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Sunday, December 22, 2013

Meal No. 880: Christmas Eve Eve Eve Feast

For a wonderful gathering of 10 friends last night, before various members of the crew split off into their various holiday directions, it was the Christmas Eve Eve Eve feast at the Roediger House. The food turned out pretty well, lots of fun was had 'round the Wii upstairs before dinner, and we capped it off with some delicious carrot cake for dessert. Not sure where we found room to put that last bit of goodness, but we all trudged through to the end.

Roasted Beef Tenderloin

Wine Sauce with Onion and Mushroom for the Beef

Layered Green Bean Casserole / Apple & Bacon Stuffing

Slow-Cooker Sweet Potato Casserole

Oven-Roasted Herbed Turkey Breast

Clockwise, from bottom:
beef tenderloin with wine sauce, horseradish sauce,
turkey with gravy, apple & bacon stuffing, sweet potato casserole,
layered green bean casserole

The gathered crew, digging in with gusto.

Carrot Cake

Less than half a carrot cake

Delicious Carrot Cake with a Buttermilk Glaze and Cream Cheese Frosting




"Oven-Roasted Turkey Breast," Betty Crocker: Holiday Entrées, Sides, Brunches, & More, November 2001, p. 22-23.

"Beef Tenderloin in Wine Sauce" (p. 296) and "Spicy Horseradish Sauce" (p. 295), from The All-New Ultimate Southern Living Cookbook. Compiled and Edited by Julie Fisher Gunter. Oxmoor Press (2006).

"Layered Green Bean Casserole," from my sister Allison in Rossville, Indiana.

"Sweet Potato Casserole with Pecan Topping," from Southern Living Slow-Cooker Cookbook, (Oxmoor House, 2006), p. 234-235.

"Cornbread Stuffing with Apples and Bacon," from David Venable. Found online.

"Blue Ribbon Carrot Cake (1981)," also known as "Best Carrot Cake (October, 1997)," from Southern Living. Also found online. The recipe I follow was recommended to and shared with me by John & Ebbie Linaburg of Woodstock, Virginia.

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