Beginning with Decorating All Through the House, there are 25 wreaths to make, cottage decor advice and tips for decorating the mantle, followed by Do It Yourself Holiday Style offering hints on centerpieces (made with fruit, ornaments and tiny gifts) and decor pillow ideas. Setting the Scene contributes table setting and centerpiece advice, plus a few themed options ~ holiday bowl (candles), harvest celebration (pumpkins) and lighten up (red accents with green tableware).
The recipes begin with Celebration Menus ~ starting with 12 menus of Christmas consisting of themed menus with fare ranging from appetizers to desserts. A sampling of the menus include a beef tenderloin repast comprised of smoke trout & pecan crostini, bacon wrapped beef tenderloin in Madeira sauce, balsamic greens and a dark double chocolate chunk cherry cake. Turkey and all the trimmings offers a green salad with a cranberry champagne vinaigrette, roast turkey with cider rosemary gravy, ginger rum carrots and a caramel chess tart, while an English feast supplies a rib roast with horseradish, blue cheese Yorkshire pudding and chocolate bread pudding.
Some of the dishes in the Southern holiday supper are oyster stew, brined pork roast, maple mashed squash with candied pecans and apple cheddar corn bread, while the mother and daughter holiday tea menu doles out turkey finger sandwiches, pink lemonade and the pink princess spread (cream cheese and strawberry jam). Vegetarian nights offers an onion & mushroom bisque, black eyed pea cakes and pumpkin pecan layer cake, with the brunch buffet menu dishing out spinach & Gruyere tarts, a ham & hash brown breakfast casserole and tropical fruit with ginger syrup.
The menu for kitchen party in the kitchen contributes quesadillas, salsa, fajitas and chipotle chocolate toffee, with the countdown to Christmas dinner dispensing crab & oyster bisque, coffee crusted beef Wellington, carrots with country bacon and cardamon scented sweet potato pie.
The next chapter, Favorite Recipes is filled with staff picks beginning with 25 all-time favorite Christmas recipes ~ grapefruit rosemary daiquiris, Florentine artichoke dip, eggnog pie, frozen pistachio cheesecake, double chocolate espresso brownies, seasoned roast turkey, chicken & wild rice casserole and grits dressing, followed by appetizers with appeal which doles out Asian curry dip, sugar & spice pecans and smoked sausage bundles. For the love of eggnog consists of hazelnut eggnog punch, fudge, ice cream, spiced eggnog pound cake and a spectacular croquembouche Christmas tree.
Seasonal favorites include coconut cranberry trifle, cranberry couscous salad and holiday granola bars with our best casseroles contributing a gumbo casserole and a roasted vegetable lasagna, and slow cooker sensations dishing out toffee fondue, Christmas compote and corn & potato chowder.
The recipes in great cakes encompass butter pecan, holiday fig and fresh coconut, with our top ten cookies and brownies consisting of ginger stars, peppermint bonbon cookies, lemon coconut
snowballs, pistachio cranberry biscotti, death by caramel bars and mudslide brownies. A few of the options in the snacks and munchies swap are crispy chocolate popcorn, holiday fortune cookies, sausage ball muffins and pita chips (BBQ, sea salt & cracked pepper or taco).
For gifts from the heart we are offered sea salt chocolate covered turtles, kitchen sink brownies, baby pound cakes and chai tea mix, while lastly Christmas express (30 minutes or less dishes) dispenses a spicy crawfish spread, roasted broccoli with chipotle butter, turkey and black bean chili, Italian sausage bread pizza, chicken with cranberry mojo, deviled eggs with smoke salmon & cream cheese, bourbon BBQ baby back ribs, citrus cheesecake, ambrosia trifle, chocolate almond croissants and gingerbread cheesecake.
Southern Living: Christmas in the Kitchen, published in 2012. The ultimate guide to cooking for the holidays!
Treats for Early Risers gets the balling rolling with muffins (morning glory, applesauce, buttermilk poppy seed and bacon/cheddar corn, vanilla scones, cinnamon-pecan coffeecake, rolls (cinnamon raisin, cherry chocolate cream cheese and apricot pecan), country ham biscuits, breakfast enchiladas, frittatas (tomato herb, bacon & mushroom or eggplant & olives) and creamy cheddar grits, followed by Merry Starters consisting of brandy slush, sangria (frozen Carolina peach), pomegranate or strawberry margaritas, raspberry beer cocktail, hot chocolate (4 recipes), dips (blue cheese bacon, fresh onion basil, BBQ ranch, lime-cilantro and blue cheese hot wing), coconut shrimp, Dixie caviar cups, shrimp & blue cheese spread and quesadillas.
A few of the dishes in Entrees for the Feast include grilled filet mignon with basil macadamia sauce, rosemary roast lamb, sage & pecan pork tenderloin, sweet hot cherry glazed ham, roasted turkey and Cornish game hens with butternut croutons, with Casual Entrees contributing tomato & corn pizza, fresh vegetable lasagna, cheesy chili hash brown bake, oven fried pork chops, sausage & ravioli lasagna, creamy slow cooker chicken, Greek style meatloaf sandwiches and sizzling flounder.
The recipes in All the Trimmings consist of asparagus new potato hash, sweet & sour green beans, carrot orzo, bacon & blue cheese mashed potato bake, cornbread dressing, roasted vegetable gnocchi and a Waldorf chicken salad, while Bread Basket doles out pimento cheese rolls, sticky bun pumpkin muffins, sour cream cornbread and caramel bun pull-apart bread.
Sweet Endings is filled with cakes (lemon poppy seed, chocolate red velvet, sugar & spice, pound cake or apple), Charlotte russe, red velvet trifle, bread pudding (3 recipes), baked winter fruit, pies (peppermint candy ice cream, walnut fudge, pecan chocolate chip), lemon bars, brownies and rosemary shortbread cookies. The last chapter covers Gifts from the Kitchen with orange rosemary cornbread madelines, cinnamon nut palmiers, orange nut balls, coconut joys, bing cherry fudge balls, pecan brittle and cherry pecan bark.
Here's a few photos of my Christmas 2015 meal ~
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