Homemade salmon gravlox with a mustard and dill sauce, made by my dad. This served as an appetizer for our Christmas Day foodie extravaganza! It was the perfect appetizer.
My mom's mini fruit muffins. Moist, delicious and the perfect bite after a big meal.
Our traditional Christmas eve dinner - lobster and steak. Why have turkey or ham when you can eat lobster?! I've just barely finished my Thanksgiving leftovers, so I'm all about something different for Christmas.
My mom's poached pears, which were served alongside the mini muffins on Christmas day. Light, delicate and perfect.
Here's my Christmas Day plate: Lobster bisque (which my dad makes every year with the leftover lobster from the night before), some salad and a roasted pork sandwich with onion relish on Dutch crunch bread. Honestly, there's really no meal as satisfying as this and I look forward to it every year.
Hyuma, who is officially unrelated to me but is like my little brother. His family has been joining ours for Christmas day since he was 1ish - he's 23 now and that makes me feel OLD! He's hapa as well so he really could be my brother!
My Christmas Eve plate: Steak, lobster and potato. YUM. We generally just eat the tails and then my dad makes stock from the shells and picks out all the claw and other meat for the bisque.
The dessert cheese plate from Christmas eve, served with chipotle jelly and crackers.
Monk and Molly, my parent's dogs, enjoying the holiday festivities. I'm off to Munich/Prague/Vienna for the next ten days, so Happy New Year, and I will see ya'll in 2009!!!
1 comments:
It's no wonder that you and your sister are both wonderful cooks. My mouth is watering for your dad's lobster bisque. You lucky girl!
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