Holidays

I promised pictures of some certain events a long time ago. That is, thedayafterThanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's! 

Thanksgiving

Believe it or not, I was working on Thanksgiving and therefore had no time or energy to prepare the meal. Sadly this was not the first time I'd worked Thanksgiving. In high school Meredith and I worked at the Bingo Casino. God holiday pay, woo hoo. We also stole some pies from our family and took them to work with us. Take that!!!

Back on track... On Friday I left work early (that's how I roll(ed)) and got to cooking! I had skyped with my dad and brother the day before and decided to make my turkey EXACTLY like they did theirs!! 

(the only small difference is that my turkey was in fact a chicken)

Basting it...

 The Turkey

Gracefully getting the turkey off the makeshift turkey roaster while trying to salvage the delicious drippings

 Timed shot of the 3.5 Thanksgiving guests

(about the darkness outside: no, it's not late at night. It is just Sweden)

Not the most appetizing plating, but it was good! 

 Starting at 9:00 and clockwise we have the

Turkey (me)

Green bean casserole (me)

Mashed potatoes (Christoffer - I'm not telling if they're real or from a mix)

Gravy (me)

Roll (me but they were frozen)

Salad (me)

Salad dressing (me)

Olives - made me nostalgic for my usual Thanksgiving

Thanks for the help cooking everyone! :-P

Oh yes and we even enjoyed some American wine! Wooo hoooo!!!!

 Christmas (in Switzerland)

Wrapping & forging mom's long-distance Christmas present to her mom with her mom's fun supply of wrapping materials.

How do you rotate pictures on here?

Omi's decor

The Christmas tree! (pre-candles)

Omi (AKA Nonna to everyone else besides me and my older brother, talk about feeling singled out) 

sitting with her beautiful and delicious Christmas Eve spread that she so lovingly cooked and put so much detail into the table decor. <3

The red balls are chocolates :)

 Featuring...  really good meat (forgot), mashed potatoes & gravy, bacon-wrapped green beans, carrots and broccoli. I documented a lot of her cooking during my stay.

This wasn't any special dinner. I repeat, just another normal dinner in my Grandma's house :)

 Featuring... her to-die-for beef wellington, some awesome thick pasta with a delicious sauce, roasted fennel, pears, parmesan and last but not least, some fancy dancy cheese sprinkled with pepper.

 The Wellington and some veggies. Exciting, I know.

 

Omi making Gnocchi!

While I colored a pretty picture! (and sort of helped her)

 

 How do you rotate!??!?!

We went sledding down the (barely) Alps.

 

 

 

 New Year's

Christoffer and I hung out with his childhood bestie and girlfriend in their awesome new house! They were the best hosts ever, keeping the drinks flowing and preparing a 3-course meal for us! Starter was something delicious with seafood in it (my memory is failing me). Main course steak with a special potato dish, cooked collards, uuhhh it was a long time ago... Dessert was if I remember correctly a raspberry mousse or something? Anyway it was delicious and really nice! We were greeted at the door with cocktails and fed plenty of beer and wine. Not to mention our midnight champagne and the after-midnight wine plus I almost died of happiness when I saw the cheese platter.

Mr. New Year's

  

Someone's champagne fell without making a sound. Can you spot the glass?

Our lovely hosts

 The classy besties..