12 christmas day Recipes

day-old bread cubes, crust removed, tart apples, peeled and chopped, dried cranberries or raisins, egg yolks, eggs, heavy whipping cream, milk, sugar, heavy whipping cream, sugar, vanilla or rum extract, ground cinnamon and nutmeg

boneless skinless chicken breast halves (4 oz each), sour cream, lemon juice, worcestershire sauce, celery salt, pepper, paprika, seasoned salt, garlic salt, crushed butter-flavored crackers, canola oil, butter, melted

onion, diced, mushroom, sliced, olive oil, sheets premade puff pastry , squares (4 x 4-inch), turkey stuffing, cooked (leftover ), turkey meat (leftover ), salt and pepper, to taste, egg, beaten, milk, gravy (leftover ), cranberry sauce (leftover )

handfuls sun-dried tomatoes (preferably whole ), fresh or dried fettuccine, skinless chicken breasts, white wine , to taste, oregano , to taste, chopped garlic, pepper , to taste, pine nuts, olive oil, green peppers, red peppers, eggplant chopped, combined basil , olive oil, pine nuts, parmesan cheese and garlic blended very well (i.e., pesto), green peas, cilantro, margarine, curry powder

there is 1 christmas carol that has always baffled me ., what in the world do leaping lords , french hens, swimming swans , and especially the partridge who won tsp come out, pear tree have to do with christmas today, i found out., until 1829, roman catholics in england were, not permitted to practice their faith openly. someone, during that era wrote this carol as a catechism song for young catholics., it has two levels of meaning : the surface meaning plus a hidden meaning known only to members of their church. each element in the carol has a code word for a religious reality which the children could remember., partridge in a pear tree was jesus christ ., two turtle doves were the old and new testaments., three french hens stood for faith, hope and love., four calling birds were the four gospels of matthew , mark, luke & john., five golden rings recalled the torah or law, the first five books of the old testament., six geese a-laying stood for the six days of creation., seven swans a-swimming represented the sevenfold gifts of the holy spirit--prophesy , serving, teaching, exhortation , contribution, leadership, and mercy., eight maids a-milking were the eight beatitudes ., nine ladies dancing were the nine fruits of the holy spirit--love , joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness , gentleness, and self control., ten lords a-leaping were the ten commandments ., eleven pipers piping stood for the eleven faithful disciples., twelve drummers drumming symbolized the twelve points of belief in the apostles creed ., there is your history for today. this knowledge was shared with me and i found it interesting and enlightening and now i know how that strange song became a christmas carol

brown bread , day-old, cubed, white bread , day-old, cubed, pine nuts, turkey mincemeat, onion, chopped, celery , chopped. including tops, dried sage, rosemary, dried, finely chopped, thyme, dried, granny smith apple, cored and chopped, dried cranberries, fresh parsley, finely chopped, chicken stock, butter, melted

whole turkey, cheesecloth, fresh lemon juice, melted butter or 1 cup margarine, sausage or 2 lbs pork s, dried sage, dried summer savory, butter, onions, chopped, stalks celery & leaves, chopped, chopped fresh parsley, salt and pepper, dried apricot (optional), wheat germ, toasted bread cubes or 6 cups breadcrumbs, water or turkey stock or dry sherry or cognac, cheesecloth, dripping , from roasting pan, all-purpose flour, homemade turkey stock or water, salt and pepper

butter, softened, unsweetened chocolate, sugar, eggs, beaten well, vanilla, all-purpose flour, cream cheese, softened, sugar, peppermint extract or 1/2 tsp cherry extract or 1/2 tsp orange extract or 1/2 tsp lemon extract (use whatever you like to go with whatever color you want), red/pink for valentine s day, green for st. patrick s day, red or green for christmas, blue for ha), non-dairy whipped topping, thawed (cool whip), semi-sweet chocolate chips or 1/4 cup milk chocolate chips, melted (optional)

cookies, butter (2 sticks), sugar, flour, egg, almond extract, powdered sugar, butter, softened, peppermint extract, crushed peppermint candy, milk