For as long as I can remember Christmas Eve supper was always spaghetti. Probably because my mama didn't want to have to spend a whole lot of time in the kitchen if she was going to be cooking a big meal the next day. That tradition is being instilled in my children. There were exceptions to the spaghetti rule. For a while we would alternate hosting Christmas Eve supper with friends. Our years to host, I would give a nod to the wife's Italian heritage and make a pasta with seven types of seafood. Still the pasta from my childhood, but the more traditional Italian Christmas Eve flavor. On our off years, my donation would be a homemade panettone.
Here are this week's menus:
- Monday
- Breakfast: grapefruit, toast
- Supper: butternut squash soup (leftover from last week), fresh baked bread
- Tuesday
- Breakfast: cereal
- Supper: chili with assorted toppings, rice
- Wednesday
- Breakfast: bagels, creme cheese
- Supper: potluck (to clean out the fridge)
- Thursday
- Breakfast: oatmeal
- Supper: potluck (to finish cleaning out fridge) or delivered pizza
- Friday
- Breakfast: cinnamon toast
- Supper: spaghetti
- Saturday
- Breakfast: waffles, sausage links
- Dinner: standing rib roast, red wine sauce, horseradish sauce, Yorkshire pudding, mashed root vegetables, Brussels sprouts, congealed salad, steamed pudding with hard sauce
- Sunday
- Breakfast: cream of wheat
- Supper: shepherd's pie (use leftover root vegetables as topping)
Where is the all important lunch component of our menu?
ReplyDeleteSounds delish to me. I'll be there from Friday through Sunday :D
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@Laoch, I don't include it because the kids and Mr. G eat at school/work. It might be too boring to list my lunches.
ReplyDelete@Jenny, Your bedroom is made and ready.
OMG. Rice with chili? Sacrilege!!! But that's better than macaroni, I guess.
ReplyDeleteI'm makin' chili today. I got in the mood for it when the temps dropped. However, we're in another dadgum warming trend starting today. Fart! It's gonna be 75 frickin' degrees by Tuesday. *sigh* I'll be havin' cheese and tortilla chips with my chili. I'm healthying it up by using lean meat, lowfat cheese, and baked chips.
Would love the recipe for the panettone...
ReplyDelete@Angie, It makes the chili go further. But then, your recipe for chili is probably light years ahead of mine and a little bit of yours would satisfy even my growing boy of a husband.
ReplyDelete@Gail, I'm not making it this year. Let me dig it out and I'll email it to you. If you don't get it in a few days, remind me.