The writing itch has been tingling more and more this last month. As usual, ideas of what I'd like to write will come to mind that quickly get lost in the details of the day. Tonight, as I was washing dishes, I thought I'd like to have some kind of record of what I made for special meals - especially as I felt like they were nice meals.
Christmas Eve
Slow Cooker Beef Short Ribs - These were so simple. I've saved some of the cooking liquid to make gravy from. I didn't think of it until after we finished with supper.
Roasted Fingerling Potatoes - Super easy. We've had these before.
These dinner rolls. So much tastier than previous vegan dinner rolls I've made. Because I didn't have quick-rise yeast, I had to increase the amount I used. And, of course, substituted the milk and butter with our vegan milk and butter.
Then, frozen corn and jello rounded out the meal.
Christmas Day
Ham (hamsteaks because I haven't figured out how to order ham from our grocery store for drive-up pick-up that is a whole sliced ham and not just ham slices).
Green Beans (just steamed).
Roasted red potatoes - no real recipe.
Cherry sauce from mom's recipe (1 can red tart pitted cherries, ½ C Sugar, 2 T cornstarch: Blend sugar and cornstarch in saucepan, add cherries with liquid. Cook, stirring constantly until it boils. Boil for 1 minute.)
Rice pudding
Leftover rolls from yesterday.
And, why not - Thanksgiving Day
Turkey Breast: I used parts of both of these recipes/pages: How to Cook a Turkey Breast and Herb-Roasted Turkey Breast
The very-much not-vegan Make-Ahead Mashed Potatoes
My mom's Cranberry sauce recipe - fresh cranberries, orange juice, sugar - cooked until cranberries pop.
And these dinner rolls (fine, but not quite as good as the ones I made at Christmas).
We also got an apple pie from our realtor that was enormous. I was planning to make a previous vegan pumpkin pie that was a winner. And then, I was planning to make it for Christmas, but picked up some vegan cupcakes from the grocery store...that we still haven't eaten. They'll still be good tomorrow.
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