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Offline Rejaneration

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Re: Holiday baking and other food prep
« Reply #260 on: December 13, 2020, 04:37:50 PM »
Quote from: diablita on December 13, 2020, 03:21:40 PM
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Jan, your meal sounds wonderful and so nice of you to put that together.  What was the noodle kugel like?  sweet?  with raisins and cinnamon or w/o?
It was sweet with cinnamon but no raisins. I think it was actually better this morning, fried in butter!

The BF is pretty secular but I think he enjoyed sharing Hanukkah with us. He is estranged from his mother so things like this help. When he heard what I was doing, he and my DD ran out and got a menorah and gelt, though I already had the gelt! No dreidels to be found though. He had to answer lots of questions, esp from J.


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Re: Holiday baking and other food prep
« Reply #261 on: December 13, 2020, 07:05:17 PM »
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Re: Holiday baking and other food prep
« Reply #262 on: December 14, 2020, 12:49:18 PM »
On Saturday I made Christmas cookies:
Swedish Spice Cookies
Snickerdoodles
Spritz cookies with my cookie press
Chocolate chip cookies with m&ms instead of chips (antag demands these)
Grandma cookies (no bake chocolate oatmeal cookies)

I also made cinnamon rolls which was a bit of a disaster
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Re: Holiday baking and other food prep
« Reply #263 on: December 14, 2020, 01:01:22 PM »
we have an abundance of meyer lemons, because I compulsively buy them during the short season

I made meyer lemon squares, which used up 5 of them.

So now I have 2 egg whites that need using, and about 2 dozen more meyer lemons...
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Re: Holiday baking and other food prep
« Reply #264 on: December 14, 2020, 01:16:40 PM »
meyer lemons are GREAT for limoncello.  just sayin.
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Re: Holiday baking and other food prep
« Reply #265 on: December 14, 2020, 03:25:28 PM »
Jan, that is wonderful!
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Re: Holiday baking and other food prep
« Reply #266 on: December 14, 2020, 06:56:42 PM »
Quote from: Rejaneration on December 13, 2020, 04:37:50 PM
It was sweet with cinnamon but no raisins. I think it was actually better this morning, fried in butter!

The BF is pretty secular but I think he enjoyed sharing Hanukkah with us. He is estranged from his mother so things like this help. When he heard what I was doing, he and my DD ran out and got a menorah and gelt, though I already had the gelt! No dreidels to be found though. He had to answer lots of questions, esp from J.


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  :heartbeat: I love this. I, too, am estranged from my family and holidays are extra painful. Bf is very supportive and inquisitive of my religion, traditions and upbringing.  What did you think of the kugel? I made it once for DD and she HATED it so I never made it again because I do not want to be the only one eating it and bf doesn't like sweet things.
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Re: Holiday baking and other food prep
« Reply #267 on: December 14, 2020, 07:05:18 PM »
We always had savory noodle kugel, served with cottage cheese.  If that helps?
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Re: Holiday baking and other food prep
« Reply #268 on: December 14, 2020, 07:12:20 PM »
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Re: Holiday baking and other food prep
« Reply #269 on: December 15, 2020, 05:44:09 AM »
Christmas eve will be our family tradition....don't know how this started....linguine with scallops and shrimp.

Christmas day....carrot and ginger soup,,,,splash of cognac mixed in

Beef wellington....I also do a vegetarian wellington for my daughter
Yorkshire pudding
Some kind of mash
glazed carrots
gravy

dessert is my mum's yule log recipe

Various booze
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Re: Holiday baking and other food prep
« Reply #270 on: December 15, 2020, 06:44:55 AM »
Quote from: diablita on December 14, 2020, 07:05:18 PM
We always had savory noodle kugel, served with cottage cheese.  If that helps?
I only want what i have had my whole life :D
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Re: Holiday baking and other food prep
« Reply #271 on: December 17, 2020, 08:15:14 AM »
So I bought GF puff pastry and think i have narrowed it down.

I think I will make this: https://www.connoisseurusveg.com/vegetable-wellington/#wprm-recipe-container-17088

BUT I want to present it like this:
I just did not like the recipe that came with this presentation.

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Re: Holiday baking and other food prep
« Reply #272 on: December 17, 2020, 09:58:16 AM »
Quote from: merigayle on December 15, 2020, 06:44:55 AM
I only want what i have had my whole life :D
I liked it! I am liking it even more the next couple of days. I had it with extra spicy chili yesterday. I am the only one eating it though my son liked it too.


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Re: Holiday baking and other food prep
« Reply #273 on: December 19, 2020, 02:56:54 PM »
Cranberry nut bread is in the oven, made from the recipe on the back of an old cranberry bag that I had saved with my cookbooks.  :)
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Re: Holiday baking and other food prep
« Reply #274 on: December 21, 2020, 09:49:39 PM »
Tonight we made peanut butter blossoms, chocolate pavlova cookies, raspberry ribbon cookies and candied oranges to dip in chocolate once dry. Every year I have a big cookie exchange party and I’m so sad we can’t in 2020.
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Re: Holiday baking and other food prep
« Reply #275 on: December 23, 2020, 10:24:31 AM »
Here is the menu:

Vegetarian Wellington
Caprese appetizer
mashed potatoes
herbed roasted potatoes
herbed roasted green beans
brussel sprouts & sweet potato dish
possibly a mushroom appetizer

Yule log cake
misc cookies

fresh baked bread rolls.
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Re: Holiday baking and other food prep
« Reply #276 on: November 15, 2021, 04:47:39 AM »
bumping for the 2022 holiday season
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Re: Holiday baking and other food prep
« Reply #277 on: November 15, 2021, 07:04:41 AM »
Yay!

I have nothing interesting planned yet. We are have a small "friends thanksgiving" gathering Saturday, I'm making turkey, potatoes, gravy, cranberries and everyone else is filling in the rest.

I have stuff to make apple and pumpkin pies.

For actual (US) thanksgiving, I'm hoping to focus on fun veggie sides and let my brother do the basics.
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Re: Holiday baking and other food prep
« Reply #278 on: November 16, 2021, 04:13:45 PM »
Haha my menu for Saturday has, of course, grown exponentially. Now I'm making a few more sides and some apps, too. I can't control myself when it comes to thanksgiving!!

My worst problem is that there are TOO MANY dishes that feel like a "must have" on thanksgiving for me...
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Re: Holiday baking and other food prep
« Reply #279 on: November 16, 2021, 04:19:31 PM »
Quote from: BonitaApplebum on November 16, 2021, 04:13:45 PM
Haha my menu for Saturday has, of course, grown exponentially. Now I'm making a few more sides and some apps, too. I can't control myself when it comes to thanksgiving!!

My worst problem is that there are TOO MANY dishes that feel like a "must have" on thanksgiving for me...

Sorry!
I don't have that problem. We're not even having turkey.
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