How Many Are Already Planning Your Christmas Meal?
Marilyn Sue McClintock
8 years ago
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Comments (21)Visiting GardenWeb for the first time in months and catching up. We live in a somewhat wooded area and also had a neighbor years ago who cultivated nut trees. So, we get walnut and a variety of oak trees (especially burr and red) each year along with an occasional hickory. Many years ago, a neighbor had a mature C. florida. We had one come up from seed 25-30 years ago. It came up under a mature red oak and has fantastic blossoms. Except for an intolerance to severe drought, it's doing very well. It bears fruit every year, but I've never found a seedling. Redbuds are a dime a dozen as are white ash, hackberry and black cherry (serotina). Boxelder were once common as well, but all the mature trees in the neighbors' yards are now gone. We get several tulip tree seedlings each year from the neighbors' trees. It's fun to leave areas of the yard alone for 2-4 years and just watch what comes up! We've had two sweetgum seedlings come up along the little dry stream in the yard. They must have come in with the floodwaters. Dad gave me a butternut seedling several years ago. It has produced one seedling, but it only survived two years. The parent tree is diseased and I suppose the same disease took the younger tree. We get a few C. kousa and C. mas seedlings every few years, but they're uncommon....See MoreHow many meals a day do you eat?
Comments (48)On days I work I try to eat 4 snack/meals a day. I usually eat an egg or small portion of leftovers for breakfast with coffee. I wake up between 5 and 5:30. Around 10:00 I have Greek Yogurt and sometimes a few nuts. Some days I don't get to do this, especially if I have a busy group of patients. Lunch is usually a frozen dinner. I'm so sick of frozen meals. I keep changing brands but they are all bad for you and don't taste good. I have been buying mostly organic stuff lately but most of it doesn't taste any better. I buy them for convenience. Sometimes I freeze meals I make at home and take them instead. My dinner/snack in the evenings has been those P3 snack packs with meat, cheese and nuts. Fast and easy and are good source of protein. I do sometimes bring another meal but sometimes I don't get a chance to eat it because we're too busy, one reason I started taking the P3 snacks instead. I just stated getting meals from Hello Fresh. I'm alone at home now and find myself eating out a lot because I'm tired of cooking the same old things and then having tons of leftovers that get frozen or thrown out. On days I don't work I usually eat 3 meals but sometimes I forget to eat a 3rd and may just snack on cheese and a little fruit or nuts. I do sometimes eat things not good for me. Like bagels and cream cheese but usually only eat half a bagel at a time. I also like Skinny Pop popcorn....See MoreIs your Christmas meal....
Comments (34)Never the same meal for both holidays, either when I was growing up or now. Turkey for Thanksgiving, usually beef tenderloin for Christmas. My first MIL did do turkey for both meals as their dinner was Christmas Eve and everyone could just drop by anytime Christmas Day or evening and all the leftovers were set out on the DR table so one could help oneself. Second MIL - always prime rib, cooked and served by their cook! Sure was nice - no having to be helpful - we were all "guests" at this feast - same at Thanksgiving. Ruth was a fabulous cook and I'd take a Ruth in my kitchen any old day! I'm a very good cook and at one time, loved cooking but health and lack of stamina take a toll on my ability these days. For many years, we did lobster stew at my house on Christmas Eve and then Beef Tenderloin and cheese grits at DD's on Christmas night. A couple of years ago when DS started coming out to join us, we moved everything back a night. He leaves sometime Christmas AM as he gets his children (he's divorced) that afternoon. He didn't want to miss out on any of these wonderful foods, so now lobster stew on the 23rd and the beef on the 24th. DD then makes a pot of soup and puts out the leftovers and I go over Christmas night - no set table, just get some food and eat. She wants to relax on Christmas as she works so very hard the rest of the year. The lobster knuckles and claw meat arrived frozen on Thurs. I will make the lobster stew either on Thurs or Fri before 23rd - it's far better if the flavors have time to come together. Easy to just heat it up and serve it! There will by oysters on the half shell with champagne, before dinner. Then at the table, a salad of Bibb lettuce, ruby red grapefruit and avocado with poppyseed dressing, followed by the lobster stew and popovers. Dessert is always red raspberry sorbet with fresh red raspberries, mini cream puffs (yes, I buy them frozen - real cream, delicious!) dusted with powdered sugar, hot chocolate sauce passed. We then all collapse into a food coma!...See MoreHave You Planned Your Thanksgiving Meal?
Comments (145)WalnutCreek and M, here is that salad recipe. It's wonderful, and if there were any leftovers my girls would fight over them. Arugula Salad with Figs, Prosciutto, Walnuts, and Parmesan 4 tbls olive oil 2 oz thinly sliced prosciutto cut into strips 1 tbls raspberry jam 3 tbls fig balsamic vinegar 1/3 cup dried figs, chopped into 1/4 inch pieces 1 tbls finely chopped shallot 5 cups baby arugula 1/2 cup chopped walnuts, toasted 2 oz Parmesan, shaved into thin strips 1. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in 10 inch nonstick skillet over medium heat; add prosciutto and fry until crisp, stirring frequently for about 7 minutes. Using slotted spoon, transfer to paper towel to drain and cool. 2. Whisk jam and vinegar in medium microwave-safe bowl; stir in figs. Cover with plastic wrap, cut several steam vents in plastic and microwave on high until figs are plump, about 45 seconds. Whisk in 3 tablespoons oil, shallots, 1/4 tsp salt; toss to combine. Let cool to room temperature. 3. Toss arugula and vinaigrette in large bowl; adjust seasonings with salt. Divide salad among individual plates; top with portion of prosciutto, walnuts, and Parmesan. I couldn't find arugula here, so I used baby spinach and it was very nice, now I use tht all the time. I didn't have shallots, so I left them out, it's good either way, and sometimes I use pecans, but walnuts are better. Thanks again, Cathy, for a great recipe, if you are out there somewhere lurking... Annie...See MoreMarilyn Sue McClintock
8 years ago
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