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What are your fav holiday foods?
H and I decided to host Christmas dinner this year for the first time. We're deciding on a menu and will most likely make turkey or chicken for the protein, garlic mashed potatoes, and pumpkin cheesecake for dessert. I also found this yummy drink on Martha Stewart's website:
What are your favorite holiday recipes?
Re: What are your fav holiday foods?
Sorry- very Minnesotan here and embarrased to admit it- Green Bean Hotdish. It is one of those things that I can go all year without eating, but get to me a holiday dinner and I have to eat it!
for Thanksgiving- my dad's honey brined turkey on the grill. So amazing. I also am in loooooooooove with the Cook's Illustrated recipe for Green Bean Casserole. No cream of mushroom soup from a can and it is flavorful and really really really good. I also adore my quasi-aunt's sweet potato souffle. It uses cream cheese in it and is good enough for dessert. Ok, now I'm hungry for Thanksgiving.
For Christmas - we mix it up and its never the same. I do love the Sachertorte cookies my mom made when I was growing up though. They were a Pillsbury Bake-off recipe. yummy. I'm trying to talk my folks into Christmas Ham this year. We've got a small crew though so I don't know if it'll fly. Dr. sister is working Christmas day at Children's so we'll probably be paying a visit to some sick kiddos and help brighten their days a little. Baby sis is visiting the ILs this year.
My favorites are traditional Scandinavian foods that I don't have the opportunity to eat throughout the year (lefse, my aunt's fruit soup, rommegrot etc.)
Other than those I love green bean casserole, cranberry relish, sweet potato anything (usually with marshmallows on top), homemade bread/rolls, stuffing...
Now I'm hungry, thanks! :-)
Rommegrot? A favorite? You are a better Scandinavian than me.
I'm a big fan of most traditional Scandinavian foods (I even like lutefisk), but I can not handle rommegrot.
I love mashed potatoes and any kind of sweet potatoes. I especially love sweet potato casserole similar to this.
Mr. Sammy Dog
I guess I wouldn't necessarily call it a favorite. And I can only handle a few bites with LOTS of cinnamon & sugar :-)
I think lefse would be my absolute fav if I have to pick just one :-)
At Thanksgiving, I have to have turkey(brined), gravy, mashed potatoes (and they have to be plain. I love garlic mashed potatoes, but I hate them with gravy), and lefse with butter & brown sugar.
That's it.
We have sweet potatoes, stuffing, green bean casserole, rommegrot, sweet soup, pumpkin pie... but I hate them all.