Happy New Year!

Wow, the holiday week flew by as always, it gets faster as I get older! As always lots of fun and good food. It is always great to see the family and get together with our friends. On Christmas Eve I start out the day making cinnamon rolls with my son for our breakfast on Christmas morning,(his sister loves cinnamon rolls). Recipes to follow...
Our family tradition for Christmas Eve is to go to church at 5pm and come home to a Crab Cioppino dinner with pasta to soak up the sauce and my garlic bread. I usually have ice cream for dessert, (to cool the pipes). We were joined by my son-in-law's parents which was a wonderful treat as they live 4 hours away and we don't see them often. They also joined us for Christmas dinner.
This time of year I throw any healthy options out the window, it is all about the favorite recipes from the past and traditions.
Christmas breakfast we started with our new tradition, cinnamon rolls. Then I tried something new, biscuits and sausage gravy with a side of bacon sprinkled with a bit of brown sugar. OH YEAH!  Our other tradition is bagels with lox, cream cheese with the trimmings. I know, way too much, but it is the tradition and everyone looks forward to their favorites.
Christmas dinner we splurged and tried Filet Mignon roasts from Costco. We actually bought 2 and cooked one rare and one medium rare. They came out great, I think with a little 'tweeking' on the recipe we will do this again. The meat was so tender and it cooked in 25-30 minutes. Everyone loved this over the prime rib. In the future we will cook 2 separate roasts that way we can please everyone.
My dessert came out yummy too, Chocolate molten cake!

Of course the highlight of the holidays is being able to spend time with our new grandchild and see Christmas through her eyes!

Off to Tahoe for a few days of rest and relaxation and lots of snow!

We then headed south to Angels Camp for some New Years celebrations with great friends! Lots of fun and laughter, isn't that supposed to be the best medicine?

Now it is time to get back to the real world and get back to a healthy lifestyle...