this year I am hosting Christmas Eve and Christmas day dinner at my house. I am really excited, and I need to get my act together!!
Here are my thoughts (I don't have recipes for hardly anything yet, just getting my ideas in place):
Christmas Eve
my sis and her FI will be flying in that day, and my mom won't be able to be at our house 'til close to 7pm (has to work) so I plan on lots of appitizers and a lighter, later dinner.
Apps -
cheese ball/log
hot crab dip
one more app - maybe bruchetta or an antipasto try
hot cider, sparkling water, wine (kinda goes without saying in my family, lol)
Dinner -
shrimp scampi type dish
a veg
ceasar salad
wonderful loaf of crusty bread
dessert -
chocolate torte with warm rasberry sauce (family tradition)
Christmas cookies plus truffles or fudge
coffee (flavored)
Christmas Day
for the morning (we don't do a sit down breakfast)
coffee cake, an egg casserole, fruit (just all of it out to munch on)
apps -
I will probably make it easy and do a cheese board and a store bought dip or two
yeah, wine and all that
dinner -
beef tenderloin
a rice/squash dish
a sweet potato casserole (not a gooey marshmellowy one though)
ceasar salad or wedge salad
cloverleaf rolls
wine: chateneuf de pape (family tradition)
dessert -
either pecan pie with ice cream or whipping cream
OR
a yule roll
cookies, fudge, etc whatever is leftover!!
coffee