Christmas Food Line-Up!
The Christmas crazies have officially hit. There is wrapping paper everywhere, tape stuck to the bottom of my socks on a routine basis, baked good everywhere, my jeans are fitting a little tighter and then there is the laundry, packing, and schlepping of everything over to Eastern Washington to spend the holiday with my future in-laws. The traveling part I am not sad about in the least. I”ve only made three trips to E.Wa this year and as my “country girl” classification goes – this means it’s been severly lacking this year. *Bawr*. (It’s the onomatopoetic equivalent of a ‘sad face’). Â I need my rolling wheat fields. I need my open spaces. These things are a necessity to my survival sanity. Perhaps a bit of both…
The other fantastic thing about going back to my one-day-I-know-we’ll-move-back-to-the-land-of-Ben’s-youth-and-my-enlightenment is that I can get positively fat off of my future sister in law’s cooking. Homegirl is the next Martha Stewart in a 5′ 2″ frame, minus a criminal record.
But since I will most likely be gone for a few days and not tantalizing your tastebuds with diet-killers from my own kitchen, I wanted to do a quick look back at some of my favorite foods from the year and entice you to perhaps, enjoy a couple of these dishes at your holiday table.
So, just in case I don’t get to say it in the next few days – I hope you all have a deliriously happy holiday with lots of incredibly heart warming food and a couple of drinks just in case the in-laws or out-laws get a little out of control.
You bad bad dessert, I need to eat you and teach you a lesson!
Hello, Holiday Side Dish!
Pear and Chocolate Bread Pudding (light, as bread pudding goes)
This would be a killer Christmas brunch dish. Just sayin’.
Whole Lotta Herb Glazed Salmon
Blueberry Madeira Cake with Lemon Custard
I’m noticing a disturbing trend that most of my favorite dishes are baked goods. No wonder my Weight Watchers has taken a nose dive since Thanksgiving!
Happy Holidays all!
All of these recipes look so fantastic, but the one that’s really calling to me is the nutella pecan pie, two of my favorite things combined in perfect harmony. yum!
I think that artichoke leek casserole is ging to make the jump off the holiday list and to my normal cooking routine!
Happy travels! I love Eastern Washington. So pretty up that way. Stay warm and enjoy the holiday.
Please, please, please take photos of eastern Washington in the winter. I’d love to see it! And if you want to throw in photos of your holiday eats with Ben’s family, that’d be great, too. Have a wonderful time, and happy holidays!
East Side is where it’s at! It’s not looking very pretty right now…we have a disturbing lack of snow for December. I wish I had seen the salmon recipe up yesterday, that’s what we had for dinner last night… 😛
Everything sounds amazing! Your pics are always killer! ♥ them! I want to wish you a very Merry Christmas Megan! 🙂
Have a fabulous holiday break in the country! That’s where my heart is, too. 🙂 Not Washington, but you know what I mean. BTW, those nuts look amazing. I love, love, love me some pecans!
These all look so Yummy Megan! I hope you have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!
Would it be bad if I wanted to eat everyone of these dishes? =))) Happy Holidays.
List of things that do not count during the month of December: Baked goods. I swear to God, I’ve baked more in the last three weeks than I did in the entirety of 2012. It’s like a resolution come early.
And naturally, I hope that you have a Blessed Christmas with family! xo!
Fab food roundup, as always. Here’s wishing you a very Merry Christmas, Megan! Smootch the pupper for me. I can’t wait to hear what Ben does to top last year’s gift? 😉
Gosh, all of these dishes sound incredibly delicious!! But I’ve promised myself not to eat for another week after all the gluttony of the holidays so far!!!