My Christmas Menu

No Recipe today....Today ,Mrs. Martin and I plan to do some cooking.. A lot of cooking...See ,we are having people over the house tomorrow....My Daughter and son and Law...Our Grandchildren and my mother in law....So we will be fixing a traditional Christmas meal.

I'm going to start off with a Turkey, Though I doubt it will be as large as the turkey in the illustration-LOL

The Second Meat will be a Ham...Adorned with Pineapple rings and cherry!

At our Christmas Dinner, We have always served collard greens-

and Macaroni and Cheese-

And of course you've got to have some cranberry sauce-

To finish that off..or rather to add to it....I plan to make some cornbread stuffing-

Okay, I lied...I do have a recipe for this-

Cornbread Stuffing recipe :

Ingredients:

Cornbread, recipe follows

7 slices oven-dried white bread

1 sleeve saltine crackers

8 tablespoons butter

2 cups celery, chopped

1 large onion, chopped

7 cups chicken stock

1 teaspoon salt

Freshly ground black pepper

1 teaspoon sage (optional)

1 tablespoon poultry seasoning (optional)

5 eggs, beaten

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

In a large bowl, combine crumbled cornbread, dried white bread slices, and saltines; set aside.
Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the celery and onion and cook until transparent, approximately 5 to 10 minutes.

Pour the vegetable mixture over cornbread mixture. Add the stock, mix well, taste, and add salt, pepper to taste, sage, and poultry seasoning.

Add beaten eggs and mix well. Reserve 2 heaping tablespoons of this mixture for the giblet gravy. Pour mixture into a greased pan and bake until dressing is cooked through, about 45 minutes. Serve with turkey as a side dish...but you knew that!

For Dessert-  Deep Dish Apple Pie-

And of course a red and white wine as a beverage-

Good Food, Good Wine, Family, Friends, Good Conversation, lots of laughter....That's what Christmas means to me!  Hope you and your family have a Merry one  and most importantly...Keep Christ first and foremost in Christmas...