What's for Dinner, Wed., Dec. 25, 2019 Christmas Day
Salmon with brown sugar crust.
Brussels sprouts, cubed butternut squash, cranberries, and toasted pecans, roasted. Olive oil and garlic drizzled over.
Sweet potatoes, spinach, and goat cheese, also roasted. The goat cheese goes in at the last of the roasting period.
Yesterday the RG and I went to the Portuguese grocery store in Newark for items for today's dinner. We bought all kinds of bakery items. The clerk at the bakery in the store looked like a gnarled little elf. We asked her for a recommendation and she pointed at some little pies. We asked what they were made of and she said green beans. We laughed. She insisted she wasn't joking, and then wanted us to taste them which we did. They were amazing! Very sweet and delicious. Never heard of such a thing.
However we ordered lots of other bakery items so we will be having those with eggnog ice cream for dessert. Little coconut pies, orange pies, tiramisu, and a few others that I can't recall.
oh and p.s. I received a chocolate covered apple for a present, so I might have that.
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We're BBQ'n in the snow!
Got a bunch of chicken thighs, and got 2 bacon wrapped steaks
mashed taters
roasted & mashed sweet taters
rice w/mixed vegies - generic for the teen who doesnt like anything but butter on rice
"crack sprouts" - roasted & carmelized with cranberries and bacon marinated in strawberry vinaigrette
for appetizers we have black olives, deviled eggs
we're vibin' with some grilled cheese & soup for lunch 
Also just made up some fruity daquiris...Bacardi baby!
We've got a friend & her wife & grandkid staying with us for a week (wasnt gonna let them be in the car between jobs and apartments)
...anyway it's her Bday today so we are making a strawberry cake with funfetti sprinkles 
in a special butterfly pan!
Happy Hollydays!
We’ve been doing this for years. Gathering the odds and ends and rejoicing together.
We all commented as to how much more crowded the restaurants were.
It ended up not being that dreadful a wait - only about 25 minutes. Well worth it for the most amazing roast duck I had had in some time!
