Christmas Eve's dinner!

My family, when I was growing up, didn't have a lot of extra money for expensive presents so most of our anticipation for Christmas was the food and the smells and having Grandma sleep over. Of course I try and pass this rich tradition of family to our children. So here are some of our traditions, in the food arena that we look forward to making as a family each year.

The Grapefruit Flower, Essie helped cut and arrange this

The Layered Jello! I choose colors depending on the holiday's colors, reds and greens are a must for Christmas!

It's finished! I did lots of differnt reds and one green in the middle!

The turkey! Looks weird I know. I let the turkey thaw in the sink with a lot of salt in the water over night. Doing this makes your turkey moist, Yummy!

Peppermint Ice Cream cake! The kids love stirring this one.

Start with a brownie crust, any ice cream you like mixed with a tub of cool whip, heavy whipping cream whipped for the top and than peppermint oreo cookies chopped up for the top

Home-made Rolls! Right out of the oven! The children love to help knead and roll them up.