This weekend we held our 20-something annual Christmas party potluck. When my husband and I were recently settled, working crazy, slightly homesick, 'adult holiday orphans', we figured we'd have a little party and maybe this would get us invited to a one of our friends' families for a 'real' Christmas and/or New Year's.
Now it is officially considered tradition. Our cooking has gotten better (and our cooking mishaps are legendary). We've gone through sig-O's, newlyweds, babies, 2nd marriages, and growing-up kids. We have a bona-fide ohana here, and it would be weird to spend Christmas elsewhere or worse, to cancel this party.
We make the main dish and our friends bring a bunch of amazing side dishes. Some of the best Feeding My Ohana recipes have come from these parties. This year, we had salted turkey from Thanksgiving and kalua pig.
Now it is officially considered tradition. Our cooking has gotten better (and our cooking mishaps are legendary). We've gone through sig-O's, newlyweds, babies, 2nd marriages, and growing-up kids. We have a bona-fide ohana here, and it would be weird to spend Christmas elsewhere or worse, to cancel this party.
We make the main dish and our friends bring a bunch of amazing side dishes. Some of the best Feeding My Ohana recipes have come from these parties. This year, we had salted turkey from Thanksgiving and kalua pig.
The popular sides were Spam musubi with hot and spicy Spam (gone in about 15 minutes), sticky rice with lup cheong, eggnog pound cake and an amaretto cake with raspberry frosting. One of the favorite desserts, deemed Feeding-My-Ohana worthy, is cranberry cereal biscotti. I was pretty much ordered to post the recipe immediately.
Click here for it. And Happy Holidays to All!
Click here for it. And Happy Holidays to All!
