Thursday, December 9, 2010

Previous Christmases

This year I was ready, and in good time to. I spent the second half of November listening to Christmas songs and planning how to spend it. Two days ago, I was stoked to find that it's only two weeks left. TWO!! It must have been my trip to Finland, it messed up my rhythm a bit. So now I'm in the middle of making gifts and planning what to cook and bake. Until I have some holiday eats to share with you, I thought I'd show you what I've been up to the previous years.


 2006. I had only been vegan for 6 months and made chocolate truffles and lussekatter (saffron buns). I also made seitan sausages which everyone else in my family wouldn't touch. They were great though!

2007. A rutabaga "ham". The ham is the centre piece on the Swedish Christmas table. It's boiled and glazed with mustard.


2008. I escaped Christmas and went to Berlin. We ate lunch at Yellow Sunshine. Before I left I made gingerbread cookies and candied almonds. 




 2009. I spent Christmas at home, and made chocolate truffle cups with gingerbread crusts. The horrible picture in the bottom is my Christmas dinner spread: Janson's temptation (a traditional Swedish potato casserole), beet root salad, skagen salad (traditionally made with shrimps, but I used tofu), brussel sprouts, soy balls, rutabaga "ham".