Check out my progress on Christmas Reminders
I look forward to this Sunday every year, as it marks the occasion of the 5th grade Christmas pageant at my church. Not only does it recall memories from 12 years ago when I myself performed in the pageant, but it also serves as a welcome reminder about the true meaning of Christmas. Between the recital of Gabriel’s speech and the simple rendition of “Away in a Manger,” my tears welled up with joy.
When I returned home, I discovered that the Sunday comics contained another heartfelt Christmas reminder:
Heck, even my dishware puts the “Christ” back in “Christmas.”
Now that I’m more grounded amidst the commercial chaos of the holiday season, let’s get onto the eats.
Saturday
I just can’t get enough pumpkin oat bran goodness these days.
After a last minute run to UPS and the grocery store, I came home for a simple lunch.
As per Yoder family tradition, we headed to a showing of White Christmas last night. But first, I fueled up with some Mashed Potatoes & Parsnips with Tempeh Bacon & Cheese. This version featured both cheddar and mozzarella for the cheese component.
Sunday
More tempeh bacon was on the pre-church menu this morning.
Lunch was a modified version of my Strawberry Fields Forever salad in that I substituted the more seasonal apricot for the strawberries.
I offered to prepare dinner for the fam this evening by cooking up a batch of Butternut Squash Stew with White Beans. You may recall this soup from my Thanksgiving visit with Seth’s family—I liked it so much that I requested the recipe! Given that there is hardly much leftover, I think it was a hit!
Alright, I am off to prepare for Seth’s arrival tomorrow:) Good night
Filed under: Meals
Caroline Yoder, dietitian-to-be and all-around foodie.
Have you ever tried cooking your oatbran in coconut milk. If not, give it a shot
BroccoliHut Reply:
January 5th, 2011 at 1:39 pm
I happen to have a carton of the So Delicious coconut milk hanging around–would that work? Sounds delish.
That cottage cheese/ clementine salad looks suuuper yummy. I also like the picture with the unpeeled clems, it looks kind of like a face!
I liked that comics from the Sunday paper too! With all the marketing around us people really do forget the true meaning of Christmas!
Your salad with the cottage cheese and the apricots looks totally delicious.
Merry Christmas to you and your family Caroline!!
Ana
love the feeling in my church during christmas time, so with you on that
Looks indeed similar to my eats– great minds think alike
Lurve your new tempeh foodie find. Jealous, as I haven’t seen that gem at my Whole Foods.
I love this time of year! The Christmas pageant looks like so much fun… haven’t been to one in a while.
Thank you for the reminder. I miss my hometown Christmas pageants and the living nativity scenes. Always fun. Cute dish!
It is so easy to get carried in way in the hallmark of it all, isn’t it? Yummy eats. My favs are the hummus wrap and the strawberry (apricot) fields forever salad. Hooray for Seth’s arrival!!
hahaha oh my god i remember my church christmas nativity thing we used to do! i was always so mad that i never got to be mary! hahaha then i stopped going to church. whoopsies!
i neeed to make that butternut squash stew!!
BroccoliHut Reply:
January 5th, 2011 at 1:37 pm
I feel you pain–I was pretty honked off when I didn’t get to be the narrator in the pageant. Their loss!