Holiday Card Series 2021 - Day 18 - Watercolor Leaves & Berries

[@mawmawvee]

We're plain people and don't entertain, so we will have roast turkey, stuffing, gravy and a veggie, (Sometimes, yeast rolls),then pumpkin pie, with whipped cream (I eat my pumpkin pie plain) and plum pudding with hard sauce, which we will eat for days, as there are just the two of us (57 years, kids grown and gone. Covid is not invited.....) HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL, HERE. May y'all have many, many more of them.

[@karatekate89]

Every year I grill a whole tenderloin for Christmas Eve. I also make twice baked potatoes and a salad. I put out a charcuterie board to snack on while waiting for the food to cook. We have cookies and gelato for dessert. On Christmas Day we cut up the rest of the tenderloin and serve it on garlic crusty bread. Everyone brings a dish and we enjoy visiting with family and friends. BTW, this card is absolutely stunning!

[@jenniferrobertson6595]

Jumbo shrimp cocktail, Wagyu Prime Rib (with twice-baked potatoes and steamed asparagus) and Creme Brulee. Love this card!

[@krose0104]

Stuffed artichokes and shrimp cocktail 🍤 as appetizers followed by lasagna and meatballs with garlic bread, Yule log with ice cream for dessert. 😋🎄

[@CouzCat]

Bacon wrapped scallops on romaine with teriyaki sauce, smoked salmon fettuccini Alfredo & Caesar salad, & dark fruitcake.

[@deborahmoseley8064]

I could watch you paint all day! Thanks for sharing! Homemade pizza is our tradition with creative toppings and lots of laughter.

[@carissawiley]

Those watercolors are mesmerizing as they bloom and spread.

[@louisehigh5291]

Great detail on the card! Prime Rib, au gratin rosemary & cheese potatoes, green beans with bacon & slivered almonds, cranberry & pineapple jello salad and chocolate almond flourless cake.

[@lisarutherford369]

That whole meal sounds amazing!! I want to come to your house! Would you by chance message me your cran/pineapple jello salad recipe - sounds delightful! Happy holidays to all!

[@mossivy]

Love this card so much! But the music is just as awesome - I heard a bassoon during “Auld Lang Syne” and it reminded me so much of my band years during high school - that was a very, very long time ago. It is amazing what you hear in music when you really listen! My favorite holiday dinner is on Christmas Eve when we have Mexican food - enchiladas, tamales, guacamole, refried beans, the whole 9 yards - with sopapillas and honey for dessert! YUM!

[@nancyenjay7966]

These are my favorites in the series, just love to watch you watercolor. 3 courses...all desserts!

[@theresehudran7635]

Cheesecake...Turkey with the fixins...cheesecake...glass of water...and more cheesecake. Great card.

[@kristinelindgren5047]

Another gorgeous card, Kristina!! My perfect holiday meal would have to include all of the amazing dishes my mother made every Christmas Eve. We had a house full of family and made wonderful, lasting memories. Appetizers would include stuffed mushrooms, shrimp with cocktail sauce and dill dip with veggies. Dinner would include Korv (a Swedish sausage), Swedish Meatballs and my father’s secret recipe baked beans. Dessert would include trays of handmade Christmas cookies and Snow Pudding with custard (another Swedish tradition). I was so blessed to grow up all my grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins nearby. We spent every Christmas Eve together for so many years. My grandfather always used to say, with a tear in his eye, that all he ever wanted was to see his family together. Enjoy your holiday, Kristina!!

[@suelanham5125]

First-it is a beautiful card! Second - Caesar salad, spaghetti with meat (chicken) balls, garlic bread and chocolate chip cookies with a double amount of chocolate morsels for dessert. Mmm, mmm, good!

[@teresasanner-fecto3690]

The card is just beautiful. I love to watch you paint. I am a mother of 6 and a daycare provider to 6 more. My gift to myself is not having a dinner party... and I love to eat anything I don't have to fix!

[@743linda]

Beautiful card! Baked Brie, prime rib roast with Yorkshire Pudding, and coconut layer cake! Yum!!!

[@cindyryan1184]

Absolutely gorgeous card!! Christmas dinner is baked Brie in puff pastry, beef tenderloin, loaded twice baked potatoes, roasted asparagus & crème brûlée for dessert.

[@lisarutherford369]

So lovely, Kristina!! Christmas meal... doesn't all go together but the memories are what make it special... as a child, Christmas Eve we'd stay up late snacking on nuts, cheeses & Merkt's cheese spread, crackers, summer sausage type platter (long before charcuterie boards were so popular but that's what it looked like) and then we'd go to midnight mass. Christmas dinner evolved into ham, Mom's delicious mashed potatoes, squash, green beans (I'm not a fan of green bean casserole but the rest of them love it so... it remains tradition). Sometimes there were other things depending on who was with us. Dessert... I'm not a fan of any of the traditional ones so if we were at Grandma's, she made banana cream just so I could have dessert too. Gramps would always have some of "Lisa's pie", telling me it was his favorite too (we all knew ALL pies were his favorite, but I got to feel a little special). If we were at home, we made cherry cream cheese pie... sometimes with different topping (rasp or even apricot). Ohhhh the memories. Thanks for the beautiful trip down memory lane!

[@tonihinchcliffe1561]

My favorite thing to make for dinner--reservations!

[@leeminer1939]

I LOVE these sparkling leaves and berries on black....gorgeous. Especially that luscious green. I would love a non-traditional Roast Beef dinner with roasted potatoes, and three veg; preceeded by shrimp cocktail and ending with something light, maybe vanilla ice cream with fresh berries. Num num!! Obviously I need a caterer. . .

[@colleenmckeeman1342]

Lovely card. Prime rib roast with twice backed potatoes and veggie of your liking. Would skip the appetizer since wouldn’t want guests to spoil their appetite. Would replace it with a dessert of cream DeMent pie. Merry Christmas.

[@carriestierlen3771]

What we do is traditional my husband and his sister switch off every other year they live 2 hours from us, this year we have it at our home. My husband and I are make homemade noodles 🍜 we have a chicken noodle soup, ham, handmade dinner rolls and all the delicious goodies.

[@maggiedonaldson8432]

Gorgeous card! I live in a fishing port, so fish is always on our favourites list. A Christmas Eve favourite meal is warm cheese straws with Champagne cocktail; a proper creamy fish pie with smoked haddock, cod, salmon, and prawns (shrimp) with mashed potato topping, served with spinach, carrots and peas; then apple Tarte Tatin with our Devon clotted cream.

[@beverlystotz5652]

What time? I don’t want to be late. I’ll bring wine.

[@maggiedonaldson8432]

If you were to turn up Beverley, I’d make it whatever time you wanted!

[@beverlystotz5652]

@@maggiedonaldson8432 ❤️

[@Consignmentsonthecorner]

Crab dip made from fresh out of the Maine ocean crap, prime rib and homemade apple pie. Topped off with home made egg nog. Yum. And a Tums before bed!

[@angelashock9837]

Your card, as always is very beautiful. Those watercolors are just fabulous! My favorite appetizers are jalapeño poppers, my favorite main course would be a big, juicy cheeseburger with all the fixin’s cooked over a charcoal grill,along with pie a la mode.

[@sallyhill6565]

Steak & lobster would be something for everyone. With scallops and angel hair pasta for the appetizers. Caesar salad. Maybe rum cake for dessert.

[@debbarnett4250]

Traditional for us, roast turkey, glazed ham, roast vegetables, gravy, with steamed beans and broccoli with white sauce. We live in Auckland, NZ and even though it’s summertime here at Christmas we still enjoy the traditional Christmas dinner! For dessert it’s Christmas pudding, custard and cream, pavlova and fresh strawberries and whipped cream and Christmas mince tarts. Generally we don’t have a starter as we have a champagne breakfast with ham and cheese croissants. We eat way too much on Christmas Day! Lovely card Kristina!

[@CraftingandRelaxing]

Gorgeous! Watching you paint is very relaxing. 💙💙💙

[@shirleyphillips8936]

Beautiful card. Schooner of sherry as an aperitif rather than a starter. Rotisserie duck with black cherry sauce, roast potatoes, and a root vegetable medley (carrots, parsnips and turnip) mash, peas, mashed potatoes, steamed Savoy cabbage and lashings of gravy. Dessert would ice cream with broken up mince pies stirred in, frozen again and then served.

[@kathleen2543]

The card is beautiful! My dinner would be tossed salad, fresh baked Maine lobster, stuffed with fresh sea scallops, shrimp and lobster and ice cream sundaes for dessert.

[@mrs.pattiderge6743]

I could watch you paint for hours. I just love the shimmer. Would you ever consider painting some fruit with these gorgeous paints? Like some sparkly fruit ornaments? Hmmm...my dream meal would be anything with carbs. Shrimp cocktail, cheeseball and crackers, mini meat turnovers, lasagna, garlic bread, Caesar salad with croutons, cheesecake, and pecan pie Ala mode. Did I go overboard? Sorry, Keto will do that to a person! Kristina, thank you for all of these beautiful cards, not just this series, but for all year long.

[@deborahgiles8214]

That's a beauty! Love the watercolour and the shimmer watercolours are perfect for a Christmas card. ❤️

[@kellysalama7399]

Love, Love, Love this channel! Can’t believe I just found you. Thank you so much for your video’s.

[@MaureenEChandler]

Love the card - those paints are stunning! I did buy some and then am intimidated to use them! I would love warm brie w/pepper jelly on crackers, Waldorf salad, ham sandwiches on my homemade bread, and my daughter-in-law's gingerbread cookies!!!

[@kathycamasso6672]

I love anything you do with those paints and this is no exception! So beautiful. My dream holiday dinner might start with a beautiful charcuterie board with yummy cheeses, meats, olives, etc. then a nice tenderloin roast with all the fixings, then a special dessert like tiramisu or cheesecake! Tell us yours in the next video please!!!!

[@barbborja1910]

Beautiful card! I purchased these watercolors (through your link) last month. They were supposed to be one of my Christmas gifts, but I want to use them now. So I told myself that if I can get my craft room clean and reorganized before Christmas, I can use them to make some cards. I’m about 90% done and hope to play with them sometime next week. The Christmas set this year is stunning!

[@CraftingandRelaxing]

That’s a great incentive to get organized! 😂💙

[@barbborja1910]

I finally got to try these tonight, and WOW! they are amazing. I would highly recommend them.

[@2katz1sonmom50]

My favorite card out of the series!!! Beautiful !!

[@aliciacatalan3183]

Stunning! Absolutely beautiful. Better than any store bought cards . I was wondering about the different color berries until I wait til the end and it’s like “oh wow!!!” Perfect meal, honey baked ham, grandma’s cheese potatoes, garlic asparagus, fruit salad and some sort of yummy rolls/bread 😋

[@danielleklaiss4336]

I would love a rib roast in the rotisserie, mashed sweet potatoes, roasted asparagus and brussel sprouts, and chocolate cake for dessert ♡

[@divyaruth3563]

Mutton Biryani and Pepper Chicken fry. Yum. 😀

[@lizamaireh4573]

Love this card! The kids always have to eat biscuits and chocolate gravy for breakfast. Then we will have ham, mashed potatoes, red eye gravy, corn on the cob, green beans, mac and cheese casserole. Pecan pie, chocolate pie, and pumpkin pie.

[@christyarmstrong6029]

Chocolate gravy?!? How do you make it?

[@lizamaireh4573]

1/4 cup cocoa 3 tbsp. all purpose flour 3/4 cup sugar 2 cups milk 1 tbsp. Softened butter 2 tsp. Vanilla Mix cocoa, flour, sugar Pour in milk mix well Cook over med. heat Stir frequently until consistency of gravy Remove from heat and stir in butter and vanilla This is a good recipe to go by. I've made it so many times I don't use a recipe, but this is a good one to use.

[@rebeccah1635]

How nice of you to put in the recipe! That’s wonderful!

[@Dawn4143]

Prime rib twice baked potatoes broiled Brussels sprouts ... yummm

[@kathyclark6837]

What a beautiful card! I would never throw it away! Dream holiday dinner would be: shrimp cocktail for an appetizer with pasta for the main dish and homemade gingerbread with fresh whipped cream for dessert.

[@patti-annelangley3799]

Your card is just beautiful, Kristina, you make water colouring seem so easy. Dinner: Prawn Cocktail, Roast Pork with roast vegetables and Pavlova topped with Strawberries and Chocolate flakes. Alas being hot in Australia, we usually have salad.

[@christyarmstrong6029]

Mmm… pavlova. Such a luxurious little dessert for being merengue. ☺️

[@barbarawessel7103]

Such a perfect card! My dream meal on Christmas Eve is what we do every year… a tradition started with my grandparents: sirloin steak cut into chunks and fondued in peanut oil. ( several pots on the table) Salad, and garlic bread accompanying the meal, along with our family. I know… bad health meal, but it is filled with a multitude of laughs and love. The meal doesn’t matter, the family and love is the main thing❤️😃

[@ebriggs3498]

That’s what we are doing this year! Love fondue.

[@debbiemaclagan4615]

We started to fondue beef in a beef broth …smaller strips of beef but excellent and keeps the fun of fondue….love your tradition

[@leeminer1939]

That sounds FABULOUS! Is fondu back? I got three fondu sets for wedding gifts about a half century ago! : )

[@barbarawessel7103]

Lee Miner A lot of people still do fondue with cheeses or chocolates. My family has been doing this, with steak, on Christmas Eve since the mid-70’s! Break out those fondue pots😁

[@lindamccune3684]

Every year my family meets on Christmas Eve and each year we pick a different theme which has been so much fun; e.g., Mexican, Chinese, Polish, etc. One year, we even did just soups from around the world! We have five different households so there is a variety in each year’s theme. 🎁🎄

[@terrydeason1689]

These colors are gorgeous on the black. I just got the Christmas dot cards and can't wait to use them.

[@ideastimestwo3522]

Lasagna! Chocolate lasagna! Garlic twists! (Maybe not in that order.) Gorgeous card, I can't wait to try this. It's just beautiful!! Thanks for this series, Kristina.

[@kimberlymay6645]

Chocolate lasagna? Do tell!

[@ideastimestwo3522]

@@kimberlymay6645 right? It's an Oreo crust, a layer of cream cheese/ cool whip, next layer is chocolate pudding, then cool whip! Soooo good!!

[@christinecox9625]

Stunning card, per usual! My perfect Christmas meal: Shrimp Gumbo Bisque, Steamed Lobster with Roasted Vege-medley and Brown Butter Risotto, Turkey Hill brand Chocolate & Peanut butter ice cream! Blessed crafting! 😊

[@jenessahanson6684]

Bruschetta as an appetizer. Beef Bourguignon with fresh artisan bread, Mashed potatoes, and a fresh green salad. Molten Chocolate Lava cakes as dessert. Yes please!!

[@lorispitzer8289]

Beautiful card and I thank you for introducing me to Iuile watercolors a couple of yrs ago. Still love them!! My dad's bday is Xmas Day. In our family, we always got to choose the meal for our birthday, so we always had steak, baked potatoes and a nice salad for Xmas dinner. Now that I am married, if we're with my parents for the day itself (every other year), that's still what we have. If we're w/ my hubby's side, it varies. His parents always had a big tenderloin of beef w/ some form of potatoes and green bean casserole or a salad - so, pretty similar all the way around. Thanks again for the tip to look for Iuile and thanks for all these fabulous tutorials. We really do appreciate you, Kristina! Lori S in PA

[@rebeccah1635]

What a lovely card! I absolutely love the iuili WC on black paper- especially when painted by u. I must get out my Budha board and practice those leaves until they come out as effortlessly as you make it look! Not really a starter per se but in the time leading up to meal would have snacky things like cream cheese in celery, olives (black & green), some nice smoked Gouda & crackers. Dinner would be a prime rib roast, mashed potatoes & gravy, frog-eye salad (not at all what it sounds like) & homemade (by someone else :) rolls. Dessert is more snacking with the addition of frosted sugar cookies & fudge (both made from family recipes)! Oh and Vern’s toffee (locally made). Yum!

[@andrewgranick8689]

So pretty - Appetizer - caesar salad, main course - steak, dessert - coconut cream pie!

[@mawmawvee]

That is a beautiful Christmas card, Kristina. The splatter gives it life and action, IMO. I love to watch your videos.

[@grammiejudy1]

beautiful card, from the south so I enjoy the very traditional Christmas turkey and ham with all the wonderful sides and Kentucky Bourbon pie for dessert!!

[@chrisbraun9782]

Beautiful card! My dream meal would be shrimp cocktail with either seafood chowder or seafood Mac & cheese with Caesar salad and gingerbread cake for dessert.

[@stefperry4142]

What a gorgeous card Kristina! I have the Stonehenge black watercolor paper and it is a bit delicate, so I do appreciate knowing about a sturdier paper. As a life long resident of the Pacific Northwest, my favorite Christmas meal has always been seafood. Shrimp cocktails or shrimp salad followed by fresh boiled Dungeness crab dipped in garlic butter accompanied by garlic bread. Too satiated for a 3rd course lol! Now that I live in Idaho, those treats are a harder to find (and afford!) but I'm sure my inventive husband, the cook in our household, will come up with something good.

[@ginnydietz]

Beautiful! Salad, Prime Rib, Pecan Pie

[@Csoery]

Oooh... 3:01 that's the cutest thing I've ever seen! :) Somehow I've never really thought of using coloured metallic watercolours (I've only used them in gold and silver). Nice card, I like the greeting a lot. (Personally, I would skip on the guache on the leaves)

[@donnajosephsonblatz5058]

Gorgeous card. Thanks Kristina.

[@dhicks2616]

Beautiful card! Christmas Eve dinner - beef fondue, Italian wedding soup, baked potatoes, fried artichokes, salad, bread, sautéed mushrooms; Christmas Day - breakfast casserole in the morning, mid afternoon for lasagna, meatballs, an Italian-inspired pork roast, salad and, of course, family and friends (who are honorary family!). And fresh fruits apples, pomegranates, oranges, grapefruit, pistachio nuts, walnuts, roasted chestnuts and a host of good Italian lunchmeat if I can get to Chicago before the holidays. Bloomington Illinois is not know for its Italian lunchmeat😱.

[@elizabethmoffatt3973]

Try a rigger brush for line work, really makes lines neat. Easy peasy!

[@beverlystotz5652]

Beautiful card! My traditional Christmas Eve meal is posole followed by tamales and chicken enchiladas with biscochitos for dessert. Totally New Mexican!

[@cherylthompson9470]

You have such a steady hand, that thin white line is amazingly straight! Beautiful card. My dinner would have to include some Maryalnd Blue Crab, so probably use crab dip for the appetizer, and use the traditional turkey because I love it. Dessert woiuld be my favorite Christmas Cutout sugar cookies made from my grandmother's recipe. My DIL's family has a tradition of a homemade mushroom soup on Christmas Eve that I just love. It is made with a clearbroth and long, thin noodles and fresh mushroom slices. Yummy!

[@lorikalmeyer3501]

Another beautiful card! My dream Christmas meal would be shrimp appetizer with my version of thousand island dressing; prime rib and baked potato accompanied by my hand made pink apple sauce. Dessert would probably be pumpkin pie from Costco but I’d prefer their awesome chocolate cake.

[@shesaysdisco]

A watercolor artist I’m subscribed to uses painter’s tape doubled back on itself (so it’s a loop that’s sticky on both sides) to secure her watercolor paper to her work surface, so she’s able to paint all the way to the edges wherever she wants. Maybe that would work for you, as well!

[@ChrisAndCats]

Melon balls in port as starter, then traditional turkey (cooked in butter and bacon, not so healthy but beautifully soft and hey, it's only once a year!), petits pois sweet peas, carrot&parsnip mash, broccoli, cauliflower, roast and steamed potatoes, stuffing (roasties and stuffing with a knob of the butter from the turkey which can be lifted off / separated from the meat juice after cooling) and gravy made with the meat juice, then either strawberry trifle or chocolate log, both with fresh extra thick double cream. Then I'll need a year of working up all off ready for next time!

[@tonimcglasker6212]

Cornbread dressing, jellied cranberry sauce and Honeybaked ham. Chocolate mousse for dessert.

[@iuilewatercolors]

Thank you so much, Kristina! it's so beautiful~~~

[@sandalibolonne9669]

This is so beautiful. I love the material you use for your cards.

[@margarete6888]

Lovely card and music! Christmas Eve dinner: empanadas and tortilla soup for first course, tamales, chicken enchiladas, rice, beans, squash, flan and homemade pralines for dessert. Christmas: oyster soup, roasted Turkey and rib roast, mashed potatoes, broccoli soufflé, spinach puffs, cranberry sauce, salted-caramel-chocolate pecan pie, apple pie, cherry pie, pumpkin pie. Just a small taste of everything, please! 😋😊

[@adolfinasabino1855]

Wao a beautifull card. God bless your hand kristina. I enjoy watching your videos

[@Love2Create62]

Stunning card Kristina! I agree about the Stonehenge paper, did you like the paper you used? For Christmas dinner I would serve a spicy fried shrimp appetizer, for dinner a salad with steak and crab legs (a family tradition since I was a child 🥳) and twice baked potatoes. For dessert chocolate cake with chocolate mousse layers with chocolate icing! We would probably be sick the rest of the night, but it would be worth it! 😋😂

[@franbean73]

Lovely card! Yorshire pudding with gravey from A baked Beef roast and Sautéed veggies, Homemade buns. And dessert to follow :)

[@simonejosephson6462]

Beautiful card. I love these paints. Will have to save up for them

[@laurawright9215]

So love this card, these paints are so effective on black card. Christmas lunch crumbed deed fried Camembert with cranberry sauce, leg hame and seafood (prawns, lobster, Balmain bugs etc) and a tropical salad including pineapple, mango, avocado etc. finish with a trifle of chocolate and cherries

[@chines68]

What a beautiful card.

[@SharonSuske]

Absolutely gorgeous! I put some of those dot cards on my “in case you want to buy me a present” Pinterest board 😉 my ideal Christmas menu is snackies, then sandwiches with lots of choices (croissants, my homemade bread), and a Christmas cookie buffet. The kids and grandkids love it!

[@moonloversheila8238]

Lovely card, Kristina. I love those colours. As I’m in the UK my Christmas dinner would be very traditionally British: turkey with all the trimmings followed by Christmas pudding. Yum! That’s a lot of food so if I did serve a starter it would be something very light such as grapefruit.

[@bettecuddahee5138]

Strawberry crepes with chantilly.

[@genagrant9515]

I do seafood chowder on Christmas Eve Day for all the family & on Christmas I usually to a baked chicken with a few veggies.

[@TannaLohouse]

I really love this one! I have to grab some of those watercolor paints!!

[@karenbliss5075]

Beautiful card! Love all the glimmer! I am a Traditionalist -Turkey dinner

[@debbiepiccolo7846]

Beautiful card. Thank you.

[@estalaemmanuel7088]

Simplicity is beautiful and that is this card! And beautiful. You didn't address it but looked like the tape came much better on this new paper. Dream Christmas dinner: artichoke bisque with crab, tenderloin with roasted sweet potatoes and Brussel sprouts, finished with eggnog tiramisu.

[@debhall2608]

Wow!! So pretty, thanks for sharing 😊

[@kristiemaynard8869]

Lovely card! I'd serve French onion soup, prime rib and creme brulee.

[@helensheppard8435]

Wow, just wow.

[@lisaobrien8060]

Appetizer - shrimp scampi Main Course - Beef Wellington Dessert- Trifle

[@kellyphillips8913]

Shrimp cocktail, crab legs and lobster!

[@lindachilcott9080]

Magical Kristina, love it.

[@barbarahill6365]

Soup, maybe chicken gnocchi, cheese grits with beef in burgundy, with coconut cream pie for dessert. Yes, it doesn’t go together very well!

[@judyhartmann3071]

Beautiful!

[@Tenebien]

I think I have this watercolor paper and really like it!

[@sassafrasinspired2029]

I think I'd start with champagne served with mushroom and shallot tartlets, followed with wild-caught salmon sauteed in wine and herbed butter on a bed of sauteed swiss chard, or maybe asparagus; and to end, big ripe blackberries and more champagne - bon appetit! (I've been following Julia Child and Jacques Pepin for a long time... can you tell?) And oh - lovely card! Love those watercolors on black.

[@leeminer1939]

Fabulous....Jacques is my hero and this meal sounds divine/

[@saremmin4270]

So beautiful card and love to try them before Christmas! I ordered the same watercolor [NEW CHRISTMAS SET] at the Etsy store! They are pre-ordering right now, so the artist who wants to purchase should order them before they run out! :)

[@ah64dwife82]

Great Card!!! I will start with fried pickles, then serve Beef Bulgogi for me and Spicey pork Bulgogi for the crazies like my hubs, hmmmmm dessert, not really my thing, so I’ll have seconds on Bulgogi and serve Cream Brûlée to my guests. Totally weird but based on my palate from our military travels. Hubs just told me it has to be Schnitzel for the second course with Jager sauce! Lololol!!! Our immediate family had pizza for Thanksgiving so there’s that. Dad was often gone to some far away place so the kids and I would make it up as our taste buds led us!

[@judycosler8584]

love the card but I have 0 painting talent! Xmas dinner with company is ALWAYS Standing Rib Roast with Yorkshire Pudding & Gravy, creamed fresh spinach or a James Beard Parsnip dish (puree with Madeira as I remember). Dessert would be HT vanilla ice cream with stirred in broken up candy canes and topped with Joy of Cooking's Hot Fudge sauce that gets hard on the ice cream. Can use the usual salad for starter (though I don't particularly approve of salads for starters, but this one is Christmas-y): a few lettuce leaves topped with grapefruit sections, slices of avocado & pomegrante seeds; light vinaigrette dressing.

[@leeminer1939]

Your salad sounds wonderful!!

[@judycosler8584]

@@leeminer1939 thanks! I've had it since a child. Very Christmas-y with the red of the pomegrantes and the green of the avocado.

[@chavagje]

Gorgeous card! Wow!

[@clairmixon1149]

Tapas, brisket and crab cakes

[@shamancarmichael5305]

Sausage stuffing balls(or bombs as my nephew calls them!) Perfectly roasted Turkey, gravy and mashed potatoes, and my triple pound cinnamon pinwheels (1lb each of butter/brown sugar/nuts rolled up in 2 loaves worth of a sweet bread dough then sliced and baked) frost if you're feeling lucky! 😁🎅