*can't wait to read about Gabriel's dinner*
At our house, Christmas eve offers a light simple dinner (usually from a box or take-out) but laterz, we have:
baked cheese straws
shrimp with cocktail sauce
a variety of crackers and cheeses
an assortment of pickles, baby onions, raw veggies w/ dip
easy-peel oranges, pomegranates, strawberries, apples and pears
sausage rolls
mini Scotch pies
deviled eggs
nibbles from every chocolate out of a box of 100
mincemeat tarts
eggnog served in champagne glasses
Christmas dinner:
oven roasted turkey, cooked to perfection

roasted chestnut dressing
pork cottage roll, slow cooked until the meat falls off the bone
mushed Yukon Gold potatoes and gravy (both lumpless)
fresh carrot and mushroom saute (wayyyyy too much pepper

)
3 bean casserole, quiche and 2 salads (my eldest decided 3 days before Xmas he was goin' vegetarian

)
warm from the oven pies (bought not baked): apple, pumpkin and blueberry w/ vanilla icecream
Deeeelish
The New Year's Day meal is:
Roast beef
Yorkshire pudding and gravy
Roasted potatoes and carrots
First desert 2007 will be:
peeled Mandarin oranges and sliced strawberries drizzled with Grand Marnier and topped with fresh whipped cream and sprinkled with chocolate shavings.
*drools*
Welcome to TSG, Avianca and helloz to everyone