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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nSo with that lengthy introduction, I present to you, our four day hosting Christmas menu!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Christmas Hosting Menu Day 1<\/h2>\n\n\n\n- Breakfast\/Lunch: N\/A. Everyone will be driving in.<\/li>
- Snacks: Thai Curry cashews*, Swiss cheese*, crackers, summer sausage*, olives, grapes<\/li>
- Dinner: Chicken Fajitas (because it’s a single meal that works for everyone<\/a>) with black beans, guacamole, and cheese dip (I hear the kind Costco carries is delicious).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Christmas Hosting Menu Day 2<\/h2>\n\n\n\n- Breakfast: Bagels with cream cheese, lox, capers, and red onion, eggs, strawberries, mandarins<\/li>
- Lunch: Quinoa salad<\/a>, mixed greens, ham and Swiss sandwiches, apples<\/li>
- Dinner: Seafood Gumbo* (David usually makes up his own recipe for this, but it’s based loosely off Emeril’s recipe<\/a>) over steamed rice with cornbread <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Christmas Hosting Menu Day 3: Christmas Eve<\/h2>\n\n\n\n- Breakfast: Bagels with cream cheese, lox, capers, and red onion, eggs, strawberries, mandarins<\/li>
- Lunch: Quinoa salad<\/a>, mixed greens, ham and Swiss sandwiches, apples<\/li>
- Afternoon\/Dinner: This is a typically a snacky meal for us as we spend this afternoon playing outside and playing games<\/em>: leftover gumbo (it makes a ton), Mexican dip<\/a>*, Swiss cheese*, summer sausage*, crackers, olives, Thai curry cashews*, veggies and Knorr dip*, chips and caramelized onion dip<\/a>*, Christmas cookies (that we’ll decorate using my go-to sugar cookie recipe<\/a>)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Christmas Hosting Menu Day 4: Christmas Day<\/h2>\n\n\n\n- Breakfast: French Toast Casserole<\/a>, Sausage and Egg Casserole<\/a>, Veggie and Egg Casserole<\/a>, mandarins, blueberries<\/li>
- Lunch: I’m cracking up because all I have written on my paper is Bloody Marys, but we’ll eat all the leftover foods, dips, snacks, etc<\/em><\/li>
- Dinner: Beef tenderloin* with orange horseradish sauce<\/a>*, Stathas family Christmas potatoes, buttery saut\u00e9ed mushrooms with herbs<\/a>, farro and arugula salad<\/a>, rolls, pecan pie<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
What is your favorite food tradition of the holiday season?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Days Until Christmas: 10<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Christmas Movies Watched: Home Alone, Home Alone 2, Home Alone 3, The Santa Clause, The Santa Clause 2, The Santa Clause 3, Just Friends (just me), The Polar Express, Elf, Miracle on 34th Street, Deck the Halls, Christmas Chronicles, Christmas Chronicles 2, Frosty the Snowman, Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Christmas Hosting Menu Day 2<\/h2>\n\n\n\n- Breakfast: Bagels with cream cheese, lox, capers, and red onion, eggs, strawberries, mandarins<\/li>
- Lunch: Quinoa salad<\/a>, mixed greens, ham and Swiss sandwiches, apples<\/li>
- Dinner: Seafood Gumbo* (David usually makes up his own recipe for this, but it’s based loosely off Emeril’s recipe<\/a>) over steamed rice with cornbread <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Christmas Hosting Menu Day 3: Christmas Eve<\/h2>\n\n\n\n- Breakfast: Bagels with cream cheese, lox, capers, and red onion, eggs, strawberries, mandarins<\/li>
- Lunch: Quinoa salad<\/a>, mixed greens, ham and Swiss sandwiches, apples<\/li>
- Afternoon\/Dinner: This is a typically a snacky meal for us as we spend this afternoon playing outside and playing games<\/em>: leftover gumbo (it makes a ton), Mexican dip<\/a>*, Swiss cheese*, summer sausage*, crackers, olives, Thai curry cashews*, veggies and Knorr dip*, chips and caramelized onion dip<\/a>*, Christmas cookies (that we’ll decorate using my go-to sugar cookie recipe<\/a>)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Christmas Hosting Menu Day 4: Christmas Day<\/h2>\n\n\n\n- Breakfast: French Toast Casserole<\/a>, Sausage and Egg Casserole<\/a>, Veggie and Egg Casserole<\/a>, mandarins, blueberries<\/li>
- Lunch: I’m cracking up because all I have written on my paper is Bloody Marys, but we’ll eat all the leftover foods, dips, snacks, etc<\/em><\/li>
- Dinner: Beef tenderloin* with orange horseradish sauce<\/a>*, Stathas family Christmas potatoes, buttery saut\u00e9ed mushrooms with herbs<\/a>, farro and arugula salad<\/a>, rolls, pecan pie<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
What is your favorite food tradition of the holiday season?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Days Until Christmas: 10<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Christmas Movies Watched: Home Alone, Home Alone 2, Home Alone 3, The Santa Clause, The Santa Clause 2, The Santa Clause 3, Just Friends (just me), The Polar Express, Elf, Miracle on 34th Street, Deck the Halls, Christmas Chronicles, Christmas Chronicles 2, Frosty the Snowman, Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Christmas Hosting Menu Day 3: Christmas Eve<\/h2>\n\n\n\n- Breakfast: Bagels with cream cheese, lox, capers, and red onion, eggs, strawberries, mandarins<\/li>
- Lunch: Quinoa salad<\/a>, mixed greens, ham and Swiss sandwiches, apples<\/li>
- Afternoon\/Dinner: This is a typically a snacky meal for us as we spend this afternoon playing outside and playing games<\/em>: leftover gumbo (it makes a ton), Mexican dip<\/a>*, Swiss cheese*, summer sausage*, crackers, olives, Thai curry cashews*, veggies and Knorr dip*, chips and caramelized onion dip<\/a>*, Christmas cookies (that we’ll decorate using my go-to sugar cookie recipe<\/a>)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Christmas Hosting Menu Day 4: Christmas Day<\/h2>\n\n\n\n- Breakfast: French Toast Casserole<\/a>, Sausage and Egg Casserole<\/a>, Veggie and Egg Casserole<\/a>, mandarins, blueberries<\/li>
- Lunch: I’m cracking up because all I have written on my paper is Bloody Marys, but we’ll eat all the leftover foods, dips, snacks, etc<\/em><\/li>
- Dinner: Beef tenderloin* with orange horseradish sauce<\/a>*, Stathas family Christmas potatoes, buttery saut\u00e9ed mushrooms with herbs<\/a>, farro and arugula salad<\/a>, rolls, pecan pie<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
What is your favorite food tradition of the holiday season?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Days Until Christmas: 10<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Christmas Movies Watched: Home Alone, Home Alone 2, Home Alone 3, The Santa Clause, The Santa Clause 2, The Santa Clause 3, Just Friends (just me), The Polar Express, Elf, Miracle on 34th Street, Deck the Halls, Christmas Chronicles, Christmas Chronicles 2, Frosty the Snowman, Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Christmas Hosting Menu Day 4: Christmas Day<\/h2>\n\n\n\n- Breakfast: French Toast Casserole<\/a>, Sausage and Egg Casserole<\/a>, Veggie and Egg Casserole<\/a>, mandarins, blueberries<\/li>
- Lunch: I’m cracking up because all I have written on my paper is Bloody Marys, but we’ll eat all the leftover foods, dips, snacks, etc<\/em><\/li>
- Dinner: Beef tenderloin* with orange horseradish sauce<\/a>*, Stathas family Christmas potatoes, buttery saut\u00e9ed mushrooms with herbs<\/a>, farro and arugula salad<\/a>, rolls, pecan pie<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
What is your favorite food tradition of the holiday season?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Days Until Christmas: 10<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Christmas Movies Watched: Home Alone, Home Alone 2, Home Alone 3, The Santa Clause, The Santa Clause 2, The Santa Clause 3, Just Friends (just me), The Polar Express, Elf, Miracle on 34th Street, Deck the Halls, Christmas Chronicles, Christmas Chronicles 2, Frosty the Snowman, Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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What is your favorite food tradition of the holiday season?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Days Until Christmas: 10<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Christmas Movies Watched: Home Alone, Home Alone 2, Home Alone 3, The Santa Clause, The Santa Clause 2, The Santa Clause 3, Just Friends (just me), The Polar Express, Elf, Miracle on 34th Street, Deck the Halls, Christmas Chronicles, Christmas Chronicles 2, Frosty the Snowman, Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I love hosting Christmas and incorporating everyone’s favorite foods over the special few days we have together. Here’s what we’re serving this…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":54038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1746,2243],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60008"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60008"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60013,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60008\/revisions\/60013"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}