December is here, and the countdown to Christmas has begun! Actually, it began weeks ago for my kids, but I refused to think about it. But now it's just about here and I really must get organized. I would love to know what kinds of dishes you are planning to prepare for Christmas...
We're still tossing up ideas, but we'll probably mostly have our traditional Christmas fare, with maybe a couple of new things to keep it interesting. My family (being from Texas) always have a more Amercian style menu: roast turkey and dressing (baked separately in a pan), roast veges, green beans, gravy, cranberry sauce, hot bread rolls, a jelly salad, pies (pecan, pumpkin, cherry), and the highlight of Christmas dessert - homemade ice-cream!
Cornbread dressing makes a great side dish served with turkey
When we were kids we'd make the ice cream in an old wooden churn every Christmas, taking turns churning it and adding ice and rock salt to the wooden bucket. My favourite flavour was always mum's peach ice cream made with fresh, juicy peaches. Eventually mum got an electric ice cream maker and we used that for a few years (until it broke); now we use the Thermomix to make ice cream. Sadly, I can't handle dairy, so I have to make my own dairy free ice cream for me and the kids. I'm working on some ideas for a new one this year, getting lots of inspiration from a great vegan ice cream recipe book, Vice Cream!
I'm hoping my busy schedule will slow down once the kids finish school this week, and I'll be able to get some Christmas preparations done. And the Christmas lights up!
Crustless macadamia pie - gluten free & naturally sweetened
(Also delicious as a crustless pecan pie!)
Here's my basic menu plan for the week - I'm sure I'll manage to fit in some baking too, and will try and get some Christmas recipes blogged this week. If you're planning a menu too, you can share it by either linking to this post (instructions here), or by leaving a comment below this post with your menu plan. Have a great week!
Monday:
(lunch) Chicken & sweetcorn soup (tmx - with leftover roast chicken & gravy)
(dinner) Beef & vegetable curry with sticky rice (all in one tmx meal)
Making gluten free artisan bread
Tuesday:
(lunch) Demo here
(dinner) Steak & baked potatoes with dairy free sour cream (tmx) & green salad
Wednesday:
(lunch) Linguini with squid (tmx - from the Seafood Cookbook, except with gluten free breadcrumbs & pasta), green salad & gluten free artisan bread (tmx)
(dinner) Pizza with dairy free avocado topping (tmx), base made with gluten free artisan bread dough (tmx)
Thursday:
(lunch) Spaghetti bolognaise (all in one Thermomix meal) with green salad
(dinner) Chicken with 40 cloves of garlic, mashed potatoes & steamed veges (tmx), cornbread dressing (tmx)
Friday:
(lunch) Fish crumbed with cornmeal, shallow fried, with green salad
(dinner) Demo; kids having dinner out
Saturday:
(lunch) Thermomix fried rice
(dinner) Leftovers, sandwiches
Sunday:
(lunch) Roast & veges (gravy in tmx)
(dinner) Leftovers
The avocado topping for pizzas also makes a great dip
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