Recipes For The Holidays

Recently my husband and I had a discussion about recipes for the holidays.  After 15 years of marriage, he finally admitted he didn’t like turkey!  Can you believe he chocked down something he didn’t care for just to make me happy!  We had a good laugh and then talked about what we could do differently this coming holiday.   It was just going to be the 4 of us this year, so we didn’t need to worry over what my family may or may not like from our new menu.  Here are a few awesome recipes we came up with that we can’t wait to try:

Quick And Easy Holiday Meals Changes

  •  Change Your Vegetables:  If you typically serve the traditional buttered peas, green bean casserole and sweet potatoes, try something different this year.  We love corn on the cob, so we decided there was not better time to serve it than with one of our favorite meals.  We are also crazy for asparagus and breaded eggplant, so we decided we would serve these yummy additions.  Don’t forget about bringing some of your favorite veggies and make a yummy roulade.

Chocolate Cake

  • Change Your Dessert:  Instead of your traditional pecan or pumpkin pie, there are many delicious sweet treats you can make that are well loved at many other times of the year.  Why not a home-made apple pie with freshly made cinnamon vanilla ice cream?  For that matter, go really out of the box and have a sundae for dessert.  Just bring out all of the toppings and have a buffet!
  • Change Your Protein:  Who said you had to have turkey as the main protein at your holiday feast.  There are endless possibilities you can choose like a lovely steak in a burgundy wine sauce or perhaps a beautiful roast slow cooked in a crock pot with all the yummy fixings.  This year, I looked to my favorite food delivery company; Omaha Steaks. If anyone had some delicious alternatives for a holiday dinner, they certainly would!

Cooking The Perfect Steak

Since we received such great cuts of meat from Omaha Steaks, we wanted to find a recipe for cooking the perfect steak.  I was surprised to find that cooking your steak on the stove in a cast iron skillet would give you a melt in your mouth piece of meat.  We received The Ideal Gift which included: 2 (5 oz.) Filet Mignons, 2 (5 oz.) Top Sirloins, 4 (4 oz.) Boneless Pork Chops, 4 ( 4oz.) Omaha Steaks Burgers, 4 Stuffed Baked Potatoes,  and 1 Chocolate Lover’s Cake.  The regular price for this package is $152.00, but was on sale for ($59.99).  For dinner last night, we cooked the yummy filet mignon’s and the stuffed baked potatoes. The filets were cut beautifully and Chris cooked them to a perfect medium rare.  The stuffed baked potatoes were a perfect compliment to the steaks.  I loved the bacon and cheese that were mixed together in a fluffy and delicious potato.   Remember when you visit the Omaha Steaks home page; you will see a lot more content than just meat!  You can also find seafood, chicken, pork, complete meals, side dishes and even desserts!

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594 COMMENTS

  12. I love the sirloins. There is nothing like making a homemade steak, potato and salad and having a movie night with the husband. After 22 years of marriage those steaks make a wonderful addition to our Friday night out, IN.

  86. My favorite product is the coconut shrimp and second choice would be the stuffed sole. Katharina angelsandmusic[at]gmail[dot]com

  102. I like Omaha Steaks’ bratwurst. I am an army brat and my family was stationed for years in Germany so I developed a taste for so many of the wursts. Yum!

  148. There are a lot of great things you can get but I would love the bacon wrapped filet mignon! I’m actually going there today for a Christmas present for my MIL ….

  211. The Elegant gift (Lobster Tails & filet mignon!) sounds yummy – but then so does EVERYthing @ this site!!!(HollyC) Thanks for the chance, it would be sooo wonderful to win this, (we’ve had an awful year!) Happy Holidays to all!!!

  235. We r vegetarians but our oldest daughter is not. I would get the Ultimate Custom Combo for her and her husband and kids.

  392. My hubby’s work just sent us a gift pack and it had Bacon-Wrapped Top Sirloins
    and Potatoes au Gratin. The food was absolutely delicious. I wasn’t expecting the potatoes to be so good.
    Thanks for the giveaway!

  499. Go big- I love the Ideal Gift Collection! 🙂 As an individual product- I like the 24oz Porterhouse Steak. I have never eaten a Porterhouse but have heard they are wonderful!

  514. Quality, without exception. My tastebuds and my family’s would very much appreciate this gift. Thanks

  554. too much scripting. a redirect to enter your user name and password is kinda crappy especially when I’m already signed in to twitter. I follow you and Omaha Steaks, your entry method needs to be improved.

  581. ohhhh the Chocolate Molton Lava Cakes.. YUMM!!!!! and of course the Filet Minon is awesome as well 🙂

  590. Not a meat eater but wanted to tell you that I LOVE the new photo. I know you’ve been using it for a while but wanted to tell you.

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