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At Christmas we can enjoy a wide variety of sweets, in fact, it could be considered the sweetest time of the year just for that reason. But if there is a sweet star on these dates, it is, without a doubt, our beloved Roscón de Reyes.

The stew with balls from La Vega Baja del Segura is a traditional dish from our region. Like any other stew from Spain (Madrid, Lebaniego, escudella, Andalusian stew...), it is a comforting, familiar dish, and its recipe passes from generation to generation, never finding two that are the same, and even being the same area, we will always find nuances. However, that is the beauty of these traditional recipes inherited, do not you think?

Stewed sausages are a very popular dish, since sausages tend to be liked by both children and adults, and they are very tasty. Today we make the recipe for smoked sausage stew with beans, a dish that you can prepare both in the cold months and use to celebrate the night of San Juan.

One of the best times of the year for those with a sweet tooth is Christmas, without a doubt. We can find a very wide and varied assortment, so that it is totally impossible not to feel satisfied. I include myself because I have a very sweet tooth.

I bring an eggplant appetizer that I love to make. It does not involve any work in the kitchen and it is delicious! It is roasted eggplant, with salt, oil, maté or cottage cheese and honey. In that order in which I have mentioned it, in a few minutes you will have it ready and without dirtying the kitchen at all.

The most moist and aesthetic, this apple layer cake (apple mille-feuille or apple layer cake) leaves no one indifferent. It looks like a sponge cake on the outside but inside there are layers and layers of sweet baked apple and, in fact, very little dough.

Have you tried making stuffed vegetables? It's easy, it's colorful and elegant and a most practical and tasty option. This time of year is when we eat more stuffed vegetables at home. It is an elegant and different way of enjoying vegetables, you can look good if it is a holiday by having a light first course

A few days ago, we shared a post in which we told you how to prepare the icing for cookies. Christmas is here and it's time to put it into practice! Simple decorations for Christmas cookies, but defined and elegant. That is what we want to focus on in this post. I hope that the ideas for making Christmas cookies that I bring you today inspire you to prepare some of the most beautiful, homemade and original cookies.

Eggnog is what we call here eggnog or Christmas punch, a sweet drink made from eggs and milk, and spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg, a good dose of ginger and cloves. It is a really special drink, which you have to try if you want to have an alternative drink to a good glass of chocolate to sweeten the afternoon or you want to offer your guests a drink to finish the meal and accompany some cookies. I have fallen in love with this punch!

Surely you have heard of lemon bars, lemon wedges or the popular Lemon Bars. It is a delicious snack at dessert time, or a treat at a special moment.

Decorated chocolate sticks are one of the easiest snacks to make and one of the most fun and decorative for your little ones' celebrations (and adults, let's not kid ourselves).

Every day we hear more about the Speculoos cookies, typical and the most traditional on Christmas dates in Belgium (where they are called speculaas), and also very popular in Germany (Spekulatius). I'll tell you a few things about them and I bring you a recipe for the most spicy and Christmas almond Spéculoos cookies.