HOw To CHRISTMAS DINNER 2016

Since some of you asked for it, just like we did for Thanksgiving dinner, here is our Christmas dinner in a series of pictures...


I was in charge of snacks again, so I made a plate of Colby Jack cheese and salami slices with pita crisps...


These are called "King's Nut Mix" and are sold at a grocery store here. I LOVE them, they are coated peanuts and rice cracker type crunchies, ha, so yummy...  


Of course we needed some potato chips...


I made this appetizer and it's super simple.  
Just take some cubed feta cheese, a few sun dried tomatoes, herbs and toss it all in olive oil.  It's delicious...


Cashews, 'cause, well, we love cashews...


2nd Man made two pans of homemade yeast rolls...


And a lasagna dish full of macaroni and cheese.  
Of course, this was when it was on the stove being prepared, it was baked in the oven after it was all mixed up...


Pan sautéed broccolini in butter and garlic...


And of course we decided on Ham as we usually do for Christmas Day dinner.  It always comes with glaze but 2nd Man is not a big fan of glazed ham.  He says the meat is always delicious and sweet enough without it, the glaze overpowers the taste of the ham.  

This was a honey cured ham from H-E-B (Texas grocery store chain) and it was indeed delicious...


Then it was time to put it all together on a plate.
It was the perfect Christmas Day dinner...


Of course, he also made a pie.  
An apple pie...

Apple pie a la mode
And what's apple pie without a little ice cream?  This is Bluebell homemade vanilla.  It was the perfect ending to a perfect day. 

Today we are both off work and so it's off to the farm (it rained most of the day yesterday) to check on things.  The water is still turned off from the hard freeze last weekend so we haven't decided if we'll turn it back on yet (cold weather coming again possibly next weekend) or just leave it off for a bit.  

I'll catch up on comments after the long holiday weekend.

Hope you all have full tummies, 
happy hearts, 
and lots of good memories...


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