I’m tired of turkey and all the traditional Christmas and Thanksgiving meals where a big slab of meat is the centerpiece. This year I decided to do something different: most of the foods are round in shape. (Okay, look, I’m an Aquarian, and I’m allowed to be quirky. I thought it would be fun and different and still delicious.)
Here’s the menu:
- beet-pickled deviled eggs
- salad with mixed greens, pickled beets, feta, and walnuts
- baked brie with roasted cranberries, served with round gluten-free crackers
- meatballs with marinara sauce
- roasted brussels sprouts with fig balsamic vinegar
- mashed potatoes (not round but my daughter’s favorite, and I rarely cook for her any more so a special addition to the menu)
- arancini (risotto balls stuffed with mozzarella, breaded and deep fried (something else I almost never do)
- chocolate truffles
It seems like a fun meal to make and share, and if you’ll notice, it has a lot of red, green, white, and golden foods, so it’s seasonal, it’s seasonal! And there’s a lot that you can do in advance, so it’s not so stressful the day of the feast.
