After Christmas

I hope you had a good Christmas, we did.  We started Christmas Eve serving at the 5:00 service.  I went to the nursery to watch babies and my husband had parking lot duty.  We finished about 6:30 and headed home to make dinner.

I had planned on enchiladas and black beans and rice.  I like to have seafood for Christmas Eve.  The enchiladas were very good and hopefully freeze well because the recipe made too much for just us.  I don't know where I found the recipe, I didn't get the source and can't find it again.  Frustrating!

Enchiladas del Mar

• 1/2 pound tomatillo
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 12 large shrimp, cleaned
• 1/4 cup shallot, minced
• 6 ounces bay scallops
• 1/4 cup white wine
• 1 1/3 cups heavy cream
• 1 pound crabmeat
• 12 whole corn tortillas
• 3 1/2 cups mozzarella cheese, grated
• 6 ounces goat cheese, crumbled
• 1 whole avocado, sliced
• 1/2 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
• salsa verde

1. Char tomatillos over gas flame or in broiler until black in spots.  Transfer to blender and process to coarse puree. 
2. Heat oil in skillet over high heat.  Add shrimp and shallot until shrimp begin to turn pink, about 1 1/2 minutes.
3. Add garlic, stir 30 seconds.  Add scallops and wine, cook until wine is almost evaporated, about 2 minutes.
4. Transfer shrimp mixture to medium bowl. 
5. Add cream and tomatillo puree to same skillet, simmer until mixture thickens and measures 1 2/3 cups, about 10 minutes.
6. Add crab and shrimp to skillet.  Season with salt and pepper.
7. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
8. Heat griddle or large skillet over medium high heat.  Working in batches, add tortillas to dry skillet and heat just until soft, about 30 seconds per side.
9. Plpace tortillas on work surface.
10. Place 1/4 cup of cheese on each, sprinkle with goat cheese.
11. Roll up and place seam side down in 13x9 baking dish.  Spoon warm sauce over tortillas.  Sprinkle with remaining cheese. 
12. Bake until heated through, about 10 minutes.  Top with avocado slices, cilantro and pass the salsa.

Notes:  I made two casseroles and one is in the freezer.  I had salsa, but didn't think any was needed, we didn't use it. 

We relaxed after dinner and because I only had one glass of wine with dinner, we were awake and able to go to church for 11:00 Christmas Eve service. 

Monday morning we opened packages and received some very nice gifts.  We had breakfast, Rachael Ray's Oatmeal Cookie Pancakes, and were happy to be staying home warm and dry.  We had a little freezing rain in the morning.  Not much though.

For Christmas dinner I had a simple, but good, meal of Roasted Beef Tenderloin, Potato Casserole and Fresh Green Beans.  Very delicious. 

Yesterday we headed to Greenville, South Carolina to visit family.  My husband's daughters and their husbands live there and also our grandson.  We went to Beth and Michael's for lunch with Chrissy and Chuck joining us.  Matthew was very excited to show us his crash car race set and his Leapster. 

We had some packages for him and I made the quilt for him.  I have pictures before we wrapped it and with Matthew getting ready to take his nap.  He loves race cars and was very happy to have a soft race car quilt.  Also a picture of Beth, Matthew and me with Leapster. 

We had a great day, good lunch with good company.  We spent a lot of time outside chatting while Matthew and the neighborhood kids rode new bikes, scooters,  and tractors.  We got home about 9, had a snack and went to sleep.

I woke up at 4 this morning and will probably nap later.  Once the sun comes up, I have a great view of the sunrise through my office window.  This is yesterday morning.

Today I plan to do some cleaning and organizing.  I may work on my quilt class homework.  Of course a load of laundry. 

I have a couple pictures to finish of the animals with their gifts from my niece Cristine.  She got them dog treats and mouse toys.