Don't know what to cook for Christmas?
Don't worry, here we are going to offer you some healthy and easy options in case you don't know what to cook for Christmas this year.
Christmas dinner is most likely the most anticipated meal of the year, in which one gets rid of all the most delicious cravings and where everyone prepares very special and delicious dishes. But surely like every woman, housewife, you want to prepare something spectacular, delicious but also nutritious even for these dates of so much celebration and banquet. Well don’t worry, here we are going to offer you some nutritious options in case you don’t know what to cook for Christmas. Starter Smoked Salmon and Broad Bean Canapés (serves 16): *Make a broad bean cream: Crush and mix the following ingredients to create the cream: Extra virgin olive oil. The juice of half a lemon. A pinch of salt. 100g of beans. Other ingredients: 4 slices of box bread. Lettuce 100 g of smoked salmon *Toast the bread and then divide each slice into 4 equal squares, don’t forget to cut the edge. *Spread the bean cream on the bread, then put a piece of lettuce, the size of the canapé, and then and finally, put a piece of smoked salmon on top. Main Course Fettuccini With Shrimp Ingredients: 2 cups white wine 3 cups fettuccini pasta 1/4 cup olive oil 5 cloves finely chopped garlic 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley 2 tablespoons basil 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese 2 cups whole cream 2 cups peeled and deveined medium shrimp Cook fettuccini according to box instructions in water boiling until al dente. While the pasta is cooking, make the sauce: In a large frying pan, heat the olive oil and cook the garlic for 2-3 minutes; Add the wine, parsley, and basil and cook until reduced by half. Pass the sauce Drain a strainer and return to the pan. Add the cream and mix well. Let it simmer until reduced by half. In another pan, heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil and cook the shrimp until they are opaque. Add the creamy sauce to the shrimp. Mix well. Serve the pasta and the shrimp sauce on top. Dessert Cream of Maria Cookies and Caramel (for 8 glasses) Ingredients: 120 g of Maria cookies 100 g of sugar 30 ml of liquid caramel 500 ml of liquid cream 500 ml of milk 3/4 of an envelope of cajeta cornstarch 8 more cookies to decorate (optional) Grind the cookies: (a good trick is to put them in a plastic bag and crush them well with a rolling pin) Place the cookie in advance crushed, the sugar, the liquid caramel, the cream, the milk and the cornstarch in a thick-bottomed saucepan. Heat the preparation, stirring constantly, over medium heat until it boils, then cook over low heat, stirring constantly, for another eight minutes. Pour the cream into individual glasses and if you are going to decorate with the cookie, try to submerge half of it in the glass before putting it in the refrigerator to set. Here is the option of a delicious and simple, rich and nutritious Christmas menu in case you didn’t know what to cook for Christmas. Bon appetit and happy holidays!