Tomorrow's Christmas Eve, so if I want to get any groceries before like Sunday, I have to do it before I think 6 pm tomorrow. This means I have to figure out some stuff, like what I need to get and what I want to make.
I want to make mulled wine, because it's awesome. I have a single bottle of pomegranate wine, but the recipe I think I used last time calls for 2. I'll also need oranges, OJ, and cinnamon sticks.
After I saw this recipe for cinnamon rolls, I knew I had to make it. I need more flour, probably, and more light brown sugar. (I think I only have dark at the moment.) I'm debating whether I actually need whole milk or if I can use skim. I should also see if I have a Tbsp of cardamom in my container. (I have a ton of five spice, but Ben doesn't like anise, or otherwise I'd just use that. Yum.) If I do a frosting on it, I'll probably do a cream cheese one, which means I should still get powdered sugar anyway.
Last year, Ben and I made French toast with challah (left over from the most amazing bread pudding) and eggnog, which was delightful. (Mix an egg in with some eggnog, dredge the bread, and cook as usual.) We have eggnog, but no challah, and I think with the cinnamon rolls, we won't need more bread products.
I should find some veggie breakfast sausage stuff. The morning carbs will need some protein to go with them.
We're planning to do atheist Christmas by following the fine Jewish tradition of watching a movie and going out for Chinese food. (We're debating at present which DVD to put in, though I'd be up for catching Tron again. Still not in IMAX, and preferably not 3D. It was very shiny, and the people were very pretty and in nice, tight clothes.)![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
picklish and ranyart will be missed, but we'll enjoy our Jade Palace meal and think of you.
I also have to figure out if we need regular groceries before Sunday, though I think we should be OK. Ben is going to pick up some more cans of Weruva's Asian Fusion, since Claire ate that with gusto this morning. She wasn't keen on the chicken soup variety (I can't blame her, it had PEAS), and she was more interested in the Polynesian BBQ, but it had chunks that she had trouble eating. The seafood varieties have a little more protein and PO4 than the poultry varieties, but if we can't get her to eat the chicken, it doesn't do us much good. Maybe once she's back to eating normally and she doesn't associate chewing with pain, we can try the chicken ones again.
I'm hungry, though, and Ben won't be home for another hour or so, since he's swinging by Chapel Hill on his way. Boo.
I want to make mulled wine, because it's awesome. I have a single bottle of pomegranate wine, but the recipe I think I used last time calls for 2. I'll also need oranges, OJ, and cinnamon sticks.
After I saw this recipe for cinnamon rolls, I knew I had to make it. I need more flour, probably, and more light brown sugar. (I think I only have dark at the moment.) I'm debating whether I actually need whole milk or if I can use skim. I should also see if I have a Tbsp of cardamom in my container. (I have a ton of five spice, but Ben doesn't like anise, or otherwise I'd just use that. Yum.) If I do a frosting on it, I'll probably do a cream cheese one, which means I should still get powdered sugar anyway.
Last year, Ben and I made French toast with challah (left over from the most amazing bread pudding) and eggnog, which was delightful. (Mix an egg in with some eggnog, dredge the bread, and cook as usual.) We have eggnog, but no challah, and I think with the cinnamon rolls, we won't need more bread products.
I should find some veggie breakfast sausage stuff. The morning carbs will need some protein to go with them.
We're planning to do atheist Christmas by following the fine Jewish tradition of watching a movie and going out for Chinese food. (We're debating at present which DVD to put in, though I'd be up for catching Tron again. Still not in IMAX, and preferably not 3D. It was very shiny, and the people were very pretty and in nice, tight clothes.)
picklish and ranyart will be missed, but we'll enjoy our Jade Palace meal and think of you.I also have to figure out if we need regular groceries before Sunday, though I think we should be OK. Ben is going to pick up some more cans of Weruva's Asian Fusion, since Claire ate that with gusto this morning. She wasn't keen on the chicken soup variety (I can't blame her, it had PEAS), and she was more interested in the Polynesian BBQ, but it had chunks that she had trouble eating. The seafood varieties have a little more protein and PO4 than the poultry varieties, but if we can't get her to eat the chicken, it doesn't do us much good. Maybe once she's back to eating normally and she doesn't associate chewing with pain, we can try the chicken ones again.
I'm hungry, though, and Ben won't be home for another hour or so, since he's swinging by Chapel Hill on his way. Boo.
