
Literally an insane amount of food. We have so much leftovers & the second course barely got touched…but it’s a tradition to do it this way. hah.
Hope you all had an amazingly wonderful holiday like I did!
Still buying gifts? Check out 15% off your purchase at Pure Bliss Eats,with coupon code “NEWYEARS” good until 1/3/2012!
{ 8 comments… read them below or add one }
Great first holiday at your house =] Still full!
Sounds like a lovely time!!
Mary @ Bites and Bliss recently posted..How to Convince Someone They’re a Millionaire
Holey Moley!! That IS alot of food!
leftovers are the best though!!
Lindsay @ Lindsay’s List recently posted..christmas photo dump
love this! what an incredible spread of food
kalli recently posted..Some highlights
what an amazing menu! looks like it went off without a hitch. my family is big on making too much food, too. love leftovers! merry christmas, darling!
janetha recently posted..BLEND + chobani = true love. (giveaway.)
Looks beautiful!!! What a great job you did!!!
Toni @Runninglovingliving recently posted..Home For The Holidays Virtual 10K Recap
Reading your post reminds me of the movie “Rattatouille”. There was a scene where the rat was cooking spaghetti, I wonder if it was Italian or home made.
Mike Stewart recently posted..Reason For Failure in Cake Making
This is very usefull post. Anyway, it was quite hard to find it – maybe consider doing some SEO for your blog?
KevinTrucer recently posted..Three blogging tips