On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:23:13 -0800, Serene Vannoy
> wrote:

>On 12/21/2011 08:22 AM, Dimitri wrote:
>> 22 pound whole ham which I will score & "debrine" in apple juice 2 days
>> prior to warming/glazing.
>> Boston baked beans
>> German sweet/sour red cabbage
>> Quartered red potatoes tossed in butter/cream/parsley
>> Steamed Baby trees (broccoli) & cheddar cheese sauce
>> Home made Mac & Cheese (grandkids)
>>
>> YOU?
>
>I may have posted this already (my dad and stepmom don't eat flour,
>sugar, wheat, nuts, or dairy, and they'll be here for one day, so I'm
>making the whole dinner friendly to their diet):
>
>Standing rib roast (no gravy, just the jus on the side -- if there's
>enough of it, I'll cook it down into a gravy-like substance)
>Crash hot potatoes (
>thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2008/06/crash-hot-potatoes/ )
>Baked sweet potatoes
>A pumpkin (or individual winter squashes) stuffed with brown and wild
>rice and herbs
>Some sort of green vegetable
>Cooked carrots
>Corn
>Huge salad with homemade no-sugar dressings and for my dad, James's
>homemade salsa (he's always preferred salsa on his salad instead of
>dressing)
>Layered red/white/green fruit salad in a glass trifle dish
>Sugar-free pumpkin custards (my dad and step-mom drip liquid sweet-n-lo
>on theirs; I use the recipe from Libby's (though I don't buy that brand,
>'cause they're Nestle) and just leave out the crust and the sugar)
>Coffee and tea
>
>Serene

That sounds wonderful Serene. You made a great menu around some pretty
stiff dietary limitations.
You live by your motto, "food isn't love, feeding people is love"

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