Christmas Day

Christmas Eve, I threw together a simple egg dish for Christmas morning.

Oven baked ham and cheese omelet with whole wheat English muffins. This was out of this world. I don't like the one with the bread or the croutons. They are more like a strata. This is more like an omelette. Delicious!

Baked Oven Omelet

adapted from allrecipes.com

Ingredients

• 8 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 teaspoon seasoning salt
• 3 ounces cooked ham, diced
• 1/2 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
• 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
• 1 tablespoon dried minced onion

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease one 8x8 inch casserole dish and set aside.
2. Beat together the eggs and milk. Add seasoning salt, ham, Cheddar cheese, Mozzarella cheese and minced onion. Pour into prepared casserole dish.
3. Bake uncovered at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 40 to 45 minutes.

Also served Fruit Salsa. No recipe, just chopped fruit, served with 

Gingerbread shaped cinnamon sugar tortilla chips! Sooo Cute!!

hello, yummy guy!

Also served Festive Slush, Warm Parmesan Crab Dip and gluten free crackers.

Of course, we all ate too many appetizers, but were so happy to see the Prime Rib come out like this:

Garlic Prime Rib

adapted from allrecipes.com

Ingredients

• 1 (10 pound) prime rib roast
• 10 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 teaspoons ground black pepper
• 2 teaspoons dried thyme

Directions

1. Place the roast in a roasting pan with the fatty side up. In a small bowl, mix together the garlic, olive oil, salt, pepper and thyme. Spread the mixture over the fatty layer of the roast, and let the roast sit out until it is at room temperature, no longer than 1 hour.
2. Preheat the oven to 500 degrees F (260 degrees C).
3. Bake the roast for 30 minutes in the preheated oven, then reduce the temperature to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C), and continue roasting for an additional 60 to 75 minutes. The internal temperature of the roast should be at 145 degrees F (53 degrees C) for medium rare.
4. Allow the roast to rest for 10 or 15 minutes before carving so the meat can retain its juices.

In the end, we had a great family celebration. 

We used the good china and silver and crystal. It made for a lovely table. Something about the good stuff makes it a special day!

here I am with my mother-in-law!

Gracie and Cass feelin festive

Nick and Grama laughing together

here's my boy

the table looks so great, with the sun streaming on it. I wished I would've gotten a shot with the crystal on it!