I have been abroad or even away from home during Christmas but never have I been to a place where there is no Christmas. Mom and dad, it was bad enough you lied about Santa being real, but delivering presents to ALL the boys and girls? I'm disappointed.
Anyway, it turned out to be quite fun. I got to Skype with both sides of the family and I must admit virtual Christmas is almost nicer because you can still take a Xanax and drink wine but when you are over it you push a button and it's done. I'm thinking a new tradition is in order.
I was lucky enough to be able to cook a vegan Christmas dinner for six, and everyone (including Itay, my hardest critic) enjoyed it. Here is the menu:
Cabbage Rolls - filled with lentils and vegetables
Perogies - potato and onion
Rice Pilaf - onion, celery, OJ, nutmeg, cinnamon, apples, pecans
Christmas salad - mixed greens, walnuts, pears, dried cranberries
Ginger Snap cookies
Chocolate raspberry cookies
Pecan Pie - which turned out awful but MP ate with a smile on his face.
On that note, it was quite the chaos in the kitchen trying to pull this off. At times it was stressful and I'd simply scream "I hate Christmas!" and take a heavy sip of my champagne, but when it was all over and everyone was eating with smiles on their faces it was well worth it. I wonder how my family has been doing this for ages, in suppose it gets easier. But I know one thing, those Melnyk boys better find some wives because the odds of me cooking for all of them are about as good as them eating my vegan cooking.
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