A Housewife’s Tale

Merry Christmas from Edmonton!!!!

Meep and I are in Edmonton for Christmas this year. It has been a few years since we had a white Christmas back home in Edmonton and even with the -16F/-26 C weather, it was still a great time. Christmas eve was spent at B&B’s home (aka Heather’s in laws)~ The house was all decked out in Christmas decor, lotsa lights and shiny things. On top of that, one tree was not good enough for B&B, they had TWO!!!

My favourite was the Tiffany tree in the basement.

They hosted all of us and definitely had enough to feed an army! Let’s check out the feast:

Started off with a nice spread of cheese & pate, cocktail shrimp and chocolates:

I am so in love with these chocolates that look like mini macarons (and very appropriately filled with ganache). B1 called them mini hamburgers, I on the other hand like to think they look more like mini macarons (way classier, no?).

Lotsa drinks to go around. Heather and I having a glass of Proseco to start off the evening:

Dinner was a 22 lb turkey O_O!!! I hovered while B1 was carving that monster of a bird. We barely made a dent on the turkey but it was fabulous~

I didn’t take a picture of some of the sides *gasps*~ I got too excited about eating them especially the awesome mini cabbage rolls (only in Edmonton!) and whipped mash potatoes that Heather loves. The other sides were: Sweet potatoes, Home made stuffing, Gorgonzola Pear Salad, Steamed Broccoli and Dinner rolls.

Side Note: Heather just brought us some leftovers from dinner last night and lookie here:
Cabbage Rolls and Fluffy Mash!!! Man, those cabbage rolls are killer (will update when I get more information about where B1 orders it from)

Dessert was a feast on its own~ Tuxedo and Tiger cake from Save-on-Foods (my very first birthday cake from Meep was a Save-on-Cake and so this brings back warm fuzzy memories)!, Assorted sweets of tarts and nanaimo bars (very Canadian dessert of a coconut chocolate base with a custard icing topped with more chocolate) and an insane amount of fruits!!

Not to forget some excellent baked goods from Grandma K. I was told more than a couple times what these were but for the life of me, could not remember it.

Then there were presents for the special ladies : MIL, B2 and Grandma K. I have to say, Nothing tops the tickets to Oprah Winfrey show in Edmonton from B1 to the B2 and MIL! Nicely done!!! I would kill to get my hands on those tickets myself.

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Christmas just keeps getting better at this point! Next up is gonna be dinner at home on Christmas Day!!! Till then~