Christmas Eve in Cincinnati

Nick and I flew home to Cincinnati for Christmas this year and I was so busy doing nati things I really didn't do much blogging.  So I wanted to back track a bit and share our Christmas festivities with the world.  This year Christmas lasted 3 days and my waistline isn't too happy about that right now.  Here are the culprits from Christmas Eve.

Nick made mojitos for everyone and unsurprisingly they went down like a treat!

Next we have Skyline Dip - sour cream, chili, and cheddar cheese (for you non-Cincinnatians....) Made by my mom.

Shrimp and crab with dips made by my Aunt Niki....

I forget the name of these but they were preserved lemons and cheese wrapped in pastry with a yogurt dipping sauce.  Also compliments of Niki.  They were vegetarian and salty deliciousness which means I ate A LOT of them.

Then we were on to the main course, which for some reason in my family is always Indian themed.  I have no idea where this tradition comes from, but every time I suggest we eat something different I'm told thats absolutely impossible because "It's a tradition."  Specifically, my mom makes Lamb Curry and my Aunt Suzy makes a Saag Paneer type dish.  We also got nan, rice, and mint chutney from Baba India, our favorite Indian Place in Cincinnati.

Look at the spread!

As if we hadn't had enough food at this point we then moved onto dessert.  My mom keeps asking me why I never cook for her, and this is the reason.  Does it look like we need more food?! I suggested I make dessert but she had already bought it from the Bonbonerie.  Their sugar cookies are to die for so I thought it best not to bother competing with them.

We also got some chocolate cupcakes and mint brownies.  Yum!

And of course what would any Cincinnati Christmas celebration be without a large selection of Graeter's Icecream?  If you don't know, Graeter's makes the best icecream in the world.  In Cincinnati no one bothers with those silly boys, Ben and Jerry, and when a Cincinnati girl breaks up with her bf she reaches for a pint of Graeters - not Haagen Dazs.  My cousin, Luc, and my sister, Dani, helped to dish it out in all sorts of flavors.

And that concludes our feast.  Needless to say we all waddled to bed before Santa came!