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YahooDo you realize that the holidays are THIS WEEK? I am not ready. By which I mean, my kitchen is not ready. I am sure that somewhere under that piles of stuff there is a kitchen table. I'm sure that if I tried really hard I *could* get the holiday goodies made. I might need to scale back a bit though because that list I mentioned last week? I haven't made any of it.
So the question is, do I scale down or do I push it and get it done? I haven't decided yet. (It would, perhaps, be an easier decision if it didnt' feel like my sinuses were eating my face - I call them zombie sinuses.) I need to make Denise's mint sugar cookies because it's tradition. I've been doing it for um... 5? 6? years now. I was a bit thrown because the last few years we've made them when we bought our tree but we bought a fake tree this year instead of a real one and well it was just different.
So baking, I must decide quickly. Luckily I do work from home and I have a laptop so I'm able to work from the kitchen. I can pop up and make a batch of cookie dough in about the same amount of time as a standard office break. Very helpful this time of year!
But I'm kinda stumped on what to make for dinner most of the week. I'm sneaking Monday on to this week's
Monday: My original plan was to have leftovers of last night's meatballs but the fake husband was a step ahead of me and put the leftovers in the freezer. So I'm pulling out different leftovers and we'll have those tonight.
Tuesday: Flank steak and sweet potatoes. I was tempted to make latkes but I just don't think I have the time.
Wednesday: I need to investigate but I'm hoping we have some pork chops in the freezer. If not I know we have some elk sausages.
Thursday: Something simple like pasta.
Friday: Clear stuff the fridge to make room for everything we need for Christmas dinner day. If there's nothing that needs to be cleared out then a frozen pizza.
Saturday: Traditional Christmas Eve dinner of Chinese take-out.
Sunday: Christmas dinner, which for us is very similar to American Thanksgiving dinner. Turkey, mashed potatoes, glazed carrots, mashed sweet potatoes with orange and ginger, green beans (assuming I remember to cook them, I usually forget), stuffing, rolls (maybe homemade, maybe not), homemade cranberry sauce, gravy, and mashed turnip for my MIL if I remember it (I forgot last year, oops). Dessert - plum pudding, cookies and I'm hoping to make a pie.
What are you cooking this week? Do you have a special Hanukkah or Christmas dinner planned?
BlogHer Book Club Host Karen Ballum also blogs at Sassymonkey and Sassymonkey Reads.
Everyone's menu's sound so good! I still have to bake - serious amounts of cookies and bread. Ugh! Slow and steady. Slow and steady.
Monday: Leftover soup - from braised pork loin, roasted veggies and wild rice
Tuesday: grilled chicken over pasta with pesto and peas
Wednesday: Not sure, actually
Thursday: Tomato soup and grilled cheese
Friday: Pizza
Saturday: I have to bring meatballs, shrimp, and a veggie platter
Sunday: Breakfast, which I will only help cook, dinner is going to be a rib roast, baked potatoes, Parker House rolls, roasted brussels sprouts, cheesecake
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