26 December, 2008

Christmas dinner........2008

for the record. ( so i don't have to remember for a year!)

we had broccoli/chz soup, smoked turkey, served cold, with lingonberries, Torsk(!), garlic mashed potatoes, Moroccan olive bread & asiago cheese bread, spring green & spinach salad, strawberry yogurt salad, candied yams, and the most perfect risotto...yummmmmmmmm. with asparagus & gorgonzola...like candy! and, some very nice Zinfandel brought by Rey....good thing! thennn....apple & pumpkin pies with home made vanilla ice cream.

what I wish I had done differently....had the "arrival time" for guests be sooner than 4pm, and had a nice spread of appetizers, so we could leisurely munch, while i leisurely cooked, then eat later. I regret leaving the white wine out of the risotto, but other than that, it all went quite well. I need 2 dishwashers. that would help tremendously!

sorry - not much for pictures this time...camera was full, and everyone was too busy cooking or playing to empty the memory card!