My friend Cupcake Julie had her Christmas party this past weekend.
You may remember her gorgeous sugar-themed decorations.
Stuff like this.
(Here’s the post from last year if you want to see visions of sugar plums dancing in your head for the next few days. Make sure you check out the kids play bakery, too. It’s incredible.)
It’s hard to imagine, but this year was even more beautiful than last.
Colonel Cupcake was there again this year.
And so was this guy.
And this one.
And this little one. These guys were all over the place.
You may also remember seeing them from the Toronto Book Signing Post.
Teatro Verde is the only store I’ve actually seen them sold in. It made me happy to see them on display.
Anyway, I love ’em. So festive and sweet.
As a surprise for Julie, I made a few cake pops inspired by them to bring to the party.
Wanna see?
Cupcake Nutcracker guys.
She squealed. I smiled.
They’re double decker cake pops, too. Tricky and a little over the top, but I couldn’t resist.
I also made some Christmas Tree cake pops.
Much easier. But instead of doing them in green, I kept them in her holiday color scheme.
I really like them like this.
Speaking of trees, Julie’s party decorations this year also included two new ones.
This cheerful pink one covered in snowmen.
And this whimsical upside down tree.
Amazing, huh.
But that’s Julie.
Here’s her dessert table. Filled with tons of treats.
Cookies and candy.
Cake Pops, of course.
Mini cupcakes from Crumb in New York.
Macarons and much, much more.
Completely lovely. I wish you could have been there with me.
But since you weren’t … how about a couple of cute guys to keep you company?
I just so happen to know of two that are about ten inches tall.
I thought I’d part with these to share them with one of you.
Enter for a chance to win these two sweet soldiers.
- Simply leave a comment on this post and tell me your favorite thing to eat on Christmas. Real food this time. Something non-sweet. I was on sugar overload this weekend and I need some ideas. I know you guys will have some great ones.
- Deadline to enter is Tuesday, December 21 at 7:00 pm ET. TIME’S UP. Winner announced below.
- One winner will be chosen at random and announced sometime Tuesday evening.
P.S. – If you know another store that sells them too, I’d love to hear.
Good Luck!
And the winner is………
YAY Amanda V! Hope you will enjoy them.
I am so inspired by all of your great ideas!
My mom’s homemade noodles and mashed potatoes. It is an old family recipe. The kind that isn’t written down anywhere, they just know how to make them. Best noodles I’ve ever eaten!
My favorite thing to eat at Christmas time (besides dessert – even though that’s always the best thing) is my mom’s meatballs. She makes them with Montgomery Inn (a local resturant here in Cincinnati) barbeque sauce and they are wonderful & its the only time of year I get them. Just thinking about them now makes me hungry
I like a good ham, with pineapple-mago glaze, it is amazing.
Oh, I forgot to say top everything off with a Ice Tea w lemons.
I love eating the honey baked ham my mom serves every year!
Try a some cornbread dressing with cranberry sauce and baked hen that was cooked in the dressing!! Delicious. Also my daddy does the best smoked Boston Butt. So good and tender with rolls. A good southern meal never fails.
Turkey, turkey and more turkey!!
I LOVE to eat my grandma’s Iraqi “Bet and Jon”. I don’t know if the spelling is correct, but that’s what it sounds like. It is kind of like a casserole made from chunks of beef, fried slices of eggplant, tomato puree, salt, pepper, and rosewater. It is served over rice (with saffron and/or rosewater). So YUMMY!!!!!
My family is korean so we have a korean feast for Christmas dinner. My favorite is a dish called Haemul Pajun. It’s a seafood dish.. direct translation would be “seafood pancake”… it’s a lot better than it sounds! It’s almost like crabcakes but made with a little more batter.
Merry Christmas! I love the White Christmas tree cake pops :)
We have a brunch on christmas morning after opening stockings and my favorite non-sweet food is the honey-baked ham with mini parker house rolls!!!
Tamales are our Christmas traditional food! Making them with my grandmother, mom, aunt and cousin has always been such an amazing memory! And my daughters now have even started in on the tradition.
LOVE Mashed Potatoes! YUMMY
So looking forward to Prime Rib this Christmas! YUMMERS!
My favorite is the bourban glazed ham I make every year! Soooo yummy!!! And it always looks so elegant even though it’s super easy to make! I love Christmas food!
Beef Tenderloin with Creamy Horseradish sauce ! Yummy !
My favorite meal around Christmas time is my grandmother’s manicotti on Christmas Eve. Mmm, the best!
Beef Tenderloin – prepared the exact same way by my grandmother, aunt, and mom for over 25 years! Check out the directions on my blog:
http://bethslifeinmemphis.blogspot.com/2010/12/12-days-of-christmas-blog-challenge-day.html
delicious!
My favorite holiday food is meat pie. My grandmother used to make it, just like her mom — who was French Canadian — made it back in the day. I’ve since learned it’s also called tortiere.
We make choppiono every christmas eve and I love it! I don’t make it often through out the year so I can savor it on this special night.
My mom makes this amazing standing rib roast with my grandmother’s “company carrots” (which is carrots with horserattish) and it’s to die for! Yummy yum!
Favorite dish for Christmas? Chicken and sausage gumbo with brown rice!
After a wonderful Ham dinner, I love the gingerbread people and sponge candy! Yummy combo!
Love the photos, thanks for including us. those cake pops are so darling! We need more sparkly decorations here..hope to win!
have a wonderful holiday season!!
Amy
My favorite holiday food is everything dessert! Pecan Pie, Cheesecake, and of course, frosted cookies! YUM!! :-)
I love my Grandma’s chocolate gravy. I know you said non-sweet, but this is my favorite christmas thing to eat. I can’t wait for Christmas morning to go get some.
Christmas just isn’t the same without Grandma’s old fashioned fruitcake. It is so filled with fruit that no one has ever complained about it.
PS: After seeing the cute party pictures of the trees and treats, I am getting ready to decorate and bake some treats. Thanks.
My savory Christmas favorite is tamales. I love the sweet ones, like how my grandmother used to make. But I also love the shredded pork in red sauce…I like mine with some more sauce poured over the open tamale in the husk. Sooo good. And the rajas con queso (chili slices with cheese) are also amazing.
I love breakfast casserole with bacon and swiss. So yummy!
I come from and live in Sweden so we’re going to have a traditional smörgåsbord with lots of different foods; meatballs, sausages, many types of cabbages, brown beans, pickled herring, salmon, Janssons frestelse, ribs and off course the christmas ham! My favourite is the mushroom omelette or the brussels sprout :)
Love my mom’s Mid-Morning Souffle… and this year I am going to try and make it for my family… since we will not be with my parents this year.
That is so amazing and beautiful, I wish I could have been with you as well! My favorite food to eat on Christmas is baked french toast that we eat at out family Christmas brunch after we open presents!
Breakfast Casserole! Mom always has it cooking while we are opening presents from Santa! It smells so delicious by the time we are done opening presents! Yum!!!
My grandmother’s homemade rolls!
My favorite Christmas dish would have to be the baked clams we have for appetizers. Really cute soldiers!
Bakerella –
Good afternoon. I love to eat Ina’s herb roasted turkey breast.
We always have lamb for our CHRISTmas dinner. it is so yummy!
I would have to say turkey or smoked turkey!
My favorite are mashed potatoes! Homemade of course!!! Merry Christmas! xo
I am simple and boring, but I love ham!
I got my dad on brussel sprouts and my cream cheese sauce. all you do it make a sauce out of a stick of cream cheese and milk with salt and pepper. boil fresh brussels until soft then drop into a casserole dish with the sauce (that should cover them) a few pads of butter and some bread crumbs. loooove this!
That Christmas party is AMAZING!!!!! I can’t believe someone can turn their home into something that magical!!! I’m not sure if I should show my kids these pictures or not, they may expect me to give it a try! lol! :) My favorite non-sugar item at Christmas time is shrimp cocktail, ice cold, of course! We always had “appetizers only” on Christmas Eve and I could not wait for the shrimp!!! It was always such a treat! :)
p.s. your cake pops are UNBELIEVEABLE!!!!!!!! Made my first batch this weekend, they look nothing like yours! lol! ;)
Every year we make posole and homemade tortillas on Christmas Eve, and then on Christmas day we eat a large brunch.
My favorite old-school treat that my Gram used to make: Dates stuffed with peanut butter and rolled in sugar. I know that’s sweet stuff, but there’s protein in it!
I make Christmas Pasta every year. It’s a Rachael Ray recipe that is so good. Super meaty pasta sauce, so tasty!
on christmas morning we always, always have biscuits w/ egg gravy !! delish!
Candied Carrots… little bit of brown sugar and butter in a pan… YUM
Homemade hot rolls!
shrimp cocktail and cheese ball
Deviled eggs…I know you can have them all year long, but for some reason we only have them at the holidays.
I have re-done my ENTIRE tree this year because of cupcake JULIE and your posts about her! Love seeing her house!
My favorite thing to eat this time of year is APPETIZERS! Love ’em! Eat them all Christmas! And bacon! I treat myself to bacon one morning a year…the 25th!
My favorite thing to eat is yorkshire pudding which is like popovers in a pan.
This local church sells these delicious cheese balls. They are just so good. I could eat a whole one all by myself in one sitting. I saw one in my mother-in-law’s fridge yesterday. I am so excited to have it for Christmas! :)
Our family favorite is prime rib with madiera sauce and herbed yorkshire pudding. (I love the smell of the sauce as it simmers on the stove and could eat the whole pot with a couple of the popovers if no one was watching…)
My favorite non-sweet thing to eat on Christmas Day is brisket with rice and beans. My mother-in-law is an amazing cook!
My Favorite thing to eat at Christmas is Pirogies! It’s a newer tradition to me, it comes from my husbands VERY polish family so I married into, but I LOVE them!! We live hours away from family so I make the recipe that was handed down to his mother by his great grandma, they are delicious!
Let me first start off saying your Reader version of your posts is AWESOME! And I also love that your site is mobile friendly! Now I can never miss a beat! :) These guys are sooooo cute! My favorite Christmas dish would be delicious Roast Ham! We never have ham all year and just recently has it become our family’s traditional main dish. Have a Merry Christmas!
I’m italian and on christmas we have homemade lasagna, it’s amazing!
Deep fried turkey mmmmmmmm Christmas is the best time of year for all food!!
Christmas eve my whole family (siblings, spouses and kids) gets together for homemade clam chowder made by our dear old dad. It’s always delicious and something we all look forward to.
I love the yams. And of course all the sides. Really. My fav. dessert would be pecan pie. Yum!
my favorite on christmas is our prime rib we always have….mmmm it is soooo good!
My absolute favorite dish at Christmas is my aunt’s famous Velveeta Cheese Potatoes. It’s such a simple recipe, and what a great dish! Diced potatoes w/ Velveeta cheese, onions and maybe some garlic – pop it in the oven for a bit and VOILA!! It’s one of the most amazing potato casseroles ever! I hope I get to indulge this week!
I’m Cajun, so I’d have to say GUMBO!!
Honey Baked Ham!!! YUM!!!
Non-sweet? But I love cinnamon rolls on Christmas morning. However, the bacon-wrapped water chestnuts are pretty irresistible too.
Well, traditionally, our family eats fish for Christmas, but since I only like fish when they’re in an aquarium, my sister makes Christmas-bentos for me, with rice or other things shaped as fish 8D Always tastes awesome ?
And my grandma makes Yorkshire Pudding because my uncle, who’s British, gave her the recipe…I don’t think that she likes Yorkshire Pudding very much, but I love it :D
Wow! I’m impressed!
Pecan pie is my fav!
Christmas Eve is big with my Italian husband’s family…must have fish and of course, some sort of macaroni dish. So much food and so yummy!
This is just AMAZING! You must SO look forward to this every year :)
At holiday time I look forward to a citrus roast turkey and garlic fused mashed potatos! Mmmm!!
We love Honeybaked ham. I don’t know what makes them so delicious, but it’s just not Christmas without it!
My favorite thing to eat on Christmas is codfish with grilled potatoes and chickpeas. Sounds very simple (well, it is), but it’s absolutely delicious with a drop of good olive oil and the right wine. It’s what Portuguese traditionally eat for Christmas.
Barbecued tri-tip, scalloped potatoes, and roasted brussel sprouts! A pleasant departure from all of the turkey and ham we consumed at Thanksgiving! ?
cheese log and crackers is my go to when I am full of sugar but want to nibble on something!
This past Saturday was our extended family Norsk Christmas. Kumla, potatoe dumpling stuffed with suet and sausage…gotta love Mor Mor and her traditions!
I love to eat a freshly made pancake breakfast after/during opening presents. Yum!
AH-Mazing! Utterly! It really does make my head spin to see such wonderful decorations (sweets) and I am definitely having more than sugar plums dancing in my noggin’!! Only you could bring something to such a celebration and have it stand out amongst such wonders. Your cake pops – soldiers are exquisite, and the Christmas trees are so dear. I feel a bit inadequate – lol, but what FUN!! Thank you for sharing!!
I love brie wrapped in filo for Christmas — and baked to a golden creaminess…add atop/tucked in some home-made cranberry relish/toasted pecans — yum!!
Best Wishes for a most delightful, blessed, Merry Christmas!!
I love the little hor dourves that come with holiday parties. They’re some of my favorites! Scallops wrapped in bacon, crab dip stuff cucumbers, jalapeno popper dip, antipasto platters! Yummy!
I’m on Sugar overload also! I loved my Mom’s Zucchini Casserole. Now that she is gone my sister makes it.
Christmas brunch is the highlight of my Christmas Day……egg casseroles are my favorite!
Something non sweet? Yikes! lol! I’ll go with homemade buns/bread. Smells and tastes too good!
My favorite thing to eat on Christmas is definitely the dumplings my aunt makes. They’re even more delicious when chewing through laughter, surrounded by the people I love.
I can’t wait for corn fritters! : )
I have to echo many of the folks here and say prime rib. With caesars salad and baked potatoes. simple.
my favorite food to eat on Christmas would be my grandmother
soup posole . it is sooo good .
My favourite food to eat at Christmas is my Mum’s slow roasted pork belly – it’s melt in your mouth delicious with super crispy crackling on the side! :) Yum!!!
i love all the pretty colors
aside from the usual Christmas Turkey dinner, Christmas meals to me mean having pizza Christmas eve (we used to always go to Mother’s Resteraunt or Pizza Hut as kids, now it just the local pizza shop). Christmas morning as kids ment our favorite sugar cereal (which we only ever bought at Christmas) as we got older it was bacon and egg Mcmuffins made by our dad.
It might not be fancy but now with my own kids it just doesn’t seem right not to do the same.
My mom makes orange rolls for Christmas breakfast.
Deviled eggs!!! My favorite before dinner app.
Blueberry pancakes and chicken apple sausage for breakfast. That was Christmas breakfast every year growing up and I love it!
London Broil! My Dad makes the best and it’s such a nice change from turkey.
spiral ham.. yum!!
This is a wonderfully colorful and “sweet” post! Loved it! My favorite thing to eat on Christmas is the turkey. It comes with so many memories of family holidays past; love, laughter; cats sneaking up and eating turkey – both cooked and raw!!!
Yummy Honey ham with cloves imbedded into the groves…. Is my favorite!!!!
I always look forward to breakfast on Christmas morning!
Creme brulee French toast! It’s what’s for breakfast with a mimosa- yummy!
And you should check out Hallmark for some of their baking-inspired ornaments this year!
So cute! I love love love these soldiers. My favorite Christmas dinner would have to be paella with seafood. YUM!
My mom usually makes a bunch of lasagna, salad, and bread – yummy!
Creamed corn with green chilies. It’s my grandmother’s recipe and now that she has passed away, I continue to make her recipe for every family occasion.
We have lasagna on Christmas! My family is always tired of turkey and the “traditional” holidays meals by the time Christmas gets here!!!
I absolutely love my mother’s green bean casserole for Christmas. While I know it’s similar to what others have it’s something I always look forward to. I do miss the ham (my sister is allergic) but wouldn’t miss celebrating with her for anything.
We have Christmas breakfast and I can’t wait for some country ham and gravy and also grits. Thanks.
Anything sweet! Especially fudge!
Parker House Rolls!
Since there are only a few of us for dinner on Christmas day we have filet mignon. Hmmm!
turkey and sage and onion stuffing are the best two things, especially the brown meat from the turkey leftover in a sandwich with gravy yummm! cute decorations and figurines! and cake pops of course :D
My favorite thing to eat at Christmas is my Grandma’s homemade rolls!!
I LOVE Christmas dinner!
Red cabbage cooked in brown sugar. My favorite!
My favorite is lamb shish kababs .Yum Yum.
Turkey! I haven’t had it on Christmas for awhile and am looking forward to it this year!
I have a few :) Love prime rib with whole garlic cloves inserted and rock salt making a crust.. keeps the meat moist and top it off with horseradish – yum! We also experiment with different types of tamales – from traditional red chili pork to sweet ones filled with raisins and pecans. Thanks for the beautiful pictures!!
My very own mashed potato casserole.
i Have tried to decorate like her but nothing close!
my dad always makes this amazing sausage gravy w/ buscuits for breakfast! YUM.
We have a tradition in my family to have a “Danish” Christmas Eve (since we’re part Danish). It’s not totally Danish, but we LOVE these caramel potatoes and Danish rice pudding! Check out the recipes on our blog!
http://lindstewfoodies.blogspot.com/search?q=danish
Definitely sweet potatoes. They’re so sweet they’re practically dessert, but I count them as “real food” since they’re eaten with dinner.
New Year’s Day we eat some of my favorite foods- Pork and Sauerkraut at my parents and pig’s stomach at my in-laws!
Julie’s decor is to die for!!! i love to see houses that go all out for the holidays =) my favorite thing on christmas dinner is the prime rib, we started this tradition last year since we were turkey-d out from thanksgiving and it was a major hit =)
Brisket – smoked – dripping in its own juice and piled high on a toasted hoagie bun … YUMMMMM!!!
I love standing rib roast on Christmas. I use Paula Deen’s recipe where you turn on the oven, put the roast in and turn off the oven! Its perfect everytime.
Turkey. Traditional and yummy!
Our family does a Christmas breakfast…that I’m honestly not a fan of. The only thing I like to eat are these frozen fruit cups that my aunt makes. They are delish…and I eat them all day long.
My favorite Christmas food is my moms orange rolls. They are the best. But I love the holidays because we make chiletes. They are fantastic, but too time consuming to make year round.
We have a tradition of lasagna on Christmas Day that began when the kids were small and the Mom (me !) was on overload. I would prepare the lasagna whenever I could the 23rd, and then on Christmas I could just pop it in the oven, and plop my feet up ! Salad in a bag, frozen garlic bread, and GOOD TO GO !
I love the twice baked potatoes we have on Christmas night. Full of sour cream, butter, cheddar cheese and of course, bacon sprinkled on top. Delicious!
Homemade chicken and noodles and broccoli rice casserole! YUM!
nothing says holidays like a good lobster :)
Hey Bakerella,
I m living in Germany, and I love to eat on Christmas: Ente und als Nachtisch Christstollen.
Translation: Dug and sth. sweet – Christmasstollen
Love Gloria
i love the MEAT…either ham or turkey!!
Christmas morning we have breakfast at grandmas house! Homemade WAFFLES!!! Delicious. That’s my favorite thing to eat of Christmas day.
Every Christmas eve, we’d gather at my paternal grandmother’s house for a traditional Norwegian smorgasbord, centered around Norwegian meatballs (similar to Swedish meatballs but no cream is added to the meat sauce) and homemade bread with gouda cheese. Grandma has been gone for several years now, but I’m trying to keep the tradition alive.
I love the appetizer spread my mom and aunt put out for Christmas eve. Mini pizzas, mini hotdogs, warm chicken queso dip, cheese, shrimp… there is something for everyone!
Happy Holidays!!
Well, I love ham. Love love love it. It’s a tradition in my country and in our family, too. I know it might sound boring, but we eat it with carrot casserole, potato soufflé, liver casserole, rutabaga casserole and all sorts of delicious stuff… Ahh I can’t wait for Christmas!
Those guys are absolutely adorable. We have nutcracker-decorations we hang in our Christmas tree, those would go great with them.
cookies…yum!
We enjoy making and eating homemade Chex Party mix during the holidays.
It’s hard to have a favorite that isn’t sweet but I guess it would be “Green Bean Bundles” green beans wrapped in bacon…Yum!
I love the appetizers – spicy shrimp, shrimp cocktail, shrimp wrapped in bacon. Yum!
Every Christmas is different, but usually my mom’s bbq beef is served with Grandma’s scalloped potatoes sometime during the holidays.
I love lumpy mashed potatoes and gravy:)
My favorite thing to eat at christmas is fudge and these little appetizers that my sister-in-law makes, which are bacon wrapped dates. yum central!
amazing decorations and even cuter photos! We keep it simple on Christmas so we can pig out on the goodies, we love to eat Pizza on Christmas!
Merry Christmas Bakerella!
Hmm… I just love baked ham on Christmas with ofcourse mashed potatoes! It is the best and just not christmas without it.
The food item I look forward to every year is my Dad’s yorkshire pudding! It is heaven in my mouth, it would not be Christmas without it!
My favorite thing to eat (and make, for that matter) is my mom’s homemade rolls! DIVINE! We always have a smaller version of Thanksgiving dinner for Christmas. Although I’ve been wanting to do ribs…maybe I’ll satisfy that craving for New Year’s :)
I love your site and am hoping Santa got the memo to send me your book ;)
Merry Christmas!!
We like to do finger foods on Christmas Eve, which is when my family has the big present-opening event. The stuffed mushrooms my sister-in-law makes are divine!
Homemade noodles and mashed potatoes are a must at every holiday dinner here!
We do brunch at my in-law’s on Christmas Day every year. The breakfast casseroles are my favorite.
My favorite is my gradmother’s roast beef. It’s just a simple roast, but it’s first rubbed with butter, then seared, and then cooked on top of the stove for hours. Something about the butter just gives it CRAZY good flavor!!
My favorite thing to eat on Christmas is some sort of baked pasta dish with homemade sauce- baked ziti, lasagna, manicotti, stuffed shells. It does not matter, as long as my mother makes her sauce and puts plenty of cheese on top.
Home made croissants. Maybe we’ll tuck in a little Nutella as a treat.
I am in love with those decorations.. how cute!?!
One of the things I look forward to at Christmas is my mom’s baked stuffed shrimp. They’re so good!!!
Buffalo Chicken Wing Dip
Oh! You made these nutcracker pops for my son, Ian whose birthday is on Christmas Eve, didn’t you? I knew you were sweet… but this proves it! ; ) I would LOVE to win one for him (he collects them)!
For Christmas we eat….
Beef en croute (beef tenderloin wrapped in puff pastry with a walnut cilantro filling), Yorkshire puddings, twice baked potatoes, brandied mushrooms, roasted Brussels sprouts … oh, so good! Its all soooo yummy!
Merry Christmas, Angie!
Hope you have a wonderful day!
Angela W.
angelagwillis@comcast.net
Kinda weird I know but….egg rolls!
my favorite dish to eat is the pie…apple,pumpkin,cherry..yummm!
My favorite thing to eat on Christmas would most likely be my moms homemade quiche.
OMG! That is the SWEETEST bunch of trees and nutcrackers I’ve ever seen! I live just north of TO buy have never (yet) been to Teatro Verde. My daughter would squeel with glee if she were to see these nutcrackers – they would totally fit into her pink room :)
December 20, 2010 03:04 PM
OMG! That is the SWEETEST bunch of trees and nutcrackers I’ve ever seen! I live just north of TO buy have never (yet) been to Teatro Verde. My daughter would squeel with glee if she were to see these nutcrackers – they would totally fit into her pink room :)
Well, since I’m home from college its just nice to have a home cooked meal from my mom, no matter what it is. She is an excellent cook…I especially love her twice baked potatoes, no matter how hard I try they never taste quite the same as hers!
Oranges. We get huge boxes of them around Christmas and eat them all through the winter.
Holy cow! What an incredible party….love the attention to detail.
We always make a “tuna tree” appetizer before dinner – basically tuna, cream cheese and seasonings – formed into a tree shape and decorated with cherry tomato “ornaments” and parsley “garland”. It tastes like Christmas on a cracker in my mind.
I love it all. Sweet Potatoes, Rolls, Potato salad and my new cranberry relish I make. I am really hungry thinking about it. I would love to add those cute cupcake guys to my table.
I love eating a Swedish dessert called “Ostakaka”
One of my favs is a garlic-pecan cheese roll. It’s rolled in chili powder and very tasty. My most favorite part of it is that it’s my Grandpa’s recipe and a family tradition.
my favorite dish on christmas eve is fish, we have a great calamari, shrimp salad with lemon juice and spices so yummy!!
I love my Grandmothers green beans with swiss cheese sauce. It is cheesy, creamy and way better than the other kind of green bean casserole out there!
Christmas dinner usually has ham, but along with the ham is an amazing corn casserole…complete with corn, saltines, evap.milk…delish!
Turkey is always good! My daughter-in-law cooked a smoked turkey for Thanksgiving that was lovely! Spiral sliced ham is another big favorite, especially with my husband and sons. La, La La La Love leftovers!!!
Ohhhhhhh…don’t laugh…asparagus- lightly poached and then drizzled in a lemon and oil vinaigrette!
Definitely a steaming hot bowl of chili, with sour cream, cheese and lot of crackers! Yum! This sounds so good I might have some today too! Thanks Bakerella!
my favorite thing to eat on christmas is lots of fried ham sandwiches on toast with mayo, cheese, lettuce and tomato!
We always eat fondue when we celebrate Christmas with my immediate family. I look forward to it all year – we just did it last night, and it was so good and so much fun!
I love to eat ham, sliced very thin. It’s my favorite.
Turkey is the perfect Christmas dish, hands down.
Non-sweet?! I’ve never heard of such a thing :P
It’s been a family tradition to cook up a ton of fun, homemade pizzas on Christmas Eve and to enjoy all the leftovers on Christmas day !
Appitizer’s, yummy, buffalo chicken dip!
Mom’s potato puff casserole with gravy on top. I can’t wait.
These sparkly nutcrackers are AWESOME!
Twice baked potatoes… we have them every year with our Christmas meal.
On christmas eve we make a turkey. My favorite thing to do it make a turkey pot pie with left over turkey on christmas day. Such a good comfort food.
I love “Those Potatos” – shredded potatos, sour cream, green onions . . . yum!!
I love to eat deviled eggs and celery with cream cheese/mayo filling.
My dad makes delicious bread. It’s my grandmother’s recipe. It’s simple, but wonderful. Plus, he only makes it on special occasions, so I look forward to eating it!
Cheesy potato casserole and turkey!
It’s not a tradition or anything, but I love enchiladas and they’re a very wintry food to me. Lots of red sauce, green cilantro and white sour cream. Yum! Merry Christmas!
My family is very…mixed, for lack of a better word and for Christmas Eve we all go to Grandma’s house. My half-sister’s step-mom (there’s the weird mixed-ness) makes this amazing cornbread pudding thing and I look forward to it every year!
I love to eat it all. Desserts (either pecan pie or homemade caramels) are my favorite though.
These little guys are so cute! I love them! My favorite holiday food is green beans and bacon! Yum!
Turkey, ham, baked beans and mac and cheese. With shrimp cocktail and pigs in a blanket to start. :)
CHILI.
My most favorite thing, left over cookies for breakfast!
Oops, forgot the “favorite” Christmas food. Every year we eat crab cakes on Christmas Eve. Started when we lived in Virginia, and have made them in Israel, Kuwait, Maryland…different kinds of crab, sometimes VERY difficult to come by, but always a family favorite.
If I have to pick a favorite…oh goodness! It’s too much pressure… ok…I’ll go with…my mom’s potatoes au gratin. She’s been making them since the beginning of time and they are fantastic!
Very rare prime rib. Scalloped potatoes. Creamed spinach. My very favorite holiday meal.
Real food? Does that exist?! We do prime rib, so I’ll vote for that but really I just love having cheese and crackers since that seems to only be something we have at family events or parties and not just on your typical day.
Amazing!! Is the only word that comes to mind. Those are the most phenomenal nutcrackers I’ve ever seen. BTW, I LOVE the white Christmas tree pops–even better than the traditional green.
I love yummy healthy-ish snacky food like crispt apples with cheese, and fancy hor doerves.
Yorkshire Pudding! I only get it twice a year! Christmas and Thanksgiving!
:)
As part of a family tradition, we have a meatless Christmas Eve. My favorite part of that meal is our seafood lasagna. We do a mix of seafood and then veggies to fill it out.