Hi Everyone,

Though the holidays are all about traditions, as they should be, there is nothing wrong with shaking things up. One of the main reasons that people are always scouring cookbooks, blogs, magazines and other publications for ideas for the holidays is because they want to shake up the routine. They want to mix and match some of the old, with the new and not so new. They want to wow their families and friends with their creations. They want to make the gathering special and memorable.

One of my least favourite things about the Christmas holidays is having to eat the same things over and over and over, at each gathering – at home, at family, at friends. It is not so much that we all cook the same things because, well, it’s tradition, but it’s that we are all gathering for the same meal, lunch or dinner! In some ways, it’s like going out to eat the food that you have at home. Come on, admit it, you feel the same way too; it’s just that you’re not brave enough to say it aloud.

I have a suggestion, why not entertain with a different kind of meal this holiday? In other words, choose a…..