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Default Do you have a Christmas Menu?

We are having our Christmas Eve dinner out at a restaurant that caters to
senior citizens. Of course they have food for everyone else but they have a
large senior's menu and they give an additonal discount when you check out
if you had a senior dining with you. It is also a good place to dine if you
have food allergies because they offer some plain foods and plenty of side
dishes like canned fruit and cottage cheese. I know, I know... Why would
you dine out only to order canned fruit? Well because it's generally safe
if you have a food allergy. They have a very wide menu and we can all get
something we like there.

Afterwards we will go back to my parent's house for the surprise ball,
presents and dessert. No clue what they will have for dessert and not
interested since I don't eat it. I will pick up something for Angela and
probably get some sort of expensive candy at Central Market. My mom likes
their chocolate covered cherries.

For Christmas Day I will be making my husband the garlic, shrimp pasta that
he likes. Only problem is Angela accidentally picked up linguini instead of
the angel hair pasta. That was not her fault. There was an elderly Asian
man causing a scene in the aisle. It was quite comical but also very sad.
He had put 8 noodle bowls in the cart. The woman he was with freaked and
told him he couldn't have them. He then started hopping up and down,
screaming and crying that they had no food in the house. I turned around to
see the age of the boy who was doing this, only to see a little bitty
elderly man. The woman had two small things in the cart. One appeared to
be a metal Christmas decoration. I don't know what the other item was.
Then as soon as she turned her back to him, he grabbed a whole case of the
noodle bowls, and overturned them over her shoulder, pelting her with the
box and depositing the bowls in the cart. She started screaming at him
again. We were concerned because he kept saying there was nothing to eat.
No food in the house. We circled around, passing by the aisle again and the
woman appeared to be reading the ingredients. So maybe he got his noodle
bowls after all.

I will be making a tuna casserole for Angela and I. I know that doesn't
sound very festive but I don't make it often and it is one of Angela's
favorite foods. When I told her I would be making it, she was very happy!
I make it with macaroni made of quinoa. Lots of mushrooms and tuna and a
little macaroni.

I don't plan to have any real desserts at our house. It's possible my mom
will send some leftovers home to us, but we usually don't take them. I did
buy a can of some sort of cookies. Possibly Danish Butter. I don't know
and don't really care. I never know how serious my husband will be about
his diet when he comes home. Last time he told us not to buy him any sweets
or chips and that was all that he wanted when he got here. We do have chips
and aerosol cheese. I know, I know. I also have plenty of hummus.

Must go tomorrow and get some more fresh veggies. I thought I had plenty
but the carrots expired today. Will get whatever else we might need on
Friday when we go to Winco.

Have you made any plans yet?