Monday, January 14, 2008
Eat Up
So, the holidays have come and gone. We have all survived another year of cookie baking, gift giving and travel to and from the relatives homes. One of the things I look forward to during these times is all the delicious food and those wonderful dishes only made on special occasions. At the Rudstrom household, a year or two ago, we started doing something wild and crazy, we decided to cook our favorite holiday dishes . . . all year long. *gasp* C.O.'s Mom makes these awesome sausages wrapped in bacon and smothered in brown sugar things that are always a hit. We now make them on a regular basis. One of my all time favorite desserts is pumpkin pie. Each Halloween, we buy a pumpkin, cook up the pumpkin meat and freeze it in packages just right for making a pie. We have them rationed out to about one pie per month. My Mom makes homemade chocolate covered cherries that the relations are always waiting for come Christmas Eve. They are on my list of goodies to make someday soon. Why is it that we only make these yummy things one time a year? It's crazy I tell you! Life is too short for such nonsense. It's time to start making your favorite dishes and desserts all year long. And if you're are tired of them come the following holiday season, get adventurous and, what the heck, find a new favorite recipe. --AnnMarie
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I definitely agree that some foods shouldn't be limited to the holidays! Besides being delicious, some of them are very healthy, like pumpkin, sweet potatoes and cranberries. I'm bummed that it's only January and I already can't find cranberries in the grocery store. Although, I guess I shouldn't be whining to those in Brevig Mission about not finding things in grocery stores.
It is hard to find certain foods at certain times of year. Such as pumpkins. Have you ever tried finding a pumpkin, even a couple days after Halloween? It's almost impossible. That's why freezing is so beautiful. Not everything can be frozen, but pumpkin, cranberries etc. can be. So, it may take a little planning ahead.
--AnnMarie
What size pumpkin do you buy in the fall and how many cups of pumpkin do you get from it?
--Charity
Sounds like a fabulous idea to me :) We missed a lot of the cookies and stuff we usually have around the holidays..maybe it's time to make them for ourselves!
Charity,
I'm a terrible estimator so it's hard for me to say how big of a pumpkin we get. But we pick one out that's on the bigger side of the options and it makes about 9 or 10 2-cup bags of pumpkin goo for pie.
Ann Marie,
I will get that receipe for the ice-cream dessert written out for you. Enjoy it year round! - try different types of ice-cream in it.
Marlys
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