this year, the night of the 25th into the early hours of the 26th means a lot to adam and i. at that time last year, he and i met, made small talk, made out, and consequently began dating, and have been together ever since. whenever i am feeling extra loverly (which is quite often) i call him my favorite christmas present ever. so, as it's our one year anniversary, our first full christmas day together, and we are holiday orphans once again, this year we are going to make a christmas dinner for us (and anyone else who is an orphan that night in philly). we've been throwing around food ideas, but after checking out recipes and the steps involved to making one's first turkey or ham (no way), i'm fully fearful of taking on too much. i'm definitely no cook. this is what i'd like to sit down to christmas evening, with a few changes:
so the steak would stay relatively the same, but the mashers would become garlic roasted red potatoes:
the green beans would morph into asparagus:
i would add some roasted butternut squash with bacon and apples:
and we'll definitely have a few glasses of this:
dessert will probably be some ben and jerry's, hopefully one of these:
yum!