New Year Eve's


I have always found it interesting that most of my White American friends choose to have Chinese food for their New Year's eve celebration and have done so for years, so that is their tradition.

Vietnamese and Chinese cuisine are similar yet so different, so I'll save the traditional Vietnamese food for our Lunar New Year coming up and mix it up for the Regular New Year's celebration.

The Asian spiced rubbed Crown Roast and  and Simple Lo Mein is our touch of Chinese, while the rest of the appetizers and desserts are typical American fares easy found throughout the years served as hors d'oeuvres.

 Cheese and Crackers

Shrimp Cocktails

Bouquet of Fries

Asian spiced rubbed Crown Roast

My first Crown roast ever, i burnt the bones on the outside a bit because I roasted it longer than necessary; afraid that it wasn't fully cooked. 

Simple Lo Mein

Desserts






Pudding Shots

 Raspberry Clouds

Christmas day Dinner

 

Desserts:

my first roses ever, they still need to be worked on, but not bad for the first try

November 24, 2011

Thanksgiving Dinner:

Herb Roasted Turkey

Stuffing

Garlic knots

Rolls

Citrus Berry Salad

Creamy Yukon Gold Mash

Candy cane Asparagus

Bundled Sweet Potatoes

Homemade Gravy

Homemade Cranberry Sauce

Dessert:

Pumpkin Spice Flan

Apple Crostatas drizzled with Caramel sauce

Mini Berry Shortcakes

This year I did everything all by myself,

usually I help out mom with things every year, 

but this year I wanted to see if I could do it by myself 

I got it all done, but boy was I tired!!!

Herb Roasted Turkey

This was my version of a cross between Yorkshire pudding and popovers

crisp crust and soft middle

I'm kind of sick of having the same stuff every year, 

so i thought I'll change it a bit this year

Garlic Knots

I roasted over 4 lbs of chesnuts

some to munch on 

the rest for the stuffing

Stuffing

Creamy Yukon Gold Mash

Homemade gravy

Candy Cane Asparagus

 Bundled Sweet potatoes

Citrus Berry Salad

Spice Pumpkin Caramel

 Apple Crostatas drizzled with homemade caramel sauce

Mini Berry Shortcakes

this one is made from a store bough shell

because I ran out of angel food cake =(

 

everything here is made form scratch

strawberry glaze

whipped cream

berry syrup

angel food cake

fresh berries

mint