re: What are you cooking for Christmas dinner this year?

It's just us tonight, so heating some foods from Bellue's. Shrimp creole and crawfish bisque. Might also defrost a container of my chicken and sausage gumbo, but I don't know that it is needed.

Tomorrow is bacon, eggs, and cinnamon rolls for breakfast. Then a late lunch/early dinner of filets and sides. Possibly at home, possibly with neighbors. Depends on work schedules.

We're at the beach and I don't want to spend a whole day cooking. I'm grilling burgers, portobellos, and some corn

Making some shrimp cocktail, a bacon-wrapped shrimp deal, and putting together a pretty badass charcuterie tray for an appetizer.

For our entree, I snagged a whole tenderloin and broke it down to cut some nice, large filet mignon steaks. Going simple with baked potatoes with the fixins, asparagus, mushrooms, and a simple balsamic & red wine reduction for a steak sauce. For the two guests who don't eat steak, I fried up some blackened chicken thighs tonight and will make an alfredo sauce and pasta for them to put the chicken in tomorrow.

Dessert I decided to buy all the shite to make an ice cream sundae bar...make your own.

Appetizers. Billy’s regular and crawfish boudin. Spicy southwest deviled eggs. Spinach/artichoke dip.

Main course. Crawfish etoufee. Okra and tomatoes. Garlic Texas toast. Salad.

Dessert. Peanut butter pie. Chocolate cake roll.

Merry Christmas everyone!