Sylvia's Scenario

The star of our Christmas dinner this year was the dessert, a chocolate trifle.  Apparently, I made this once before and Nick remembered it and requested it for Christmas.  I use to make trifles a lot, before I started this blog, but I don't have any recipes here from the past 10 years which is amazing because I still make them a lot.  A trifle is a British dessert that entails three layers of a cake layer, a moisture layer (fruit/liquor, etc.) a creamy layer (custard, pudding, or fruit) and usually topped with whipped cream.  I made one for dessert this summer when my brother was visiting from out-of-town and we had everyone over for dinner.   This was a "mock trifle" without the cake layer since I was trying to stay on my  Hannah Freese, RD  diet.  You can use your imagination however you want to make one, really.  I like using my footed trifle bowl  that I've been using for years and Nick has remember it, too. It makes for a very impressive presentation for a desse

I hope you are able to celebrate the spirit of the season despite the continuation of a pandemic that just refuses to quit.  Please stay well and healthy in these trying times and I hope you are able to spend time with those you love.  And that is exactly what we are doing.  With both Nick and Lauren close by and most importantly, the grandkids also nearby, we spend every minute together as much as we can.  A three year-old and a five year-old bring a whole new dimension into the holiday season and we just can't get enough.   Merry Christmas to you all and a Happy 2022.

This recipe really hit the spot tonight with temperatures dropping and some snow is even in our forecast.  Will we have a white Christmas?  We always keep our fingers crossed that we will.  Bruce has been wrapping presents today, mine were mostly done and already under the tree.  Our cat isn't too happy about that.  This was his favorite place to sleep.  What happened to my cat bed? Last weekend, the grandkids joined in with the present wrapping.                                                                     You can probably tell which ones they wrapped.   The 3 year-old even wrapped two presents for his stuffed animals.  We had to look around to find something to put in a box to wrap for them, he didn't care what it was. Afterwards, he felt so accomplished and proud of his work.  His gift tags were a full sheet of paper that covered the whole present. It has been nonstop around here which also included making Christmas cookies, of course. We made my favorite Christmas c