holiday food planning
I'm still trying to figure out what quick and easy things I can make for our holiday party - with my belly getting bigger with baby by the hour, I'm looking for simple, no stress dishes - but I have found a recipe that I'm going to try for Christmas dinner.
I was planning on making risotto for Christmas but I think I'm also going to make Stuffed Duck Breasts Siennese-style from Mark Bittman whose recipe was printed in the NY Times today. I've been thinking about my mom's duck, which is my favorite and Asian-style but am not feeling up to the task of preparing a whole roast duck and eating it between the two of us, but this dish looks like it will be good, has the added benefit of going with the risotto that I planned to cook already, and looks pretty manageable.
Tonight, we were invited for Christmas Eve dinner with friends. I'm going to make Wild Rice with Butternut Squash, Leeks, and Corn. I don't know what the hostess decided to make for the entree but I do know dessert is set - she has a ton of homemade marshmallows (vanilla, cinnamon, apricot, pear, and black currant), chocolate caramels, and chocolate truffles. M is going to bring Stovetop Stuffing since he missed having that for Thanksgiving.
Later this week, I plan to make chocolate gingerbread, ginger spice cookies, and latkes. I might even try rugelach.
mmmm. I love holiday food. Now, if only baby will let me eat as much as I want.....
Comments
Your food combinations sound great - that's quite a meal considering you're not the hostess, I bet you're her favorite guest! I really love leeks and wild rice. I've heard of Mark Bittman, can't remember from where. Desserts sound off the chart. I've never had homemade marshmallows but I've had homemade ice cream and whipped cream, both very good.
J and I are kind of boring, we just really love root vegetables and winter stews. Trying to find a way to store root veggies all winter long.
I've never really eaten much wild rice (I remember my parents serving Uncle Ben's wild rice to me and not liking it) but I think this dish made me a convert; it has a pleasantly chewy bite.
mmmm. Root veggies and winter stews sound good. I've been looking for a good stew recipe since the weather is beginning to get cold and rainy here.