Our son, Noah, plays on the worship team at church. He'll be playing at both the Christmas Eve {Saturday} and Christmas Day {Sunday} services this year. So, we've had to tweak our weekend a little bit.
We're actually doing our Christmas Day morning festivities on Christmas Eve {Saturday}. So, I'll make breakfast, we'll open our presents and enjoy a relaxing day. We'll have Christmas Eve dinner mid-afternoon so there'll be plenty of time for us all to get to church.
Christmas Day, Scott will take Noah to be to church early for practice, and then we'll {my mom, Sarah and I} will follow. So, there won't be time for a nice, big breakfast. Everyone will basically fend for themselves. We'll have Christmas Day dinner mid-afternoon after my sister and her family arrive. I'm looking forward to having dinner early and then spending the rest of the day opening presents, enjoying each other's company and having dessert.
Here's what will be on the menu on Saturday and Sunday! I'm really happy with what I've come up with. I hope everything turns out great, and that everyone likes what's being served.
Merry Christmas to you all!!
Christmas Eve
Breakfast
Frittata {I always make a breakfast casserole for Christmas morning. It has bread, eggs, breakfast sausage, cheese, milk and butter in it. Yeah...that's not happening this year. As I was trying to think of something similar I could do, a quiche came to mind. However, they're not very healthy, and the healthier ones I didn't really like what was out there. So, I thought some more, and a frittata came to mind. I found this great source on making frittats here: http://www.epicurious.com/expert-advice/ultimate-easy-frittata-recipe-article. I'm planning on making it with green & red peppers, onions, tomatoes and mushrooms...and no cheese. I'll use coconut oil in place of the oil and rice milk.}
Fruit {apples, oranges, pears, grapes}
Beverages {lemon water, green or herbal tea, orange juice and coffee [the last two for my family]}
Dinner
Italian Style Flounder: {I made this recipe last week, and my family loved it. I thought it would make a great addition to our traditional Italian Christmas Eve. Here's the recipe: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/42931/italian-style-flounder/. I will use coconut oil in place of the butter.}
15-Minute Skinny Shrimp Scampi: {I always make a shrimp scampi but the recipe is not very healthy. I came across this healthier version: http://www.gimmesomeoven.com/15-minute-skinny-shrimp-scampi-recipe/. I will use coconut oil in place of the butter.}
Green Beans {Steamed and seasoned with salt, pepper and garlic powder. Everyone can add margarine or butter, if they like. I usually add a squeeze of lemon to mine.}
Brown Rice {I have organic long grain brown rice. It cooks beautifully in our rice cooker!}
Beverages {lemon water & green or herbal tea}
Christmas Day
Dinner
Baked Ham {I bought a Smithfield in-bone spiral ham. I will omit the glaze that comes in the package.}
My Mom's Antipasto Salad {This salad is a meal in itself. My mom made this for every holiday we had. I tweaked it a little bit...but not much. I'll be putting the following in the salad: spring mix lettuce [mom used romaine, curly chicory and red leaf lettuces...I'm going with the spring mix for ease...it's cut down, washed and ready to go.], carrots [I found a bag of shredded...another bonus!], radishes [I found a package match sticks cut...nice!], tomatoes [I'll use grape tomatoes], cucumbers, celery, red onion, roasted red peppers, chickpeas, black olives, pepperoni and provolone. Mom also put in red cabbage, I'm omitting that. I'm not planning on eating the pepperoni and provolone, but will savor the rest of this gorgeous salad!}
Garlicky Roasted Broccoli {I wanted a different type of vegetable than just steamed or boiled. I found this recipe at http://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-garlicky-roasted-broccoli-quick-side-dish-recipes-from-the-kitchn-199310. It looks amazing, and I can make it ahead and just warm it up when we're ready for it.}
Brown Rice
Beverages {lemon water, green or herbal tea, sparkling white grape juice and Juicy Juice fruit punch [the last two for my family]}
Dessert
Fruit {apples, oranges, pears, grapes}
Coconut Brownies {I wanted to have some sort of dessert that didn't seem "healthy". My nutrionist's assistant told me that if there was something I wanted but it wasn't close to the plan, I could have a little bit of it and just savor it. So, that's what I'm going to do with this. I have to always watch when I'm baking to make sure the recipe doesn't have dairy or nuts in it because my kids have allergies to them. I don't even remember how I came across this recipe, but when I saw it it sounded really good to me. Here's the recipe: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/234882/gluten-free-dairy-free-coconut-brownies/?internalSource=hub%20recipe&referringContentType=search%20results&clickId=cardslot%2016}
Sugar Cookies {Sarah and I baked them from a dairy-free, nut-free mix. She rolled them in red and green sprinkles. So cute!}
Beverages {lemon water, green or herbal tea, coffee and hot chocolate [the last two for my family]}
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