Noche Buena Feast and Christmas Party

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We had put together a simple menu for our Christmas Eve dinner. Our traditional Christmas midnight meal would not be complete without the homemade ham, Queso de bola and a steamy cup of rich and thick chocolate de batirol. Sis , her hubby and Ykaie were not able to celebrate with us this year coz they celebrated with sis's parents in law.

We had Chicken Lollipops, Bacon wrapped shrimps, Manicotti

Pastrami, Bacon, fried dumplings, ham and cheese

nieces and cousin

my plate and hot chocolate con mani

For our Christmas Party, I baked some cupcakes and made lime gelatin for dessert. I was also in charge of making the salad so I thought of making 7 layer salad.

Santa Cupcakes

Lime gelatin with pineapple chunks and cherries

7 layer salad ( lettuce, hard boiled eggs, cucumber, ham, thousand island dressing cheese, bacon)

We also had stuffed squids, baked orange rosemary chicken, fruit salad, baked Rigatoni, Pork and spareribs barbeque, fish fingers, corn gelatin and lemon-lime pandan juice.

Ykaie

My brother with my nieces and nephews

The kids had fun with the parlor games!

How was your Christmas celebration? I'm looking forward to celebrating New Year's Day!

Homemade Christmas Rocky Road and Assorted Christmas cookies

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I made some Rocky road today and baked an assortment of Christmas cookies last night. I'm going to give these to my friends and cousins. The ones in the snowman bottle goes to sis. I didn't measure everything in making the rocky road. I just alternately layered the melted bittersweet chocolate and the sweet goodies. I was able to make 8 bags of rocky road treats and 6 bags of cookies. The extra goodies were eaten by sis's loyal internet cafe customers.


Ingredients:
bittersweet chocolate chips
marshmallows
glazed green cherries
raisins
walnuts

marshmallows, raisins, walnuts and glazed green cherries

I lined the pan with aluminum foil before pouring the first layer of melted chocolate then topped it with marshmallows, nuts, raisins and cherries.

I added sprinkles on top and drizzled with green candy melts before putting in the refrigerator to set.

Take out from the fridge and let it sit for a few minutes to soften a bit before cutting into pieces.

Put in Christmas treat bags

sprinkles, candies and chocolates I used to decorate the cookies

Christmas Cookie platter

Cute Christmas treat bags

I had already distributed some of the treat bags to my friends and cousins.

Christmas cookies and a Coloring contest

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I started baking Christmas cookies yesterday. I'm planning to bake an assortment of Christmas cookies in the coming days to give to my cousins. My nieces enjoyed snacking on them while they were having fun with their coloring books. I decided to hold a coloring contest just for fun.

The contestants

Their masterpieces

The panel of overacting judges lol! ( Sis and cousins)

The winner with her winning entry

Chicken Lo mein

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This is a chinese dish made with egg noodles. You can substitute ramen or spaghetti noodles. Add any veggies you desire and meat of your choice.

Ingredients:

Lo Mein noodles
1 chiken breast cut into strips
oyster sauce
2 tbsp soy sauce
1 cup chicken broth
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp sesame oil
2 tsp cornstarch
1 tbsp canola oil
shitake mushroom
carrots
snow peas
1 onion, chopped
3 cloves garlic, minced

1. Marinate chicken strips in 2 tbsps oyster sauce for 30 minutes
2. Cook noodles according to package directions. Drain and set aside.
3.sautee garlic and onion, add chicken and stir fry until brown.
4. add the mushrooms carrots and snowpeas. Cook until tender crisp.
5. Remove from pan and set aside.
6. mix 1 cup chicken broth and 2 tsps cornstarch. Bring to a boil while constantly stirring. Add sugar, 2 tbsp soy sauce and 2 tbsps oyster sauce.
7. Stir in noodles and simmer for 3 minutes
8. stir in chicken and vegetables and drizzle 1 tsp sesame oil. Toss the mixture well.



This is delicious and full of flavor. You can mix in a lot of different ingredients.

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