Frugal Vacation? Homecation? Staycation? You Choose

While our children are vacationing in Switzerland for the holidays, my husband and I, have our own vacation at home, it's call HOMECATION: word from the Urban dictionary. On Christmas Eve, after going out for some window shopping and before the Midnight Mass, we had dinner:

Flat bread pizza, Pinot noir,

Apple pie and Pistachio/Cashew Ice cream.

After mass, we had Egg Nog (store bought), I have a recipe for egg nog but I didn't feel like making it.

 

Christmas day was Pajama day for me. I wake up late and I indulged myself with this wonderful  ginger/mint nourishing body polish that my daughter Stephanie bought for me some months ago.It's a great product, everytime I use it I feel good, and it makes the skin smooth.

Thereafter, I had my tea, I am an avid tea drinker, I enjoy tea for many reasons: tea contains antioxydants that protect our body from various kind of diseases, tea can boost our immune system and has cancer-fighting effects. Compared to coffee, tea has less caffeine. I drink various flavors of tea.---The aroma of a hot cup of tea and a good book, like this one that I promised myself to finish before the end of the year, it's heaven!

Bel Ami by Guy de Maupassant ( I bought it at http://www.frenchbooksonline.com/)

The day after Christmas: Blizzard alert, it's started snowing at 10:00 am. I did not feel like cooking but since we've been eating leftovers, I decided to make this quick meal:

Buttery Potato Fans. Flounder Filet and Mushrooms on a bed of  Steamed Spinach. It was delish!

To make the Buttery Potato Fans,   1- preheat oven to 450 F. Lightly grease a baking sheet. Cut potatoes into 1/4inch slices but do not cut all the way through. 2- Place potatoes on prepared baking sheet. Spread slices slight apart. 3- Mix butter and oil in a small bowl: lightly brush over potato skins and between slices with a small pastry brush. Sprinkle with salt. 4- Bake for 40 minutes or until potatoes are tender and edges are brown. Spread with sour cream or serve on the side. If you want to save time like I did,  prepare potatoes as recipe directs through step 3, but microwave the potatoes for about 5 or 8 minutes depending on the  sizes of the potatoes, then reduce baking time to 15 minutes in step 4.

Dec 27th The front door of our apt blocked by the snow

I took this pic from my living room's window

Dec 28th when I wake up and look outside from my bedroom's window, I couldn't resist, I had to take a pic of this beautiful view.

A BIENTOT!

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