Christmas Essentials Preparations and More

PREPARATIONS …..
and pre-tasting to decide what I am gonna make this year.
Yes the Christmas days are a big thing.

This is my entry for this contest by Esie.

@ecency-star/esie-christmas-contest-17-days

Rules etc are at the end of the blog! I choose to show preps and trials for dinner, and some.

The preparations have started. Two weeks to go and than we are hosting two days and one morning of Christmas. For you that don’t know , we are all about family.
So these days we are all together. Kids come home from campus and we have a few gifts for eachother.
Food is also a binding factor and I always try out the things we are eating at Christmas in the weeks before. A damn job but someone has to do it…..
I already bought table arrangements , menu’s and made a door wreath.

Simple den green , lights and a bell.
The bell is a thing I let come back every year, as a sign to sign in the new year.

So today we are gonna try the chicken ragout we will have as a starter. It’s like a stew. Ragout will be put in a puff pastry shape , which I have yet to buy are probably stars .

The reason I try everything in advance is also because many product you need re only good till before Christmas. So when it’s good I will buy it either next Friday or in the weekend, to be safe and know it’s still good for the piece the Christmas resistance.

Fresh chopped veggies.
And red onions because they are so sweet in the dish.
But you can use whatever vegetables you like.

I used butter and some spices before the veggies go in. Ofcourse also salt and pepper.

The chicken drumsticks after they are backed for 6 minutes.

Big chicken drumsticks, veggies and butter, the smell is amazing and I count two drumsticks per person, because we have more things on the menu.

When all are done , I leave it for 30 minutes to cook with a bit of water added to the sauce.

After that I peel of the meat from the bones. And the ragout is almost done. The taste is amazing and the dish is good for the menu.
I write down to buy the meat , veggies and butter.

Step one is doen, and we had a wonderful dinner at the same time.

I still am looking at all the free glossy magazines that all the grocery stores Holland has give out, for the best recipies and ideas.
I also bought a “kerststol” it’s a nut bread with almond paste to see if it’s good to incorporate into the Christmas breakfast.

@ecency-star/esie-christmas-contest-17-days
Is the conetst and here are the Rules and Contest categories:

Christmas menu 🍾
Tell us about the Christmas food. It can be something that you usually have for Christmas or want to have. You can share the recipe or just tell us about the food.

Christmas mood🎉
Tell us what makes you feel the Christmas? Do you decorate your home for Christmas? Watch Christmas movies? Wear Christmas pajama?

Christmas stories ✏️
Tell us any story related to Christmas. It can be something from your life or you can make it up.

Christmas gift 🎁
Tell us what kind of gift you would like to get or what you want to give to your family and friends.

Christmas tree🎄
That is the Art category. Draw, create, take a photo, video... of a Christmas tree and share it with us. But don't forget to accompany your artwork with a text description of at least 100 words.

Winter Holiday❄️
There are people who don't have or don't celebrate Christmas. But Esie is curious if there are any other winter holidays that you have or like. And it will be great if can tell us about it☺️

Choose the category and Make your entry (artwork or story)
Put the link to that post in your entry
The post should be at least 100 words length
Use the hashtags #esieadventures, #ecencychristmas
Leave in the comments under the Contest Announcement post the link with your entry
One entry per category
No plagiarism!

I choose the FOODMOOD&ART hahhahah and I put them all in one blog.
Here re free made art for ecency holiday cards you can use in comments to your favourite hivers. Just give me a tag :)

That’s all for now. December is The month we do a lot and I will try to share as much as I can.
Like this blog from yesterday :

@brittandjosie/making-christmas-houses-with-fake

I made these Christmas houses with a fake light inside.

Merry ecency blogging guys,
See you in the comments !