This year the Sweet Pea family will be spending Christmas morning just the four of us. I am really looking forward to it. I love my family and in-laws, but I have this special anticipation of having the morning together...like we are finally a complete family unit.
If there were a national "Most Sentimental" search, I would be a shoo-in for the finals. I have a hard time if (most) family traditions don't continue. For ump-teen years, we always spent Christmas Eve at my aunt and uncles house after church, eating ourselves way-too-full with wonderful food. When they moved away 7 years ago, Christmas Eve just wasn't the same.
So I am looking forward to starting some new Sweet Pea family traditions for Christmas morning. We already have some long-standing traditions that we will continue, but I am on the hunt for something special for Christmas morning...my only stipulation is that it is not an egg casserole.
I am looking for something, savory or sweet that I can cook or at least fully prepare on Christmas Eve.
Any ideas?
Four words - creme brulee french toast.
ReplyDeletewe are having Paula Deen's gorilla bread...there really is nothing better. You can find the recipe on foodnetwork.com. I'm telling you, it is heaven on a plate!
ReplyDeleteWhat did you go with? We had my family's favorite - sausage gravy and biscuits and fruit salad.
ReplyDeleteWe ended up making a ham and egg gratin from our Williams-Sonoma cookbook that was amazing. I figured I needed to go with something essentially sugar free, what with all the sugar floating around our house that morning.
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