::sigh:: I'm torn.....
I made a Lobster bisque 2 years in a row.
Or... should I say I put my poor BIL in charge of the all day process then we all ate 2 servings and couldn't touch the rest of the meal
Shunned.... I can picture you pecking people on the head saying "clean here... now clean here" like that one ghost from the movie SCROOGED. I think I do that too sometimes too and it's not the way I want to remember Christmas.
We were sooooo full after the bisque.... nobody ate anything else.
So.... Shunned, we bought the Costco Lobster Bisque last year... gonna make it easier on everyone and serve less, right?
Not the same and I struggle between simplifying and obsessing.......
Can you guys please share your ideas of the most simple, well loved holiday menus? I never know what Costco does well and what they don't but I don't want to find out at Christmas Dinner.
I was thinking I HAD to have the difficult bisque but..... I don't.... not really. ::trying to give up desire for homeade bisque::
So..... a very simple main dish for me is tenderloin cooked 10 minutes per lb for rare, lowest rack of the oven, 425 degrees.
Chambord sauce on the side. Everyone says no to the sauce,at first, then I end up having to run back into the kitchen and throw together a batch in 5 minutes that approximates the hour long batch. Might as well just make two batches to begin with I guess.
Hmmmm..... if I skip the soup, and I really should: / I'll have a little salad with frise greens, a slice of pate and a light drizzle of ranch dressing.... I had this in Paris once.... love it though it sounds a bit icky. Seedless raspberry preserves on the side for those want it. Mmm.
OK.... salad, roast of beast, I could make a yummy potato dish with celery root and a side of carmelized mushrooms... with onions or no?
OH OH... I once had a blue chic pea dish with lots of butter, salt and tiny chopped carrots and celery sauteed together with a bit of chicken stock. SOOOO nice and easy. Can't find the colored chic peas but that won't matter.
Has anyone ever made one of those yule log thingys.... I've got Martha pics on that too but...... can't wrap my mind around it.
Eh.... I'm going to order one and some of those little chocolate and plain coissants from William Sonoma.... the only thing about those is you have to take them out a day before you want to cook them and not burn them

I want new ideas of stuff to cook that's yummy and simple!
I want the Martha Steward Christmas I just don't want to give up all the things you have to give up to get it!
Torn and really jonesing for the bisque! Warm crusty french bread on the side with salty european butter.......
Going to come up with something better this year.
really....
who has easy wonderful ideas?
Day long recipes are just too too much..... Shunned.... I bet those cookies are going to be special.
Me? I'm wishing I could order plain soft sugar cookies and let the kids ice them.
I'm
not a happy baker. Too much science and exact measurements involved.
I have a terrific seafood soup (cream and champagne based) if anyone thinks they want to reduce this, add something else then reduce again and again. Very special and doesn't take all day. Can use it as a sauce over pasta too.... but so nice as a soup.
Maybe I'll make that one this year..... instead of the bisque.