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Giving Away….

CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED



Yes folks, we are giving away TWO Cuisinart 9 Cup Food Processors in Brushed Stainless.  I still haven’t slept a wink thinking about all of you who don’t have a working food processor.  Hopefully this will brighten your holiday chopping load!!

The Rules:

Only ONE comment per person telling me, “your favorite holiday meal, as in, what you like to eat for your big celebration.”

Contest is open to everyone.

Contest ends, Wednesday, December 1st at 12 Noon (Pacific Time)…winner announced later that day.

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~This is not a sponsored contest from Cusinart…just from us. Happy Holidays

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  3. My favorite holiday meal is when we get a Honey Baked Ham – usually only at Christmas. We make homemade dinner rolls, and hubbys favorite thing is to put a slab of ham on a dinner roll – heaven to him!

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  7. The classics, of course: Honey ham, green-bean casserole, mashed potatoes, corn pudding, and to top it all off, my mom’s famous Amaretto Cookies. SO GOOD.

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  18. My favorite holiday meal would be my birthday where my grandmother fixes the BEST prime rib ever. Mashed potatoes, green peas, and red wine complete the meal.

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  21. My favorite holiday meal is one that reminds me our holidays as a kid. My grandma would make a huge spread of polish food that included everything from keilbasa to guampki to krischiki. Tons of salt, butter, and meat…yum.

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  26. Oh, boy! I would love to have one of those : ) Believe it or not I use a mini chopper or blender when a recipe calls for a food processor!

    Anyhow, my favorite celebration meal is Turkey with dressing and all the typical sides (squash, corn, yams) YUMMO!

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  27. Every Christmas Eve for as long as I can remember, up until three years ago when she was too frail to continue cooking, my Japanese grandmother made sukiyaki for our family dinner. Sukiyaki is a beef/vegetable/noodle hotpot served with rice. We all helped chop vegetables, stir the pot, and then watched the cooking on an electric skillet on the table. I miss these days – my sister and my cousins also have their own families, so Christmas Eve is rarely spent all together, as it was in our childhood, but every other year, I make sukiyaki at my Grandma’s house for anyone who can stop by. And of course, I make plenty for my Grandma & Grandpa to have leftovers (they are in their late 80’s and still live independently).

    I also make sukiyaki for my friends for New Year’s Eve every year, and of course, whenever my husband and I are in need of a special Japanese meal, this one makes an appearance.

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  29. I never beg, but today I’m going to make an exception! I have been PF-less for almost a year. 🙁 I miss it so much but just haven’t been able to afford to buy a new one. Oh my gosh I would be so thrilled!

    My favorite holiday meal is actually prime rib roast, but the rest of my family always wants ham 😛 So we usually end up having ham. 🙂

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  33. Our favorite holiday meal is Christmas eve where we do The Feast of the Seven Fishes with all the side dishes. The amount of fish in itself is a meal on its own and the whole family loves it!

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  34. My mother was born in Germany so our family always has German-style meals for our holidays (except Thanksgiving). Goose, stuffing, mashed potatoes, red cabbage, cucumber and celery root salads. And of course, a good glass of red wine.

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  38. My favorite holiday meal has to be ratatouille! My aunts make it for every holiday dinner and it is AMAZING. It combines my two favorite things; veggies and sauce! Yummmm! I’m so excited for Christmas Eve just thinking about it!

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  40. After my mom passed away , I decided to honor our Italian heritage and make lasagne for Christmas Eve dinner. It’s such a cozy, ‘good memory’ food from when we were young and although I’ll never make it as well, I love having that link with her and our past!

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  43. I would so love this handy little gadget!!
    It would make me alot more creative and my family would be happy with all the new foods they would experience!!
    Thanks for the opportunity!

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  44. My mother was born in Germany so our family always has German-style meals for our holidays (except Thanksgiving). Goose, stuffing, mashed potatoes, red cabbage, cucumber and celery root salads. And, of course, a glass of red wine.

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  45. Christmas Eve dinner is the best at our house: Filet Mignon, twice-baked potatoes and other yummy sides, topped off by a decadent chocolate dessert of sorts. All washed down by a big glass of red wine. Mmmmm, I’m getting hungry just thinking about it.

    “Every day is a holiday, every meal is a feast.”

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  46. Prime Rib with horseradish cream sauce, mashed potatoes, green beans and for dessert, cheesecake with a gf gingersnap crust.

    I had a food processor but nice sister that I am sent it to my sister who was living in England, soooo badly wish I had it still.

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  48. A delicious honey glazed ham with corn, mashed potatoes and rolls! And whatver else anyone asks for that day. Then going to the Aunt’s house later for delicious pies, strawberry shortcakes, punch and hot chocolate!

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  54. I would like to honor the Italian tradition of Christmas eve seafood feasts by making a seafood Lasagna – with shrimp, crabmeat, and lobster. I think it’s going to be such a rich meal, I would keep appetizers (except maybe some bruschetta topped garlic bread to soak up the sauce) to a minimum.

    For desert, some Pavlova should keep everyone from skimping, with its delicious sugar-based crust and light filling.

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  57. My fav. holiday meal is one spent enjoying the kinship of my family and friends. Along with all the warm fuzzies I receive I also enjoy partaking in a scrumptious meal of Stuffed Pork loin-bread stuffing w/mushrooms, onions, celery, and raisins,and chopped walnuts, roasted potatoes with caramelized onion sauce,Garlic green beans w/shallots, mini corn casserole cups, yeast rolls with real butter, and dessert of wonderful blackberry cobbler-berries from the past summer put back just for this purpose and to help wash it all down sweet tea, southern style.

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  59. To me, nothing’s better than waking up the intoxicating scent of sugar, butter and cinnamon baking away into a delicious monkey bread masterpiece. It’s the simple things. 🙂

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  60. last year it was an apple stuffing stuffed pork loin with a ginger pomegranate glaze – I think that was one of my favorites so far and came out of the oven looking amazing! This year I may even do it again =)

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  62. I enjoy all different holiday foods and just the gathering at the table is wonderful to me. If pushed to choose one food that I really really love at Christmas…it is turkey gravy and whipped smooth mashed potatoes. I can’t help it. It has been my very favourite since I was 4 years old. I get very excited about them. So sad!

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  63. Baked ham, scalloped potatoes, green bean almondine, baked pineapple and fresh baked rolls!! Thanks for another wonderful opportunity at something I desperately want!! :0)

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  65. Only one favorite meal!? I don’t know if that’s possible. However, we’re going to celebrate first night of Hanukkah this week and my mom’s making her fabulous brisket. Oh my oh my oh my do I love this slow cooked goodness. I told her the last time she made it that I wanted to be buried in a vat of her brisket. Of course, we’ll have potato latkes and some noodle kugel and all sorts of other goodness, but it’s the brisket I adore….

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  68. I love a salt-rubbed prime rib, and the smells of it cooking all day. I love cornbread and bacon stuffing, because having it just at Thanksgiving isn’t enough. I love teenie weenies marinated in teriyaki sauce, and stuffed mushrooms are also usually on our menu. Potatoes au gratin are a big fave. The spinach, strawberry and feta with almond salad usually goes over well, too. But my all time favorite is holiday-spiced waffles with homemade whiskey-spiked whipped cream & berries (frozen from the summer blueberry bush), French press coffee with leftover cream and big, fat stockings filled with prizes to start the day. And we wonder why we immediately change into sweat pants after dinner? 🙂 Happy holidays!

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  73. We go all out for Christmas! Favorite meal is foie gras and toasts for first course; second course is roast goose with fruit stuffing, mashed potatoes and carrots. Finale is a buche de noel.

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  74. Though the meal is not nearly as important as having family around the table, we all like the traditional turkey meal. Cornbread dressing, green beans and yams round it out and we eat cranberry sauce slid right out of the can. I must make pea soup, a tradition from my dad’s Bohemian side of the family. Everyone must eat at least a little of it. It’s a rule!! We like pecan pie, an old recipe from hubby’a mom and various candies and cookies made with love. I have been cooking for well over 55 years and have never had a food processor and while I suppose I really don’t need one at this point, I would love to have one. Thanks, Ava

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  76. Pie! This is really the only time of the year I eat pie. It’s kinda weird, I love pie, but for some reason the holiday season is the only time I eat pie. Pie doesn’t even taste the same the rest of the year ;). However, I will say that after trying the Pioneer Woman’s Dreamy Apple Pie recipe with Hard sauce (a.k.a. Whiskey sauce) I am rethinking the whole not eating pie thing during the other 11 available months.

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  79. Being a nurse my family doesn’t always do Christmas on Christmas, be we always make sure to have the Christmas meal regardless! It’s prime rib, twice baked potatoes, green beans from the garden, and fresh rolls! My mom and grandma do all the cooking, this would make a wonderful gift for one of them!

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  82. You had to ask, pictures here.
    http://menu.vldyson.com/2010/11/20/thanksgiving-weekend-2010.aspx

    Second Version
    THANKSGIVING WEEKEND 2010

    WEDNESDAY DINNER

    Appet: Mini sun dried tomato & goat cheese tarts CIA

    Entrees: Brisket with Dried Cranberries GM 12/98 152
    Spaetzle
    Braised Red Cabbage

    Desserts: Xmas Cookies
    Chocolate Cookies
    Pizzelles
    Hazelnut Sandwich cookies
    Finger Print Cookies

    THURSDAY BREAKFAST

    Pumpkin Cranberry Bread GM 11/96
    Savory Chive and Cheese Quick Bread AMFT
    Juice
    Coffee

    THURSDAY LUNCH

    Escarole Soup with Turkey Meatballs BA 2/03 141

    THANKSGIVING DINNER

    Appet: Sausage Stuffed Mushrooms BA 11/02
    Shrimp in Caper Sauce – Tapas
    Hot Artichoke Dip with Baked Whole Wheat Tortillas GM 5/03 64
    Madeline Kamman’s Smoked Trout with Horseradish Pate on Belgian
    Endive IMK
    Country Pate
    Pork Terrine with Pork Tenderloin Inlay Charcuterie 219
    Home Cured Proscuitto
    Hard Sausages
    Cheese Platter

    Entrees: For Everyone:
    Sugar Free Brined Turkey Lightly Smoke Roasted on the Grill

    For the More Sophisticated Palatte:
    Ancho Rubbed Turkey with Coffee Maple Sauce GDMT

    Sides Oyster Sausage Stuffing YDHTB 289
    Mashed Potatoes and Celeriac with Mascarpone GM 11/97 107
    Parmesan Roasted Asparagus BCFS 46
    Braised Fennel with Tomatoes and Black Olives Gm 1/86
    Shredded Brussels Sprouts with Cream BOFW 115
    Marinated Butternut Squash with Mint BOTB 2001

    Desserts/Kids
    Mint Chocolate Pots de Crème YDHTBD
    Miniature Pumpkin Pies YDHTBD
    Goat Cheese Cake YDHTD
    Coco Chewies DiabD
    Orange Frozen Yogurt- Cuisinart
    Chocolate Frozen Yogurt – Cusinart

    Desserts/ Adults
    Lidia’s Chocolate Hazelnut Torte LI 158
    Patricia Wells Lemon Tart FW 10/96 108
    Pumpkin Cake with Caramel Ice Cream FW 2008 371
    Killer Chocolate Cake WWJ
    Bourbon Pecan Pie BA 11/09 144 or
    Georges Perrier’s Pistachio Ice Cream Ba 1/99 1 3 2
    Mango Ice Cream CC II 627
    Cheese Plate

    FRIDAY BREAKFAST

    Roasted Vegetable Fritatta BCHEIT
    Sausages and Scrapple Platter
    Coffee, Juice

    FRIDAY DINNER

    Appet: Red Pepper Tapas with Whole Wheat Tortilla Chips
    Jean Georges Beet Tartare
    Jacques Pepin’s Salmon Bites
    Country Pate
    Chicken Liver Pate with Pear and Pistachios
    Home Cured Prosciutto
    Cheese Platter

    Entrees: Ham Braised in Burgundy TLG
    Beef Tenderloin with Cornichon Tarragon Sauce GB 10/84 116

    Sides: Asparagus Mushroom Risotto YDHTB
    Potato Gratin with Black Olives FW 2001
    Roasted Red Peppers and Cauliflower with Caper Vinaigrette GM 7/08 82
    Braised Red Cabbage
    Haricots Verts in Gorgonzola Sauce LFT 147

    Desserts/Kids

    Mini Maple Pecan Pies Dibetic Living Winter 2010
    Orange Pots de Crème YDHTBD
    Reduced Sugar Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies
    Flourless Chocolate Cake DiabD
    Frozen Berry Yogurt- Cuisinart

    Desserts/Adults
    Pumpkin Mouse SPCB 287
    Bourbon Pecan Pie BA 11/09 144 or

    Killer Chocolate Cake Etc.
    Blueberry Ice Cream GM 6/90 123
    Strawberry Ice Cream – Cuis

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  84. My favorite ‘Celebration’ food is Tres Leche’s Cake!! Take cake to the sweet extreme! Think I could get my wedding cake to be Tres Lache’s? Hmmm… 🙂

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  86. “your favorite holiday meal, as in, what you like to eat for your big celebration.” OK, SOMEONE had to do it! I thoroughly love white brad stuffing like momma made!

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  87. My grandmother taught me to make biscuits and gravy the old fashioned way. So that is what I make each Christmas morning for my family. We all love it and it is tradition.

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  88. The holiday season is cold and I love having something spicy and creamy (not thinking about the calories at once :P).I love eating chicken-bell pepper flat breads with salty fetta cheese,a hearty clam chowder,creamy spinach and artichoke dip with crisp leeks spicy pan fried noodles,chicken-spinach manicotti….hmmmm!! its heaven!

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  92. My favorite is an Apple Pie that has been passed down through out the family for years. I made 4 of them for the first time for Thanksgiving that I had to hand peel all of the apples myself since I don’t have a food processor.

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  98. I like to make a stuffed chicken breast..I stuff it with mozzerella or pepperjack depending on my mood, lots of garlic, spinach and then wrap it all up in bacon. The bacon seeps into the chicken and keeps it moist and flavorful. It goes well with garlic mashed potatoes or a nice buttery rice

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  100. We spend every Christmas with our family in Sunriver, couldn’t find a more Christmas type of place. Our favorite dinner is Prime Rib with all the trimmings. Can’t wait.

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  103. Preface the meal with oven-baked brie and red pepper jelly on mini toasts. Start entree via flute of Prosecco, two pints of Guinness, rack of lamb with balsamic reduction and mint, garlic-rosemary potatoes, homemade dinner rolls, and various vegetable goodies. After eating, a bourbon on the rocks to cap the festivities ensures the attending relatives are too tipsy to begin bickering.

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  105. We’re traditionalists – roast turkey, homemade roasted garlic mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole, green bean casserole, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin or pecan pie!

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  106. My favorite holiday meal, hands down, is turkey with all of the sides, for both November and December holidays. But, it’s not complete without my mother-in-law’s sweet potato/brown sugar/coconut bake.

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  108. We like to switch it up a little for Christmas Dinner and have my mom’s homemade Chicken Enchiladas w/ homemade tortillas!! Yummm! For Christmas morning breakfast we have round food…Abelskievers and Scotch Eggs (we bake them to make them a little healthier :).

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  112. My favorite meal is our Christmas Eve dinner (Wigilia in Polish). My grandmother makes a full vegetarian meal complete with fish, buckwheat golobki, potato/potato & farmers cheese and kapusta (sauerkraut) pierogis, and a number of other dishes. My favorite part of the meal is when she gives us all an individual blessing with an oplatek (wafer) with raw honey on it, then we all do the same with each other. It works well since my family celebrates on Christmas Eve and my Mexican husbands family celebrates on Christmas Day (with tamales-yum) that we keep both time honored traditions alive in our family for my son and son-to-be.

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  115. My favorite holiday meal is Christmas Morning Breakfast. We make pancakes or waffles, with maple syrup and ice cream and a dusting of powdered sugar….Mmmm… We have orange juice mixed with yogurt & spices in wine glasses and we have fresh fruit. … Oh again… Mmmm…

    Happy Holidays Everyone and may the New Year bring many wonderful memories.

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  120. My favorite meal during the holidays is one I don’t have to make! :o) My mother-in-law makes wonderful dinners with all the fixins’ but one of the things I look forward to the most at Christmas is her cheese ball!

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  121. One of my favorite things to eat during the holidays is pork chitterlings which I haven’t had in a very long time. Yes, I’m from the country and grew up eating all parts of the hog. Guess I’ll have to settle for the heritage pork belly with sea island peas, charred chili and braised heirloom apples served at a local farm to table restaurant.

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  123. My favorite holiday meal begins with an italian antipasto, fruitta di mare (cold seafood salad with simple lemon, olive oil, salt & pepper dressing)and stuffed artichokes. For the main entree, my favorite is a roasted fresh ham with applesauce, roasted butternut squash, mashed potatoes and sauteed spinach with garlic & oil. My favorite dessert to top off the meal is a chocolate fondue with frozen cheesecake balls, strawberries, bananas and angel food cake for dipping AND snowy coconut cupcakes with cream cheese frosting (recipe from Ina Garten’s Barefoot Contessa). Yum!

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  124. This year we will be spending the holidays with my in-laws. We have a big seafood feast on Christmas eve and a goose on Christmas day. It’s making my mouth water just thinking about it.

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  126. Keeping with our Dutch heritage, my family has oliebollen (literally “oil balls”) on New Years Day. They are balls of a sweet dough with raisins that are deep fried then dipped in powder sugar. So bad…so good!

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  132. Its cold around the holiday season and I love eating something creamy and spicy to optimize (not thinking of the calories at once).I love the bell-pepper and salty feta cheese flat bread,spinach and artichooke dip with crunchy leeks,a hearty traditional clam chowder,spinach-chicken manicoti with spicy pan fried noodles with the most heavenly
    new york style cheesecake!!! yummy! and ofcourse some nice cocktail to go with it would make it perfect!!!

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  133. Our biggest tradition is getting together about a week before Christmas to make traditional Norwegian cookies known a “krumkakes” (pronouced kroom-kaa-gaaz). It takes hours as each cookie is made by pouring batter into an iron over the stove for a few minutes, and as each one comes out another person has to roll the delicate lacy cookie around a wooden cone before it cools. They are super fattening (1 lb of eggs, butter, sugar, and flour) and take forever, but they are soo soo delicious!! They taste the best a few days after they are made, and all of our family friends now request a plate from us. I think in Norway most people just buy these from the store, but we like doing it the old fashioned way!

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  135. Lasagna! My grandma started making it for Christmas since it seemed like we were eating turkey and ham for a month straight will all of the holiday festivities.

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  137. Well my favorite part of christmas dinner is my families pineapple cake. It never has big chunks of pineapple in it and it is really thick(almost pound cakish), with yummy pineapple infused powered sugar frosting. I wait in anticipation all evening on christmas eve for my mom to roll that one out. We will be without family this year, except our four children, so I will be doing this cake. And other Irish inspired dishes to honer my father in law that passed away on thanksgiving while we were eating our thanksgiving meal. We will be paying extra special attention to love on everyone around us and appreciate even more what the holidays really mean. And I hope my children will see that it is food and love that make the holidays, not just material things.

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  141. I love roast turkey with sage bread stuffing, sweet potato casserole, green bean casserole, cranberries and pies. It is almost a repeat of thanksgiving but we just love this meal. Christmas Eve is shrimp/cocktail sauce, a few other Hors d’oeuvres, a large salad and the main dish is Alaskan king crab legs. My Cuisinart is on its last legs but has lasted over 20 years. Yikes!

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  144. On Christmas Eve, we have mostly finger-foods. Cheeses, summer sausage, crackers, fruit, and of course, baked goods – cookies, fudge, etc. It’s so nice to be able to relax and enjoy each other and not worry about feeding everyone.

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  145. We get together on Christmas Eve and everyone brings something. My favorite is a Christmas ham (with croissant rolls!), a delicious sweet potato souffle, a corn casserole, my mother-in-laws delightful salads (I love her recipes!), and the BEST pies and chocolate layered souffles EVER! I would love a food processor to help with my baking for the holidays!!

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  146. my family likes comfort food on xmas eve while we all sit around the tree and open our gifts. mom will make homemade fried tacos or salmon patties, salad, etc. it is easy-going on xmas eve. 🙂

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  150. My favorite dish is stuffing which can be so time consuming if you don’t have a food processor. This one you are giving away is so beautiful and I would love to use it during Thanksgiving and Christmas time!!!! Good luck to me 🙂

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  152. My favorite holiday meal is the one we have on Christmas Eve ~ eggs baltimore (crab cakes in lieu of canadian bacon)on cheddar & black pepper biscuits, asparagus, homemade hasbrowns, fruit and of course christmas cookies for dessert! It’s a family tradition that I look forward to every year! Yum yum!

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  153. It’s all about my mothers stuffing. She didn’t make it for Thanksgiving (my sister made it instead) and it just wasn’t the same.

    Thanks for the chance to win one of these.

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  156. My mothers stuffing!~always the best…She just passed away in October of Alzheimers…so it looks like I have to perfect the recipe to keep it in the family~

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  157. We usually do the traditional meal of Turkey or Ham, but this year we are “shaking” it up! We are going to have Italian & other Meat dishes like Italian Beef, salads, and of course wonderful desserts!

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  158. My favorite meal is the one I had with my mom for the first time in 22 years. Classic Turkey, her homemade stuffing, sweet potatoes and pumpkin pie. It was simple, but the best meal I’ve eaten in a long time.

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  165. I like to eat turkey with mashed potatoes, broccoli casserole and all the fixings. Mostly my favorite meal consists of deviled eggs and stuffed celery, my before meal snack.

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  172. My favorite Holiday meal has to be a great big Christmas Ham, with loads of vegetable sides, like smashed potatoes, swet peas, asparagus with hollandaise sauce, ginger-maple carrots… the more veggies the happier my ham and I are.

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  176. Our traditional Christmas breakfast is coddled eggs, toast and bacon with mimosas!! Then, Christmas dinner is a garlic and Rosemary encrusted Beef Tenderloin with a red wine reduction sauce and cheesy-potatoes 🙂 🙂

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  177. Every Christmas Eve, my family would make Eggs Benedict — the one thing we would all happily eat — so that has become a huge favorite over the years.

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  181. My favorite holiday eatings are ‘Sugar Cookie Tarts”, ummm , boughten good sugar cookies with a cream cheese frosting, assorted fruit on top of that, then drizzled with a special glaze. ummm

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  182. My favorite holiday meal is christmas morning breakfast with scratch biscuits, home made preserves and LOTS of butter (and of course the candy santa leaves in stockings…)! Gotta love the opportunity to have a real breakfast with the family now and then as the typical law student breakfast is a cup of black coffee and a banana!

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  183. I have to have my homemade pecan tarts, then, purchased on Christmas Eve ready to heat up and eat during gift giving, from our favorite Mexican taco shop: carne asada burritos with champagne, topped off with prime rib dinner!

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  189. I always look forward to a spiral sliced ham, garnished with whole cloves, and pineapple slices. Then finished off with a holiday treat of
    deviled eggs, with a hint of horseradish in them.

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  191. Oh, I have always wanted one of these!!!!

    My favorite holiday meal is the one my in-laws make when the come to stay with us. We have an Austrian Christmas and it is full of flavors that have become my new comfort foods. These dishes include: warm potato salad (no mayo), a cucumber salad, a butternut squash soup that is heavenly with a special pumkin seed oil they bring with them… and the new family special holiday dish – Wiener schnitzel.

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  193. The best part of the holidays is spending time with my whole family. My favorite holiday meal is turkey with home made gravy, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce and home made rolls!

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  195. I think our favorite side is mashed potatos, my kids like them any which way, and of course stuffing, the meat can be turkey or ham, doesn’t matter. And oh I would just love to win this, I have never owned one of these and my daughter was saving up to buy it, so that would be a nice surprise for both of us:)

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  198. I always look forward to the cheesy potatoes with corn flakes on top! It’s the easiest dish to make but a total crowd pleaser – we usually have to make two because they get eaten so quickly! Yum! Can’t wait for Christmas!

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  199. We usually eat the standard of ham with rolls and veggies, but this year our family was not able to get together for Thanksgiving, so we are doing our favorite Thanksgiving meal: wild turkey fingers, rolls, green beans, mashed potatoes, and enough cookies and pies to feed an army.

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  200. Clove studded baked ham with raisin sauce on the side, twice baked loaded potatoes, green beans fermier, ambrosia with toasted coconut, refrigerator yeast rolls with honey butter, and suet pudding with fresh whipped cream for dessert.
    Happy Holidays!

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  201. My favorite holiday dish has to be my moms home made stuffing with her secret ingredients: apple cider and walnuts! delish!! and top it all off with some pumpkin gingerbread trifle for dessert 🙂 happy holidays

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  202. Holiday meal….since I’m the cook, I guess I just try to please my family. Isn’t that what all cooks do? My favorite meal would be chinese take out…..

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  204. Last Christmas, I did a red, green and white meal — white roasted turkey breast; fresh green beans and broccoli; red cabbage coleslaw and red potatoes; with green olives, cauliflower florets and sliced red peppers as a starter. For dessert, strawberries over angel food cake with green-tinted whipped cream (OK, I cheated on that part).

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  205. My FAVORITE holiday meal is our family’s traditional Christmas combination of a Turkey dinner alongside of baked ziti! I know it doesn’t quite go together, but being Italian-American, we can’t have a holiday meal without some kind of pasta in there =)

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  208. Our tradition for Christmas Eve dinner is oyster stew with homemade lefse. Everyone sits around in the kitchen watching my husband and daughter make the stew while the rest of us are sipping on wine.

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  212. Being a Hispanic-American family means eating traditional foods from both sides of the border at holiday time. We have turkey dinner with all the trimmings, and I mean ALL the trimmings; but we love to add some south-of-the-border favorites: tamales, chile-con-queso, bunuelos, frijoles, sopa de fideo, and flan!

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  213. Roasted organic turkey, smashed yukon gold potatoes, tons of fresh vegetables and if we’re really lucky and industrious we substitute homemade ravioli for the potatoes.

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  215. OK, I’m a very traditional kinda guy.
    Let my holiday feast include; turkey, mash potatoes, dressing, lots of gravy, cranberry sause, green bean salad, and apple pie.

    But I think I’m going to add Christmas Cranberry Salad this year !

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  217. My favourite holiday meal is one I don’t get to make very often (as my guys are turkey lovers all the way). But my fave is Honey-glazed ham, scalloped potatoes, brussel sprouts with white sauce, homemade cranberry sauce, and apple-cranberry pie for dessert.

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  219. My favorite Holiday meal is Thanksgiving dinner, especially this year. It’s the dinner I’ve most taken over from my mother-in-law, I used to just do the turkey and stuffing itself but this year I chose and prepared mashed potatoes, butternut squash, sauteed brussel sprouts in balsalmic vinegar, my wife did the yams, and a friend brought glazed carrots and fresh made cranberry. We didn’t even need to argue about where or how big a turkey to get as my son won it in the turkey shoot for his bowling league. I’m a deciple of Alton Brown so of course I brined the turkey with apple cider. Pies, cheesecake, Flan with dulce de leche, and pineapple upside down cake were all available for desert. We blew a gear on the legacy Braun food processor I inherited from my grandmother this year and the new kitchenaid mixer doesn’t have a shredder/slicer attachment so the food processor you’re giving away would be a real boon. Though it won’t make it in time for latkes tomorrow for the first night of Haunakha.

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  225. On Christmas Eve, we eat snack foods and sandwiches, usually ham & turkey. I love the snack mix and cheese ball and just being able to have a taste of everything without having a heavy meal.

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  227. My favorite holiday meal is comprised of only side dishes. Mashed potatoes, stuffing, green beans, brussel sprouts, cranberry sauce, gravy, biscuits, all the fixin’s.

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  230. Don’t know how you’re going to choose, there are so many great menu items! And there is a part of me that thinks you’re doing this contest just to get some great ideas for a few meals of your own 🙂

    My favorite holiday meal is a big messy crab feed! After the season opens, hopefully tomorrow, the friends and family will pull out our calendars and schedule this year’s annual Holiday Crab Feed. There will be fresh baked French bread, crisp green salad and a pot of steaming Dungeness crab with melted butter for dipping in a bowel on a warming plate…all atop at newspaper clad table surrounded by smiling faces of my loved ones.

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  231. Fruktsuppe (Fruit Soup) It’s not a “meal” but my mother and my grandmother before her always made this as a starter before our Christmas meal. We usually eat it at room temperature with cream. mmmmm….so good!

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  235. We always have a standing rib roast – I have a dedicated smoker and so that’s how I cook the roast (Amazing) – also make Yorkshire pudding to go along with the roast beef.

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  237. Christmas Eve, we always found different ways to do the Seven Fishes thing, but there was also always pasta and, from the Hungarian side of the family, sauerkraut soup. Now that my family is just my dad and I, we do our best to recreate it, but usually opt for a seafood stew to get those seven fishes in one dish, instead of 7!

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  238. Here is our traditional Christmas Eve dinner menu. Roasted duck stuffed with prunes and apples. Red cabbage, mashed potatoes and duck gravy. For dessert, rice almond pudding made with slivered almonds. We hide one whole almond on one dessert plate and the person who gets the lucky plate receives the first present of Christmas. Always have to have our butter-almond cookies, too. Additional sides and desserts are welcome, but if these dishes aren’t on the table, it’s not Christmas.

    What fun, mouth-watering reading all these menus are!

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  239. i look forward to the side dishes most… i can have chicken or turkey anytime but i rarely have the occasion to have a large vaiety of veg in one meal, especially my dads aniseed-braised carrots.
    the bacon-wrapped-around-cheese things are also something i can never have too many of!

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  241. My favorite holiday meal is breakfast Christmas morning we have:

    Thick sliced Bacon
    Scrambled Eggs
    Grits
    Sausage
    Fried Scrapple
    Homefries
    Pancakes
    Waffles

    Thinking about it is putting me into a food coma. Mmmm…

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  244. Hmmm … my favorite holiday meal is one where my whole family is together. I don’t really care what we eat as long as we sit down and share it together. My best childhood meal memories are ones with an Italian theme, so bring on the pasta, italian greens, salad, and bread. Oh, and chex mix to snack on. YUM!

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  246. Our celebration starts with our annual appetizer contest. Contestants must make something they have never made before. Those that don’t participate are the judges. We then give prizes for 1s and 2nd place. We have prime-rib every Xmas and change up the sides. Doesn’t much matter what the sides are we have a family of fabulous cooks, so it always all taste good. Followed by many of our mother’s Xmas cookie recipes.

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  247. My favorite meal is one with my family; turkey and mashed potatoes with a little “boat” that I can put corn and gravy in! I’ hungry just thinking about it…

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  249. My favorite holiday meal would have to be what I make for New Years Eve every year. And, yes, I know it’s a Southern thing. We make ham, black-eyed peas, greens, and cornbread and eat it at midnight on New Year’s Eve. And the more peas you eat, the better luck you’ll have! 🙂

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  251. If I could have any holiday meal it would have to be a combination of my mom’s macaroni & cheese and collard greens, my aunt frances’s rolls (to die for!), my uncle bishop’s oyster stuffing, his ribs and his ham, and, deep fried turkey. That would be the perfect meal

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  253. I love to make a spiral slice glazed ham with roasted asparagus or brussel sprouts and scalloped potatoes. Home made rolls and a ambrosia cream cheese pie. yum.

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  254. Very traditional-to my fam-turkey, dressing, ham, mashed potatoes, my Mom’s sweet potatoes fried in butter and brown sugar, ham gravy, Grandma Main’s cranberry relish, green beans, scalloped corn, spinach salad with hot bacon-honey dressing, pumpkin pie w/real whipped cream, fruit salad and hot from the oven yeast rolls.

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  255. My favorite meal is the traditional Thanksgiving turkey w/dressing. My mother makes homemade noodles and they are the best I have ever eaten. Oh, and her yeast rolls are wonderful. She also makes a wonderful cranberry salad using fresh cranberries. I guess Mom’s meals are my favorite.

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  256. Christmas!- the Christmas Eve meal is steak fondue, crusty bread (with butter of course) and what my brother and I coined back in the day, “Build Your Own Salad.” We set up bowls of everything you ever might want to put on a salad and help ourselves. The next day any left over meat and veggies are sauteed w/ eggs for steak and eggs served along side my mother’s pecan rolls, otherwise known as “Brenda’s Better Buttered Buns.”

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  257. Appetizer Chilled Shrimp & Sauce
    Sweet & Sour Meatballs
    Chip & Dip
    Mimi – Cheese & Bacon
    Cajun Nuts

    Entrée Prime Rib
    Ham
    Mashed Potatoes & Gravy
    Cheesy Potatoes
    Green Beans/Beets Alm/p
    Corn Casserole
    Fruit and letuce Salad
    Rolls

    Desert Cherry pie
    Ice cream cake
    pecan pie
    Key Lime
    Cake

    Coffee
    Tea

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  259. My favorite meal is the traditional turkey with dressing and cranberries (must have cranberries with turkey).

    I also like to try something special for Christmas breakfast each year.

    Please pick me! I need the food processor badly! I’ve actually been researching different brands over the weekend.

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  260. Favorite meal is mom’s homemade Swedish Christmas Eve dinner with meatballs, red beet salad, pickled herring, small sausages and fresh bread and cheese. Yum!

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  263. I *love* homemade tamales containing leftover turkey, some cotija cheese and pomegranate seeds…YUM!! Can’t wait to make them again for the holidays this year!

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  265. Wow u guys are good..Im so hungry.We are Polish so we have a Polish Christmas Eve dinner (all Polish foods usually meatless)which is tradition to make 12 dishes (representing the 12 months) so here are some of our favs over the years.Oh BTW i had to include dessert rite ladies?

    Homemade Pierogies
    Rum Babas
    Polish style roast chicken
    Candid Kielbasa
    Halushki-the best eva……
    Paska Bread….Egg bread
    Platski-Fried Potato Pancakes
    Happy Holidays all

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  272. I’m a traditionalist. I have to say, the turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, and my cranberry sauce.
    I figure I can experiment with recipes all year long, I NEED my turkey with all the fixin’s though!

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  274. My favorite holiday meal is that surrounding Christmas. Christmas Eve, my grandfather would make frito misto and Mom would make pasta with a tuna sauce (the tuna had been caught by my Dad!). We would have all sorts of homemade goodies for dessert. Christmas Day, a big ole turkey with lots of apple sausage stuffing, pasta, escarole, and pie for dessert – lemon cream, pumpkin, and apple!

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  275. My grandma’s mashed potatoes…If we didnt have anything else and I had to just eat those potatoes I wouldnt mind it at all! But I also love turkey and homemade dinner rolls.

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  277. My favorite holiday meal is more or less the same for the last 15 years. My “big sister” Teri and her husband Gary invite me and 5 other random guests for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner. All we have to do is show up! We have either tomato bisque or butternut squash bisque (fixed in the Cusinart) from their garden for soup course. The everybody gets 12 shrimp over asparagus or mixed greens (with homemade dipping sauce) (and toasted almonds). Entre is perfectly roasted organic turkey with mashed potatoes and dressing and gravy over everything! The additional veggie varies from year to year. This year it was roasted parsnips and carrots. The entire menu is WHEAT FREE GLUTEN FREE including the desserts! The bread this year was onion dill in sorghum flour! DElish! With Irish butter! We had pumpkin pie, raisin pie, apple crisp and pumpkin custards . . . all with real whipped cream. IN CONCLUSION: My favorite holiday dinner is the one Teri fixes! Always perfect! Always delicious! And the bonus is . . . Teri sends everyone home with leftovers! I can nosh for 3 days more!

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  278. I’m Jewish, so I love some potato latkes and apple sauce for Hanukkah! I’m one of those poor readers without a food processor.. Shredding potatoes would be a lot easier with one!

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  280. My favorite meal for celebrations is lasagna. I love making a huge dish so everyone can eat as much as they’d like and there will still be leftovers the next day.

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  281. My favorite holiday is ham, green beans, sweet potato casserole, creamed corn, rolls. and lots of desserts. It’s what we fix, what we had at grandma’s house growing up. I can’t imagine eating anything else.

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  282. Love to have two choices of meat, Turkey #1 and either ham or prime rib… Must have garlic or regular mashed potatoes, butternut squash, herb and sausage stuffing, asparagus, brussel sprouts or corn for a veg, and homemade scrumptious rolls. Any holiday meal would definitely not be complete without my Grandmothers apple pie 😉 NOW I AM HUNGRY!!!

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  283. We eat a heavy breakfast and then around 4 in the afternoon we roll out butcher paper along the dining room table and have a feast of Grilled King Crab Legs, a variety of dipping sauces, i.e. passion fruit vinaigrette, grilled baguettes and champagne. Heaven!

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  287. Chanukah is my very favorite holiday.

    We celebrate by having potato pancakes with sour cream and applesauce.

    A new food processor would help me grate the potatoes without adding my secret ingredient—-knuckle skin.

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  288. For Christmas, a standing rib roast w/pan gravy and yorkshire pudding, hands down! In my family for every holiday gatherings we also have to have something called “the salad” (it has many other proper names I realize) which has toasted hazelnuts or pecans, sliced pears, blue cheese, thinly sliced onion and baby lettuces with a basic balsamic vinagrette. YUM!

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  291. I like to make Pastelles and other Puerto rican dishes that require ground up plantains. without the machine you have to use a grater to get the right consistency to the Masa. It takes hours sometimes days. But with the machine it is a much easier task. Puerto Ricans love their Pastelles around this time of year and my family is no exception. I would love to have this Machine for for reasons then I can count.

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  292. For my money, nothing beats a great Christmas ham. A thick honey glaze, a touch of nutmeg and clove… yeah, that’s the best! For the side, I love green beans braised in some white wine, and with a little bacon or lardon thrown in.

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  294. Christmas day brunch: sausage, mushroom, egg, and cheese casserole, scones and croissants with clotted cream and jam, maybe bacon, fresh fruit, and lots of assorted candies and pastries.

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  296. My favorite holiday meal is the same if cooked by my grandmother, my mother or by me…we love tradition. It includes turkey, mashed potatoes and corn (from the garden) and then my favorites sweet potato casserole (the one with the pecans!), green bean casserole and crescent rolls. Of course it has to end with coffee and pumpkin pie 🙂

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  297. Meatless Christmas Eve dinner for sure. Pierogies with mushroom dill sauce, cabbage rolls and borscht are my favorite dishes out of the traditional eats. A variety of homemade dainties top off the meal for dessert. Can’t wait!

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  298. Definitely Christmas dinner! We always make ham and au gratin potatoes! Some nice cranberry/apple sauce, some sweet potato rolls and a nice sour cherry pie! It’s the best!
    And I always have to have some nice sparkling wine, too!

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  300. Our Favorite or Traditional?? The thing is we change it up every year at Grandma’s on Christmas Eve. This year the kids want to try cooking live lobster probably accompanied by twice stuffed baked potatoes and other yummy things I borrow from food blogs. 🙂

    On Chirstmas Day it’s a traditional Turkey Dinner. The best part is my sweet pototoes. That cuisinart sure would come in handy. 🙂

    Happy holidays!

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  302. My favorite Christmas dinner is…(drumroll, please!)Cheese enchiladas with Chili Gravy, Guacamole, Pico de Gallo, Refritos, Mexican Rice and Tamales! We make everything from scratch, except for the tortillas and tamales…and we try to buy Tamales from our neighbors because they are so-o-o-o good! Merry Christmas or should I say…Feliz Navidad!

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  304. My Favorite thing to cook for the holidays is my grandmother’s spekalatus-which are little German spice cookies! They are made with crushed almonds which I usually just bang with a mallet-so this would be helpful!

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  308. My favorite Holiday Meal requires lots of chopping and cutting for the Cornbread Dressing to accompany the Deep Fried Turkey,Deep Fried Pork Chops,fresh cranberry salad,Fresh Fruit Salad,Brussels Sprouts with Bacon,Candied Sweet Potatoes,and Coconut Italian Cream Cake.Sweet Tea, of course.That’s my bit of Heaven in Tennessee

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  309. Brussel Sprouts roasted in the fat from a slow cooked pork belly…topped with golden crispy skin bits and a shaving of pecorino romano and lots of cracked black pepper.

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  313. It has been our tradition over the last few years that my husband buys a nice BIG Honeybaked ham for Christmas. It really is like the best ham. I like some kind of potato gratin with it and veggies and fruit.

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  314. Growing up in South Texas the traditional Christmas food will always be tamales. They’re extremely delicious and always a crowd-pleaser.

    We also eat more traditional food but the tamales are definitely what make the holidays really feel like Christmas!

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  316. Our family is big into tradition and for as long as i can remember we have had cheese fondue on christmas eve with our own personal family cheese blend (parmesan, Dubliner and Jarlsberg). We make homemade baguettes to dip. Christmas night we make crab cakes and individual beef wellingtons. The crab cakes with my secret ingredient of cheese its instead of bread crumbs, and the beef wellingtons made with tenderloin slices, homemade basil pesto (instead of liver mousse) and very finely chopped portobello mushrooms sauteed in butter and then all wrapped up like a little present in puff pastry. Happy Holidays from Vail, Colorado!

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  318. When I was a child (some 50 years ago) we started a tradition of getting carry out Chinese food for Christmas eve. My parents were both working and mom would be doing a lot of cooking the next day. In addition to that, there was still so much left to do-presents to be wrapped, midnight church service to attend. So dad brought home egg rolls, fried rice and chow mein.In recent years we use the leftovers to make a fabulous scramble on Christmas morning.It’s not Christmas until you’ve had Chow Fun in your scrambled eggs!

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  322. Our favorite is Grilled Beef Tenderloin, Current Glazed Carrots, Broccoli in cheese Sauce and Stuffed Baked Potatoes. My brother won’t come to my house for dinner if I don’t have those potatoes!

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  324. Our favorite family holiday “meal” (which we eat while opening presents on Xmas Eve) consists of our favorite hors d’oeuvres along with Champagne for the adults and sparkling apple cider for the kiddos. Every year I make the same 3 things: crab canapes, stuffed mushrooms, and mini shrimp puff sandwiches. For sweets, we always have peanut butter blossoms (that were baked up to leave out for Santa) and some of the candies that I usually make for gift-giving (cranstachio bark and toffee crunch bars). The holidays wouldn’t be the same for our family if I didn’t make this exact combination of things every year!

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  329. Christmas is my favorite holiday and an early Christmas dinner (all the better to accommodate seconds and thirds later)of glazed ham, my mom’s cornbread stuffing, cranberry sauce, mixed souther-style greens, and macaroni and cheese with pound cake and sweet potato pie is my favorite holiday meal!

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  332. Breakfast – sausage sourdough casserole
    Dinner – Prime rib roast with Bernaise sauce and a white chocolate peppermint cheesecake

    Can’t wait! Happy holidays to you all.

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  333. My favorite holiday meal is to load up on appetizers- baked brie in a puff pastry, mini quiches, spinach dip, cheese, crackers, turkey rollups… I love em all!

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  334. My favorite holiday meal starts with a special drink designed for the occasion.
    Then it would be a traditional turkey dinner with all the trimmings. We are traditionalists in my family and the children do not like to deviate from it.
    Plus, tomorrow is my birthday!
    Happy holidays to all!

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  335. Xmas eve is traditionally an important day for Italians. So we celebrate with a feast of seafood. I invite some close friends over for Calamari, Scungilli Salad(snail/conch), Baccala(salted cod), Ipswich clams, Quaghogs(raw cherrystone clams), Clams Oreganata, Clams Casino, Schrimp and somtimes Lobster & Crabs. Oh yes, and alcohol.
    The prep, the cooking and the wonderful
    fellowship makes for a truly special occasion.

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  336. My favorite things are turkey, cheesy hash brown potatoes, cream cheese corn in the crock pot, pumpkin pie and my mom’s cranberry relish w/ oranges and apples. I don’t have a food processor or food grinder and believe me,it’s hard to make w/ just a blender and takes forever!

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  338. Aw, I wish I had a food processor:( My favorite thing to make is my new cookie invention! Mince-pie cookies. I made up a batch of sugar cookie dough but I was about half a cup of sugar short, so whilst searching in the cupboard for more, I came across a jar of mince-pie filling, so i used half a cup of that instead of the sugar. They were AWESOME. I’m making more next week to give as gifts to our landlord and neighbours, and I will definitely keep them in stock during the holidays.

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  342. My favorite Holiday meal is Christmas dinner. Our family gathers in Sunriver every year, no better place to spend Christmas. Prime Rib with all the trimmings has been the family favorite.

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  345. Our family’s traditional Christmas Eve meal involves a huge ham and multiple veggies, green beans, big huge salad, cooked carrots, etc. My favorite meal of the holiday season is December 26th, my grandma and I batter up shrimp and oysters and Dad fries them with hush puppies, cole slaw, and other seafood fry sides. The homemade batter is the best!

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  346. For years we would spend all day in the kitchen cooking our sit down Christmas dinner. As my brother and I got older and had families of our own, the holidays became more and more hectic. A few years ago we decided to skip the sit down meal and to just make a huge selection of finger foods and appetizers. We still have our traditional smoked ham! I love having a selection of “tapas” for Christmas!

    Happy Holidays to you!!

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  348. Aren’t you just the best! I have a food processor on my wish list for Christmas, but winning one would be even better!

    My favorite Christmas dinner is (shhh, don’t tell my mom) my mother-in-law’s beef tenderloin, boursin scalloped potatoes, asparagus and any other goodness she graces the table with… I dream of the year includes a Yorkshire pudding, simply TDF *drool*

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  350. My favorite ‘Celebration’ food is Tres Leche’s Cake!! Take cake to the sweet extreme! Think I could get my wedding cake to be Tres Lache’s? Hmmm… 🙂

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  352. My FAVORITE holiday meal is a mixed breed of many items: steamed king crab claws, steak, herbed corn, scallop potatoes, and my apple spice cake. Wine is a given throughout the evening:)

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  353. On Thanksgiving, my sisters, Mom, and I decided we would go back to an old favorite for Christmas dinner…After hot buttered rum, there will be grilled steaks with sauteed mushrooms, baked potatoes, and King Crab. Desert will be cheesecake. We are foregoing gifts, so we can swing the expense…
    Incidentally, a food processor has been on my wish list for years. I have never owned one. Maybe this will be the year.
    Happy Holidays to you and yours!!!

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  357. Honestly, my favorite part of the meal is sitting down with the entire family for the epic gathering. Yes, the food is amazing….as is always the case when my parents are cooking. From crown pork roast to cranberry walnut ambrosia salad, I love it all. But it wouldn’t feel quite as special without multiple tables lined end to end from one end of the dining room stretching all the way into the living room. Something I am very excited about this year is that we have decided to make it a pajama dinner party. This way everyone can take more time to enjoy their mornings without the stress of having to get gussied up for the big dinner.

    Love your site BTW, and thanks for the opportunity to win such a great giveaway.

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  359. Christmas Eve is my favorite holiday meal. We are Italian, so we always do the 7 fishes, but must eat at least 13 different things to provide good luck for the year to come. We always have:
    smelt
    calamari in marinara sauce
    shrimp – breaded and peel n eat
    clams
    bacala
    lobster
    clam chowder
    scallops
    breaded cod
    stuffed mushrooms
    pasta with marinara sauce
    pizza
    3-4 assorted cheeses
    stuffed eggplant
    assorted fresh veggies
    lupini beans
    pepperoncini

    assorted family made cookies

    assorted adult beverages

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  362. I love Christmas dinner…my mom makes these little sandwiches made of canned chicken spread (I know, but it’s really good) on white bread cut into little triangles….we eat plates of them….

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  364. My mom’s pot roast with all the trimmings, and Grandma’s apple pie! I look forward to it during all my finals because it reminds me of home and relaxation.

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  365. My favorite Christmas dinner is crown roast with cornbread stuffing, potato au gratin, roasted vegetables…and this year we are making upside down apple cake 😉

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  373. Thanksgiving’s turkey, dressing, sweet potatoes and dumplings are hard to beat. But, we splurge at Christmas, usually having beef tenderloin on homemade rolls. The gang insists on sweet potatoes again aperhaps with creamed spinach and a festive salad of some sort. My mouth’s already watering!

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  374. Well, my holiday meal is for Chanukah. My favorite food to eat is, of course, potato latkes(which definitely need a food processor to make!. I make my own chunky apple sauce with blueberries. We also have a brisket of beef, fruit compote using apricots and prunes. A food processor would be awesome this year, to help make our celebration a breeze!

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  375. My favorite meal is the same for Thanksgiving,Christmas, and Easter. Turkey cooked upside down to get the white meat juicier, stuffed with oyster dressing, mashed potatoes, gravy, cranberries, veggies, jello salad, coconut cream, pumpkin, cherry, and pecan pies. What a feast!

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  377. Just writing this makes me hungry for Christmas dinner 🙂

    Salad, Steak, Homemade Rolls, Scalloped potatos, green bean casserole, and my great grandmother’s recipe for homemade apple pie and her famous chocolate angel food cake!
    Yum Yum!

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  379. Every Christmas morning, my mom makes a delicious breakfast casserole with french bread, sausage, cheese, eggs, and more. We eat it with grits (yes, I’m from the South 🙂 and biscuits. It is so delicious and it is the ONE time we have it a year. I look forward to it all year long!

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  383. We do soups and sandwiches on Christmas Eve, and it’s the best! All of my aunts, uncles, and cousins get together, and not having a big sit-down meal enables us to float around and see everyone.

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  385. My father always makes garlic roasted lamb and a big bowl of creamy parmesan mashed potatoes! A plate of that with some eggnog can cure ANY holiday stress (although be warned, it isn’t exactly a light meal)!! 🙂

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  386. We always have ham for dinner, and my dad makes what he calls his “buffet tray” for snacking before dinner with various goodies like smoked oysters & crackers & veggies & chips along with a shrimp dip that he only makes for the holidays.

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  395. Honestly, in my opinion, you can’t beat a good smoked turkey, some of Mom’s cornbread stuffing (which makes heavy use of a food processor, I should mention), and some giblet gravy. *slobber*

    I’d love to win one of these Cuisinarts. I have a dirt-cheap, several-years-old Black and Decker food processor that’s about ready to give up the ghost.

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  401. I made a prime rib roast for Christmas dinner last year, with Au Jus and horseradish sauce, all turned out so yummy… its going to be our holiday meal for at least the next few years! And FYI, I’ve never owned a food processor other than a tiny one for making baby food!! 🙂

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  406. Despite all of the normal holiday fare, my family always looks forward to my Lasagna. It’s a recipe that was given to me by my dear late mother-in-law, and it was given to her by her mother-in-law. No matter what else we have for dinner, whether it’s Turkey, Glazed Ham or a Standing Rib Roast, Nana’s Lasagna is always the first to disappear. Happy Holidays!!!

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  408. A beautifully prepared ham with all sorts of finger foods and casseroles surrounding it…this is what we like to have at our Christmas celebration… oh, and my Daddy’s southern biscuits..they’re the best! Kay Guest

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  409. That would have to be Hanukah I get to cook from all the traditional food I grew up with for my family It is so unique and different from the Thanksgiving meal we just had and the Christmas meal we never have

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  410. Thanks for the chance to win the amazing Cuisinart! Our holiday meal changes from year to year, depending on who is hosting the always incredibly generous and delicious meal. The best part that always remains constant is family being together. Thanks again!

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  412. Coachala: A delightful stew of shredded pork and chicken. Made out of a spicy broth thickened with corn masa. The stew gains consistency and flavor with roasted tomatillos and chiles blended into the broth. Must go with: a dash of lime, a crispy radish and some crazy tostadas!

    If you don´t believe me ask Diana Kennedy!!

    Sincerely,
    A happy cook from Guadalajara, México whom loves Noble Pig… and Food Processors

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  413. Greetings from South Carolina !
    Since I haven’t made home made pasta and sauces in a while – I became inspired after watching Eat,Pray,Love. What a gastro-wine fueled pasta orgy. Got to have some of that at Christmas. At least 5 dishes with some of those stuffed mushrooms of yours. Just waiting for everyone to cast their favorite vote. I love your blog and followed you for a while now – could it be I have over a collection of 400 + pigs. Cathy

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  414. Hands down, my favorite holiday dish is Duchess Potatoes. Handed down from my mother it’s a mess of onions, velveeta, bacon, mayo…and of course, potatoes. And the best part if you don’t even have to peel them. YUM!

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  416. Turkey, turkey gumbo, cornbread dressing, mashed potatoes, mashed sweet potatoes, macaroni and cheese, brussels sprouts with bacon, green bean casserole, spinach madeleine, schoolhouse rolls, pumpkin pie, sweet potato pie, pecan pie, and apple pie. Mmmm.

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  417. My favorite meal is simply a lot of appetizers: cheddar and asparagus quiche, mushroom and cream cheese quiche, bacon and artichoke quiche… you get the idea. And for dessert: cheesecake. Yum!

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  419. Every year for Christmas, since I was little, we have gone over to a family friend’s house and made ravioli. We make the dough, roll it out, add stuffing, and cook them. The stuffings and sauces vary, but the food is always good and the company is always amazing.

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  427. I’m a traditional purist. I need a good turkey, some killer cranberry sauce, Mom’s stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy and at least 6 different desserts to choose from 🙂

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  428. Growing up, my family always served ham on Christmas Eve, and I always hated it. A few years ago I finally decided to try making it, and discovered now I really enjoy it. So ham it is!

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  429. tutcake pie, a french meat pie. my great grandmother would make it for my grandmother’s birthday but when my grandmother first made it for my grandfather, he loved it so much that it goes in the thanksgiving and christmas rotation.

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  434. Turkey, dressing (with a little sherry and butter poured on top to keep it moist), Rice & Peas (family is from Jamaica and its a tradition), mashed potatoes and gravy. Anything else that comes along is fine but these are required.

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  435. Green bean casserole is divine! I wish I could have it every day of the year. It’s so deceptive because you think you need 5 a day from the veggie content.

    Thanks for hosting this giveaway! I’d love to win.

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  437. I wasn’t able to get home for Thanksgiving, and I realized that, while we had a great feast down here, I really missed chopped liver and knishes. (Since when am I so Jewish?!)

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  441. My grandmother’s candied sweet potatoes, much different from what everyone else thinks of i learned later in life. Hers are cooked so the candied bit turns into a glaze on them. first time someone gave me a sugary swamp with sweet potato islands and called it candied sweet potatoes i thought they were crazy. 😛

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  443. My favorite holiday meal is any meal I get to share with my 4 daughters. It can be grill cheese sandwiches and soup or ham with all the trimmings or the soft gingerbread cookies we make together. The girls are the special ingredient in any recipe.

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  444. Thanksgiving is always my favorite – all of the family recipes, tried and true additions and new favorites. But really, if we’re talking a big party, new years eve’s ham hocks and black eyes peas is great before a night of drinking.

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  447. My Mamie’s stuffing. My aunt tried to make it one year — she added pickles and pickle juice. Disgusting. Learn from our horror. Don’t ever do that.

    My sister has since learned how to make it. I really need to bug her for that recipe…

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  450. My favorite is my grandmothers crab dip, I’m from maryland and despite having hundreds of different crab cakes, soups, dips, salads, etc., her crab dip is undoubtedly the best use of crab ever!

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  451. My favorite holiday meal is our traditional Christmas morning breakfast featuring:
    -2 types of sausage: maple and sage
    -thick cut peppered bacon
    -fresh made cinnamon rolls with cream cheese icing
    -eggs over easy
    -fresh squeezed orange juice mimosas

    Yum.

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  452. Oh, just thinking about this makes my mouth water…..
    for Christmas dinner we have prime rib with horseradish sauce…..

    ….or maybe I should say cheese fondue for New Year’s Eve….

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  464. Our holiday dinner is basically a glorified Thanksgiving dinner. Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, mac and cheese, ham, beans, corn. YUM. Can’t wait. I also can’t wait until tomorrow when Hanukkah starts and we make our Latkes 😀

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  467. Oh my GOODNESS!!! I hope I win this one, good gravy I could use a food processor!! My favorite holiday meal is definitely the turkey and all the sides. It makes me happy. 🙂

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  469. Christmas is my favorite holiday and what I really like for dinner is Prime Rib with roasted garlic mashed potatoes and fresh green beans and carrots steamed together. Can’t say what I would really like for dessert with this meal as there is never enough room. Although it should, or even could, be salad something like a Apple Waldorf Salad would be what I would have. Might as well finish off the beef with a semi-healthy dish. Plus with this processor it would be easy chopping up all the parts.

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  471. My favorite holiday meal is maybe a little non-traditional, but it would definitely be pierogies! My great-grandmother used to make them from scratch, and we’d go to her house for lunch on Christmas day, so her home-made pierogies were definitely my favorite meal of the holidays!

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  477. My favorite holiday meal? My mom’s turkey and dressing with her famous egg custard pie for dessert. She is 87 years old, so now and my sisters and I have taken over all the holiday cooking. Still, the memories give me a warm feeling and make me hungry! Mmmmmmm………….

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  478. My favorite holiday meal is Christmas breakfast – whether its my mom’s “California Breakfast” (aka make-you-own breakfast burrito) or my mother-in-law’s delicious homemade cinnamon rolls with a side of bacon Yummm

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  479. My favorite holiday meal would have to be traditional Chamorro (Native of Guam) dressing (also known as Riyenu). It’s unlike any other dressing I’ve tried, complete with ground beef, fried potatoes, chunky bread crumbs, relish, evaporated milk, and pimentos. My family actually adds in a surprise ingredient: Apple Pie filling. I know it sounds quite odd, but it’s absolutely delicious!

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  486. When I was a kid I could ask for whatever I wanted to for my birthday dinner, and I usually asked for spaghetti and meatballs…homemade sauce and homemade meatballs…yum.

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  488. Every year my sister and I make Alton Brown’s fruit cake recipe as a present for our parents. I look forward to breaking into it every year after we give it to them!

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  491. Many years ago I was lucky enough to spend Christmas Eve with a family from Mexico. We had Menudo which had been simmering on the stove all evening. The great odors filled the house. All of the children went to bed at 8PM and were woken up at Midnight to see what gifts there were for them. Then we ate the Menudo and had fresh corn tortillas and beer. It was such a good time.

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  493. When it comes to a big meal, I don’t care what the main course is, as long as there is some form of Ridiculously delicious, creamy, and completely unhealthy macaroni and cheese! Mmm Mmm!

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  519. My favorite Christmas meal includes beef tenderloin on the grill, with twice baked little red potatoes, asparagus gruyere tart, salad with candied walnuts raspberries, in parmesan baskets, homemade sour cream crunchy biscuits and then the traditional grilled turkey breast with cornbread dressing made from my grandmothers cornbread recipe, butter beans, sweet potatoes in orange cups (1/2 marshmallows, 1/2 pecans), ham, fresh cranberry relish, and then dessert roulage with raspberry sauce, croquembouche, peppermint ice cream with chocolate sauce and lemon curd tarts. Yummy can’t wait!!!

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  526. We don’t have a traditional meal yet. Every year we either eat at a fancy restaurant, or stay home and have meals ranging from prime rib to hot dogs and fries. After each meal I always say, “Wow, that was great. We should make that a tradition.” It never happens. I haven’t decided what to do this year, but I am sure that it might be a new tradition.

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  528. I actually love salmon for New Year’s – roasted brussel sprouts, puffed pastry wrapped brie and the rest of the menu is still up in the air…I did make your corn/cranberry bread for Thanksgiving and absolutely loved it!!

    Thank you for the opportunity!!

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  530. It is odd…. I can make all kinds of extravagant dishes – that take all kinds of skill — but the family loves the old fashioned Broccoli Salad! Go figure!

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  532. My grandma’s sauerbraten with potato dumplings the size of “an eight year old’s fist.” There’s nothing like a recipe perfected over 70 holidays and oh so many generations!

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  535. christmas morning, we have ambrosia, egg casserole, and monkey bread. this consists of biscuits rolled in butter, cinnamon and brown sugar, then smooshed together and baked. delicious!

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  536. Our traditional Christmas dinner is a bone-in rib roast with au jus & horseradish sauce, garlic mashed potatoes and a wedge salad with popovers. Dessert is always something chocolate, I’m thinking this year it will be a chocolate ganache torte with a macadamia nut crust. The food processor would come in handy so that I don’t have to hand crush all the nuts.

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  537. Glazed Ham!!! It makes my mouth water every time I think of it. We only have it for Christmas because it’s just too much work for every day. I love trying a new glaze each year. Even though that part is different, it’s still salty and delicious.

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  538. I host a Christmas-Eve get-together for my side of the family (25+ people) and each year we choose a different theme for the menu. My favorite by far is “Breakfast/Brunch”…lots of muffins, french toast, and ham & biscuits.

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  541. Our favorite holiday meal is ham and scalloped potatoes. I’ve become a more avid cook over the past 5 years but alas do not have a food processor. The scalloped potato prep would certainly go a lot faster this year with that gleaming cuisinart on the counter!

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  544. Well, for Christmas, my family celebrates a different country every year so every year the food is different! We’ve enjoyed a Greek meal, Italian, Polish, German, Mexican, British, French and this year it will be Scandanavian. I would have to say the best year so far was Germany.

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  553. My favorite Holiday dish is called Pecan Pumpkin Crumble. It’s a secret family recipe and tradition. It is so yummy and unhealthy that I love making it. This would be perfect because I love whole roasted pecans around winter time, but hate chopping them!

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  554. This year, Mom is making rack of lamb which really makes me happy. But I usually look forward to Yorkshire Pudding…my mouth is watering just thinking about it.

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  556. Our traditional meal for the Holidays consists of:

    Escargot in the shell with homemade french bread

    Peppercorn and herb crusted Prime rib marinated in port

    And Duck A L’orange (for those of us that aren’t red meat eaters

    Wild rice pilaf with quinao, cranberries and dates

    Roasted root vegetables with herbs de Provence.

    Yorkshire pudding

    Harvest salad with winter greens, pears, blue cheese and seasoned pecans with a raspberry vinaigrette

    nearly flour less dark chocolate cake with a grand marnier infused creme anglaise

    Then we top off that decadence with
    Homemade eggnog and homemade orange liquor

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  562. We don’t have many traditional dishes centered around Thanksgiving, but when it comes to Christmas, more often than not, we have a ribeye roast with a horseradish crust. And lots of Brussels sprouts, potatoes and popovers!

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  565. It starts with creme brûlée french toast, mimosas,
    Fresh citrus fruit salad, then from there …. It ‘s hor’s d’vores, pick, pick, and then It’s shrimp, or crab cakes, a yummy potatoe dish, greens, a dreamy cake or two and cherries jubilee… And to all a good nite!!!

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  570. We’ve adopted my husband’s Swiss-Italian family tradition, which is polenta and stew made with Swiss sausage (distinct from Italian sausage in that there is no fennel). 🙂 Yum!

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  574. My favorite holiday meal is Christmas dinner at my in-laws. We usually start with prosciutto wrapped cantaloupe, then cheese filled homemade ravioli. The main course is slow roasted rib roast, twice baked potatoes, broccoli rabe, mashed cauliflower, homemade bread and of course WINE! Oh my goodness I can’t wait!!!!

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  575. what a generous giveaway!
    i have been deciding on my holiday baking as desserts are so much more appealing to me…
    gingerbread cookies, buche de noel & a lot of chocolate baked goods!

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  579. My family loves a beautiful prime rib roast with garlic mash potatoes, two vegetables, rolls, and a trifle for dessert. I’ve served many different menus over the last 40 years and this gets the most requests. Happy holidays to you and yours!

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  580. My favorite holiday eat is our traditional Christmas Eve dinner at the family’s favorite restaurant! Last year was the first year we have EVER missed the dinner (due to my grandfather being in the hospital) so we are all really, really, really looking forward to getting back together over this meal.
    Happy Holidays!

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  583. I love the traditional meal roast turkey meal, but my favorite is the memory of one I did years ago. It was so much work, but so delicious. It was a roast turkey with a stuffing made with black beans, pumpkin seeds, shrimp, oyters, etc… The glaze included reconstituted dried ancho chiles. Someday, I’ll make it again.

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  584. I miss my Norwegian grandmother’s holiday meal with salmon and crock pot meatballs! I do have a food processor but, it is on it’s last leg. It was a wedding gift for my parents back in 1977! It’s name: “La Machine!”

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  598. One of my absolute favourites is my Mom’s Wifesaver breakfast. It’s sausage, egg, cheese, and bread all in one and baked in oven. It’s good hot on Christmas morning and cold as a mid-day snack before the big Turkey Dinner. And it’s now a tradition in our family.

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  601. We always do turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes… the who traditional she-bang.

    This year will be my first year making dinner at my house and I think I might opt out of tradition and make my family a crown-roast with parsnip puree and an apple compote!

    Happy holidays!

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  602. My husband is making Lobster stuffed beef tenderloin for Christmas, it is a huge hit, super yummy and best of all I only have to help with the initial prep work!

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  605. My favorite holiday meal is (and will be) prime rib with popovers and veggies….and lots of cookies for dessert, along with some super nommy Italian pastries, like cannoli, sfogliatelle and cake. Haven’t decided what kind yet though!

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  606. When I was younger we always used to have a “roast beast” which was really just a big roast- but the name is from “The Grinch” I think. That was always fun, but now I’m a veggie… so my favorite holiday meal is probably the homemade green chili tamales my Dad and I make every xmas eve for the family to enjoy 🙂

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  607. For my holiday meal around Christmas time, I definitely look forward to the traditional turkey and ham. However, I also look forward to an antipasto platter. I also make a trifle for dessert that consists of cake, pumpkin custard, and sometimes a cranberry curd.

    Awesome!

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  614. Every year my best friend has a big red chile chicken enchilada dinner instead of buying presents. These enchiladas better better than anything you could wrap. I know its not ‘the norm’, but they just scream Christmas to me. Oh, I can’t wait…

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  617. I love the turkey, cornbread dressing, mashed potatoes, and green beans we eat for the holidays.

    Thanks so much for this contest! I have a mini-processor that came with my blender, but it’s broken and thus even less useful than it was before.

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  622. This sounds silly but my favorite holiday meal is breakfast! We always make Belgian waffles with fresh strawberries and whipped cream. It’s the perfect way to start a fun-filled holiday!

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  630. My favorite holiday meal is green bean casserole, my Nana’s coleslaw and Apple pie, and birthday cake! A weird combination, but my favorites, and my birthday is near Thanksgiving!

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  637. My favorite holiday meal is homemade soup, cheese fondue, and chocolate fondue! It’s my family’s Christmas Eve tradition and I look forward to it every year.

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  638. My favorite holiday meal is the one we have with my family on Christmas Eve, which is potatoes au gratin and meat balls. It has been served by my grandma for as long as I can remember….it’s my favorite by far!

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  641. Our big celebration is Christmas Eve…we have soups of all kinds: creamy corn chowder, bean and bacon soup (with lots of celery and tomatoes), beef barley and Manhatten clam chowder. With a plate of cheeses, muffins and crusty bread we stuff ourselves silly.

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  644. Hands down, TURKEY! With sweet potatoes, my mother’s Italian sausage stuffing, my really good broccoli soup and a chocolate nut pie that starts with spiced tea bags in the water to melt the chocolate in! Every year I say, “why don’t I make this meal during the year too?” and never do. But I love it so much!! Maybe in 2011.

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  647. My family celebrates Velija on Christmas Eve. It’s the traditional dinner of my Slovakian heritage. I’m excited to have sour mushroom potato soup, pierogi, bobalki (poppy seed dough balls), and all the other things we have. Yumm:)

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  650. Last year I prepared a large spiral cut ham for Christmas dinner. My in laws brought a wonderful smoked turkey. Roasted sweet potatoes, fresh steamed green beans and baked bread. We put a spiced wine in the slow cooker to enjoy throughout the day. Good meal.

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  651. It depends on the holiday! For Turkey Day, a meal without sweet potatoes is blasphemy. And for Hannukah, potato pancakes are a must. And homemade apple sauce all the time! My Mom Mom (grandma) spoiled the whole family for years with her applesauce, cranberry sauce and sweet pickles. She’s 93 now and can’t make them anymore, so I do!

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  653. Must have munchies before dinner like warm crab dip, cold vegetable cream cheese “pizza”, and bacon wrapped water chestnuts. YUM. Dinner: Roast Pork, au gratin potatoes, fresh carrots cooked in orange juice and cinnamon with currants, tossed greens salad with candied almonds and mandarin oranges, fresh orange cranberry relish, fresh crescent rolls, and homemade cherry pie for dessert. Accompanied by a fine Pinot Noir (like Noble Pig!) After dinner sip of Bailey’s tops it all off!

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  657. I despise turkey from the depths of my soul and I certainly don’t want to cook one myself, so I’ve started making a Mexican feast instead. I love my huge dinner of pork and veggie tamales, delicious enchiladas, fresh corn and flour tortillas, beans, rice, and roasted corn. Mmm… Now I’m hungry for Mexican!

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  658. Every year at Christmas, we make beef tenderloin wrapped in pastry with mushrooms and green onions. I know it’s Christmas when I come home and see a large tenderloin in the fridge.

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  663. My favorite holiday meal is Christmas Lunch/Dinner. It’s the day all our loved ones travel, by air, car for miles and miles to be together. We have a diverse menu along with the classics. This year Lechon(Roasted Pig), Roasted Duck, Ceasar Salad, Filipino and Chinese Dishes and many desserts. The best part we will all be together. This year in Sept/Oct we lost my mother in-law from battling cancer and my dad 9 days later from a massive heart attack.
    Mom cooked the turkey and all the children cooked all the other dishes. I personally love to cook, so I usually do a Pork Crown Roast, and a Prime Rib Roast. They will be missed.

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  664. Hands down my favorite dish is my dearly departed Southern Mom’s savory cornbread dressing with creamy sage gravy. The recipe continues because I make it now….tradition live on!

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  665. Every year my mother-in-law makes Swedish meatballs and a delicious lasagna. It’s so far from what I grew up with as a traditional Christmas dinner but I look forward to it every holiday season now!

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  666. My favorite holiday meal is tri-tip steak, with garlic mashed potatoes, and grilled asparagus. One of the best things about the holidays is that fact that I get to spend then with my family.
    I really enjoy your blog. You are such an inspiration to me. I love to cook!

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  669. My step-mother always makes roast beef tenderloin with lobster newburg for Christmas…I would have to say it’s my favorite meal of the year when I’m lucky enough to get to Maine for the holidays!

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  671. We start with cheese and crackers then finish with Oyster stew, while we watch It’s a Wonderful Life. But this year I am going to my boyfriends parents house, so I don’t what I will be doing this year.

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  673. My favorite meal includes Pasta Al Forno: my Nonna’s ragu sauce with beshmel and big penne noodles. All baked with as much cheese as the pan can handle. Add homemade bread and whatever else you want and you have the perfect Christmas eve dinner.

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  674. For Christmas Eve we do ‘dibby dabs’ or finger foods. Everyone brings one or two and we ‘snack’ the night away. Best things so far – homemade loaded potato skins, water chestnuts wrapped in bacon with scratch bbq sauce, and garbage bread!!! (imagine pizza with no sauce, rolled up and baked like a loaf of bread)

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  679. My favorite holiday meal is all the fattening things I never let myself eat: standing rib roast beef with a puffy Yorkshire pudding, au jus gravy, oven-baked potatoes and carrots, and my husband’s homemade salted sourdough cracked wheat bread with rosemary. (I’d serve it with a green salad to make up for it) and top it off with my grandmother’s cheesecake, which is really more like a dense cream cheese pie.

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  681. Anything my wonderful wife decides to cook! If I’m enjoying her cooking, it means we’re together, which doesn’t happen often enough.

    p.s. homemade mac and cheese and chocolate cake if you’re reading this 😉

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  684. My favorite meal for the holidays is: Turkey, Ham, cornbread stuffing, giblet gravy, purple hulled peas, buttered buscuits, and buttered buscuits. But it would not be complete without my momma’s icebox pie! She used to make 20 pies the day before Christmas for all of us (I am the youngest of ten.. she would make one for each of us and our significant others). They just don’t make them like her anymore.

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  685. Roasted leg of lamb, whipped potatoes, new peas, and pineapple upsidedown caked with whipped vanilla cream. It’s our traditional Yule feast. Mum males the cake from scratch, and it’s brilliant!

    Shade and Sweetwater,
    K

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  689. I love to eat ribs or steak on Christmas, with hash brown casserole and broccoli salad. I know it’s not traditional, but it’s becoming a tradition in my family!

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  690. Well, first I have to say a must-have for me is champagne. Ok, ok, sparkling wine. We often do a prime rib for Christmas, but I also love ham. Roasted asparagus, potatoes, and cherry pie!! Mmmmmm, cherry pie 😉

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  691. my favorite holiday meal is the dinner i have with my family on christmas eve. Because my dad is from Cuba, it is tradition to have a ‘noche buena’ feast the night before christmas. When i was younger we used to go to florida and eat with all of our extended family, full roasted pig and all. Now we continue the tradition in our house, and my mother and I share the cooking. We have plantain chips among other things set out for appetizers which are delicious i must say. For the meal we have roast pork shoulder with a garlic and lemon rub, morros (rice flavored with black beans and bacon), cuban bread (delicious fluffy white bread with a crispy crust), maduros (sweet fried plantains), and mojo ( an olive oil and garlic sauce with onions and lemon juice). For dessert we always bake a traditional flan (cuban custard dessert) which is the perfect ending to a great meal!

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  696. My favorite Holiday meal has always been our Breakfasts on Holidays. It always consisted of grapefruits sprinkled with sugar and as many caramel nut rolls as we wanted along with coffee or milk. It may sound strange but it was a celebration to a kid for sure and it never changed!

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  700. My Mom did that for us as well on Thanksgiving. This was my 2nd year without Mom and I managed to crank out my own pies using her recipes. They tasted like Mom’s but they sure didn’t look like hers.It sounds like we were lucky children.

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  705. Christmas Eve has always been the same a smorgasbord a tribute to my Norwegian Grandmother. Norwegian Meatballs, shrimp (instead of lutefisk)and rise en gringot- mmmm can’t wait!

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  707. Our favorite Christmas dinner usually consists of honey baked ham, scalloped potatoes with pepper bacon, deviled eggs, corn, olives, celery sticks/carrot sticks and then desert; pumpkin roll and cheesecake–yummmmmmm 😀

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  710. We always have prime rib and twice baked potatoes for our Christmas dinner with my brothers and their families. For our immediate family we have beef tenderloin! YUM!!!

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  712. My favorite part of our Christmas meal has got to be Yorkshire pudding. Except for last year when I made the second one (for leftover day of course) and may have quadrupled the flour needed….

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  715. My favorite part of the December holiday food fest is cinnamon rolls on Christmas morning. I usually make them one more time during the winter break. There is no other time of year when they taste so good!

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  717. Loved your oh-so-retro jello salad – it was an icon for the holidays of my youth! Thanks for the memories! Now a Christmas tradition is standing rib roast and buche de noel with champagne making the day festive!

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  719. Stuffing, stuffing, and more stuffing! Maybe some mashed potatoes too…hehe 🙂

    …and perhaps some roasted vegetables…

    …*sigh* just pass me the whole table, please!

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  721. My favorite holiday meal is Christmas Eve prime rib – seared quickly and then slow roasted. Served with mashed potatoes. Yum…Leftovers turned into beef stroganoff, so fantastic!

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  724. Any meal with family … especially if they contribute some of the cooking 🙂
    Seriously – the meal itself is irrelevant. The important part is dessert, and that should be Boston Cream Pie.

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  729. Our family has a tradition for Christmas Eve of buying, in Chinatown, live Dungeness crabs and cooking them ourselves. This year might include some nice Oregon wines.

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  740. A tradition in our family is lamb. YUMMM. I definitely look forward to our holiday lamb. And of course all those guilt filled carbs! Pasta, potatoes, bread.. I’m afraid to even look at the scale with all of the amazing holiday foods out there.

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  743. Our holiday meal most often includes prime rib, yorkshire pudding, roasted vegetables, horseradish cream…variety of cookies, and creme brulee if my husband has anything to say about it.

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  744. I like to keep it traditional. Turkey, scalloped corn, mashed potatoes, dressing and rolls. For dessert, pumpkin and apple pie. I love the smell of the Holidays.

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  745. Turkey for Thanksgiving.. unless I’m wiped it then we grill burgers!

    Christmas always changes.. some years I do a stir fry. Beef stroganoff is always popular. One year we were all sick and had grilled cheese and soup!

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  747. My favorite holiday meal is lasagna made by my Sicilian Grandfather and either ham or lemon chicken. For dessert this year I will probably try to make something on my own (with the help of noble pig).A food processor would definitely make it easier to make dough. I am currently using a blender! Happy Holidays! =)

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  752. Any kind of special breakfast! I made this layered, stuffed loaf one time. It had eggs, meat, mushroom, tomatoes, cheese, other stuff. Holy moly it was good, but I have lost the recipe 🙁

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  760. My absolute favorite holiday meal is at my Aunts for Christmas dinner. She makes Stuffed Shells with a garlic butter breadcrumb mixture in place of a red sauce along with prime rib. It is absolutely to die for! oh i am drooling with anticipation just typing this….

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  762. Well, our “big gathering” is a small Hannukah one, so I think I’m obliged to say latkes (with applesauce, of course).

    But, for the three years I was with my ex, I got to enjoy his father’s perfectly cooked filet mignon every Christmas. And, oh every other delicious food item a classically trained French chef can turn out. Boy, I miss Christmas dinners already!