Crazy? Certainly.: Culinary Accomplishments - December 19th to December 26th

I think it is a well-known fact that I like to cook, and I enjoy the company and help of my sous-chef also known as DH while in the kitchen. I decided to make some treats that I call "cake truffles" as an incentive for my friend K, she is trying something new and to keep her motivated I bribe her with anything chocolate. Since I wasn't in the mood to make brownies (which she really likes), I tried these. You can make them with whatever kind of cake you like, these had chocolate cake and cream cheese frosting and then were covered in milk chocolate and then drizzled with more milk chocolate, don't they look great?

We had extra ones that I let DH decorate, someone went a little nuts with these... let's just say these were the ones that stayed home and DH was given to eat as a treat.

We decided to make a "breakfast pie" yesterday morning, guess who went a little nuts "decorating" the dough with little figurines?

Filled with eggs, milk, cheddar cheese, link sausage, salt and pepper.

Topped with hash browns - pretty tasty!

And then dinner last night. We have the tradition of doing the Feast of Seven Fishes. Although it is traditionally done on Christmas Eve we made it last night because DH worked late on the 24th. It is a nice way to incorporate my grandmother's Italian heritage, my Costa Rican heritage and DH's grandfather's Swedish heritage all in one meal. On the menu last night was Spicy Crab Cakes with a sweet salsa served on top of a yummy salad and Lemon Seafood Pasta. In the end we didn't cook 7 fishes even though we had them, we just didn't feel up to cooking so much food (something we struggle with each year) and then being exhausted, but the end results were perfect for us.