Harry and I spent a cozy evening eating and watching Lord of the Rings, a family tradition. Speaking of family traditions, Christmas Eve is usually the time for the Feast of the Seven Fishes for Harry's family. We are having Christmas dinner with pescatarian friends, so we're having beef tonight instead: grilled steaks, root vegetables, and spinach salad.
Maple Glazed Parsnips and Sweet Potatoes
This recipe is from Martha Stewart, but it is really quite simple. Roast the parsnips and sweet potatoes, and then stir them in a mixture of mustard and maple syrup. I think she may only get credit for it because it's exactly the recipe I needed this week.
Holiday Spinach Salad
This recipe has become a fixture in our Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners. The key is to make the dressing garlicky and sweet. Ingredients: spinach, pecans, dried cranberries, goat cheese. Dressing: olive oil, fresh garlic, maple syrup, balsamic vinegar (soy sauce if you think it's too sweet).
What's left:
- 2 leeks
- a dozen Satsuma Mandarins
- 10 or so potatoes
- 2 sweet potatoes
- 3 or so parsnips
- 2 heads broccoli
- bunch carrots
- 1/2 bag baby spinach
- bunch Dino kale
- 3 lemons
- 5 Granny Smith (including one as big as my head!)
Leftover from the last 2 weeks:
- 3 Asian Pears
- 1 lemon
- 12 mandarins
- 1/4 bag arugula
- head of cabbage
- garlic
- one head escarole -- which I somehow missed last week!
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