FTF: Christmas Feast 2010

Due to my absence online for almost 3 weeks, I didn't have the opportunity to share on time what my family feasted on Christmas Eve of 2010. My husband and I divided the tasks on preparing the dishes. Here's one thing we do every time we celebrate an occasion. We love stocking up... yeah, left-overs! You know the idea, that anytime you want to eat, you can just get something from the fridge pop it in the microwave and viola! Total enjoyment with matching hang-over.

I'm just too busy preparing and totally went out of my mind that we are now using a smaller dining table. I'm so used to the big one we had in our old condo. So, the big dishes filled the table instantly. Had to use 2 t.v dinner tables for the rest. To add, our neighbors gave us plates filled with other delights as well.

 

 Lasagna

Sugarfree Decadent Cake

Breaded Chicken with mayo-garlic dip

Fruit Salad

Homemade Leche Flan

Leche Flan wasn't really part of the menu. Since it's Christmas and Leche Flan is one of my favorites, I decided to make some for our table and more to giveaway.

Creamy Mashed Potatoes for our steak

 We also had some rib-eye steak (which we overcooked lol! so no picture for that one) 

Holiday ham (which we saved for the New Year) we have so much food on the table so we skipped on serving the ham. And more food came throughout the week after Christmas. Most of them are pastries, cakes and more leche flan.

Food Trip Friday

Holiday Greetings From My Kitchen and Beyond!

Enchie's Kitchen is busy, busy, busy... 

Starting with dessert, chilling Fruit Salad and now, preparing Leche Flan for tonight's Noche Buena and tomorrow's party!!! 

Loving Christmas Pinoy Style!!!

Celebrate Christmas Joie de Vivre with Delifrance

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Christmas Cakes

Start with these three beautiful Christmas cakes, primed to be the centerpiece of any holiday banquet. This holiday, indulge in the new French Espresso Fruitcake, a luscious masterpiece teeming with walnuts, pecans, and dates, from the tempting toppings to the rich espresso base. Brimming with beautifully arranged premium toppings, Delifrance Christmas cakes are visual works of art that taste as scrumptious as they look; perfect for giving or receiving and celebrating a truly Joyeux Noël.

Christmas Hampers

Delifrance is also famous for its festive Christmas hampers. Each gourmet item is carefully selected and packed in exquisite silver boxes, making it a remarkable gift both for aspiring gourmands and true connoisseurs. The warmth of Christmas certainly shines through with the Warmth Hamper. The assortment of baked goodies will surely tempt cookie lovers and sweet tooths alike with the rich Dark Chocolate Pistachio cookie, chewy Coffee Cinnamon Cookie, scrumptious Mocha Macadamia Cookie, and crunchy Almond Toffee Bark. It’s the perfect Christmas gift for cookie lovers and sweet tooths everywhere.

Christmas Treats

Christmas is never complete without thoughtful gifts to make a lasting good impression. This year, Delifrance introduces a new selection of affordable gourmet treats that bring Yuletide cheer to every dinner table.

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On My Christmas Menu...

For the very first time in my whole of being a Mother, this year, as we approach the Holiday Season and with a month to go before Christmas, I haven't finalize anything yet for my Christmas and New Year's Eve menu. With my oven working, I guess, it brought so much excitement. There was a time when I thought of baking my own cake. It may be a pound cake or a sponge cake. I was also thinking if I should prepare some mixed pastries such as brownies, chocolate crinkles and tarts as my Christmas giveaways. So much options and choices. It's mind boggling. Even my husband, who helps me get everything together, he couldn't think of anything.

All I have in mind are the basics. Pasta, Steak, Mixed Greens, and wine to match. But through this post, my brain started working again. Aside from food, I am also thinking of an elegant centerpiece and what tabletop to be used to match my theme this year.

So here is the initial plan:

• Red and Yellow Roses
• Meaty Lasagna or Baked Cannelloni
• Roasted Chicken or T-Bone Steak
• Creamy Mashed Potato
• Holiday Plate (mixed Canapés )
• Fresh fruits
• Traditional Fruit Salad
• Sponge cake or pound cake (homemade? will still figure it out)

I might also include Chocolate Sundae to add as dessert. Perfect, while opening our Christmas presents and continuing the night with warm conversations.

A Great Christmas Selection

Christmas of 2009, I received a tea set from a good friend of mine. The set was composed of Lavender Tea, and Gourmet Butter biscuits packed European style and it came in a cute pink suitcase.  It gave me an idea for my Christmas giveaway this year. I would often send homemade chocolate candies. But this year, I want it to be simple, yet, different. I want to give something that my friends will enjoy with other people too. Christmas biscuits is a great option for a change.

Now I found an English Tea Store that not only offer biscuits, but cakes and teas too. In preparation for the upcoming holiday season, a cake tops my list. Christmas cake has always been part of our Christmas table. 

With the colors, white, green and red, it makes everything fit together. It makes the holidays complete. The English Tea Store has a wide list of choices. From your preferred kind of tea, branded teas, loose leaf tea which includes various blends of breakfast tea, afternoon teas like Darjeeling and Earl Grey, white, black, green, herbal, fruit, mint, vanilla, black currant, organic, Christmas, spiced, and decaffeinated teas. In addition, the teabags are optimal for brewing, as the bags have no strings attached. The English Tea Store also sell bulk tea, teabags, teapots and other items wholesale.

I can already smell the sweet scent of brewing tea. Matching the cold days and nights and a plate of the finest cookies and cakes shared with the whole family.