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Collection of the ‘american’ Category
Holiday Desserts Have Changed
Christmas dessert. It can be a kind of mixed blessing, so to speak. Many diners approach the crowning event of Christmas dinner with some trepidation. With traditions like plum pudding (made with suet), mincemeat pie (once made with minced mutton parts) and fruitcake (often made with items that don’t resemble fruit at all), this hesitation is more than understandable.
Something to consider over the holidays…
DON’T BUY INTO THE NEW YEAR’S DIET HYPE
Eat What You Want and Stop Feeling Guilty!
Every year we are bombarded with ads on television and radio chiding us about our eating habits and making us generally feel badly about the fun we had over the holidays. I used to buy into all of it, starting a new diet every January 1st and hoping I’d be in shape by summer.
Stop the Dinner Party Insanity! – Create the perfect meal guests will rave about for weeks to come.
Have you ever suffered from DPHIS – Dinner Party Hostess Insanity Syndrome? You invite people over and while they are visiting you are running around like someone’s chasing you with a hot poker! Your choices are usually either serving a great meal or enjoying the company of your guests, never both. As you try and serve the perfect meal (the one your friends will rave about for years to come) you realize that you have no time to enjoy your friends or the meal. I have the solution for you!
Christmas Dinner Could Not Be Simpler Than This Prime Rib Recipe!
I’m not sure why I forgot about this great dish and its simplicity. There is no basting. There is no trussing. It roasts beautifully every time.
Potatoes Dauphinoise – Part 3 of Christmas Dinner
In theory, dessert would be made by now and the Prime Rib would be roasting in the oven. Now it’s time to do the side dishes. You can also do this ahead of time, wrap it up and keep in the refrigerator until ready to bake. This is a classic dish and I have never met anyone that didn’t love it. Enjoy!
By Request: Beef Tenderloin for the Holidays and Figgy Pudding
Few pleasures in life are more indulgent and more succulent than a properly prepared tenderloin of beef . When it comes out of the oven and the smells fill the air, you can be sure that people will come running to the table.
Easy Decadent Chocolate Peppermint Bark
This is an age-old favorite and now you know how easy it is to make!
Don’t Stress Over the Gravy/Sauce!
I know how it is, believe me. You spend all week (maybe weeks) planning a holiday menu. Your guests arrive, intoxicating smells of roast turkey, prime rib, beef tenderloin or other succulent specialties fill the air. All that’s left is to make the gravy and the nagging thought that it can make or break your creation.
