Even though it’s been a week or two, I hope you all had a great Christmas! I say, better late than never!
My Christmas was great! I’ve got the pictures to prove it!
Most of them are of the amazing food we had, because let’s face it: Christmas really is about good food with friends and family! 
On Christmas eve I had my favorite dinner with my family: gourmet! This has got to be my favorite Christmas tradition, it’s just so much fun! Everyone gets a small skillet and there’s a big hot plate in the middle of the table. You can cook your own dinner right then and there! 
The next morning it was officially Christmas day and we had a Christmas brunch!
My mom made an amazing mushroom pie, complete with puff pastry Christmas tree crust of course!
That evening we headed over to my aunt’s house for Christmas dinner with the family! My aunt, uncle, cousin and her boyfriend, my grandmother and my parents and brother Thomas were all there. The Christmas spirit was definitely there and we had a great evening. Look my aunt’s beautiful Christmas tree! Gorgeous! :O
The spread was also amazing! There was sushi, sate, meatballs and satay sauce, wraps, quiche, french bread, cantilope, delicious mushroom risotto and of course Christmas isn’t complete without my aunt’s famous Zucchini soup! Plenty vegetarian options for me. Needless to say I had no problem overeating scandalously!
The trifle that we had for dessert was absolutely heavenly! :O
Christmas is also the time for family photos! This is me and my awesome cousin Stephanie!
My brother Thomas, my mom and I!
Grandma (with her eyes closed, as always) with her grandchildren!
We had a great evening together!
The next morning we had (yet another) Christmas breakfast. In Holland we celebrate boxing day, or 2nd Christmas day as we call it. The rest of 2nd Christmas day was spent relaxing on the couch with my family and an easy, light dinner!
This year we all decided to add a third Christmas day even! A bunch of thomas’ and my friends came over for a delicious Christmas dinner with friends! Everyone always spends Christmas with family and so there isn’t always time for friends. That’s why we decided to throw a 3rd Christmas day party! We collected chairs, silverware and borrowed my moms Christmas plates to make for a great set-up!
I made Amaretto-chocolate Christmas cake pops as delicious party favors!
Champagne was flowing…
…as was the red wine!
Everyone together at the table!
Although I don’t remember exactly what delicious appetizer our friend and Hotelschool student Etienne whipped up, I do remember it was absolutely delicious! There was puff pastry, chicory, spinach, parmesan and beurre-blance sauce involved.
For the main course we had grilled ham, potato gratin, green beans and parsnip cream sauce. I had a leftover piece of my moms mushroom pie instead of the ham. I stopped taking pictures because I was too busy talking to people and having fun! Sometimes life just gets in the way of blogging, doesn’t it..
For dessert I made a trifle, inspired by my aunt’s dessert earlier that week of course! I used cake, cookies, custard, whipped cream, strawberries, red currants, blueberries and lots of amaretto! It was very, very good.. :O
We had a great time!
All in all, my Christmas was nice! Filled with quality time with family, lots of relaxing and delicious food!
I am still home in Schiedam with my parents, but I am heading back to Maastricht tomorrow. I soon will be blogging about my new years resolutions and new goals I plan to set for 2012!
Tags: Breakfast, Brunch, Christmas, Dessert, Dinner, Party, Recap
