Christmas Dinner

In my new frilly owl apron (oops, forgot a photo) I made Christmas dinner to the music of Tango on Pandora (Tango the type of dance...turns out it inspires many wonderful meals). The menu: roast leg of lamb in a citrus rosemary marinade, butternut squash apple cranberry bake, and a wild rice pecan salad with an orange dressing on top.

I cut up butternut squash and apples and layered them in a baking pan and then sprinkled on fresh cranberries. I drizzled it with agave nectar and sprinkled it with whole wheat flour, nutmeg and a little salt. I dotted it with coconut oil and put it in the oven. This is how it looked when it came out:



While that was baking I made the rice. Wild and brown rice mix, with dried cranberries, pecans and green onions. When it was ready to serve, I poured in the dressing made of grated orange peel, lemon juice, olive oil, agave nectar, salt and pepper.

The roast was last to come out of the oven:



While I cooked, I danced to the tango music playing, drank the last couple glasses of Naked Merlot that I had (un-oaked) and nibbled on small wedges of brie. When it was all finally ready, I set my plate at the dining table using the good "china" (it's not really china) and good silverware (not really silver). I opened up a very nice Malbec and had a fancy dinner for one in front of the wood stove.



And for dessert I had a piece of Enstrom's chocolate almond toffee that my aunt and uncle in Colorado got me for Christmas.

Ok, maybe I had two.

I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and everyone is doing well! Goodnight!