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Have you tried making stuffed vegetables? It's easy, attractive and elegant and a very practical and very tasty option. At this time of year it's when we eat stuffed vegetables the most at home. It's an elegant and different way to enjoy vegetables, and you can make a good impression on a festive day by bringing a light first course

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

Eggnog is what we call here "ponche de huevo" or "ponche de Navidad," a sweet drink made from eggs and milk, and spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg, a good amount of ginger and clove. It's a really special drink that you have to try if you want an alternative to a nice glass of hot chocolate to sweeten the afternoon or if you want to offer your guests a drink to finish the meal and accompany some cookies. I've fallen in love with this punch!

Decorated chocolate sticks are a snack that's very easy to make and one of the most fun and decorative treats for your little ones' celebrations (and for adults, let's not kid ourselves).

More and more people are hearing about Spéculoos cookies, typical and very traditional at Christmastime in Belgium (where they call them speculaas), and also very popular in Germany (Spekulatius). I'll tell you a few things about them and bring a recipe for almond Spéculoos cookies that are richly spiced and festive.

Did you know you can make your roasts the usual way, in the oven or on the griddle, but finish them with a sublime glaze that makes all the difference? This brown sugar glaze will make all the difference!

I really, really, really encourage you to try it!

It's time for creamy, hot soups, and one of the cream recipes most loved at home is undoubtedly this roasted carrot and ginger cream. It's a healthy soup that, when made with roasted carrots and a bit of pumpkin, greatly enhances the flavor and yields an exquisite cream.

These saffron buns shaped like the number 8 are traditional Swedish buns. You may know them as St. Lucia buns, or you may have heard the word Lusskatter. What is certain is that they are very aromatic buns, and I'll be delighted if you decide to make them.

It's cookie time, and we can agree they look beautiful with icing to decorate them. Icing is all about consistency, and it's as easy to make as mixing sugar and egg white. If you haven't tried it yet, with all the explanations in this post about how to make cookie icing, now is the time to start.

You asked us for more fish recipes in a casserole, and nothing is more delicious than monkfish tails in sauce, American-style and with clams. It’s a truly exquisite recipe, first for the quality of its main ingredient—we all know how exquisite monkfish is in every bite—and also for the bold flavor of the sauce we serve with it.

Although this dish is very common on Christmas menus, nothing should prevent us from including it in our celebrations at any other time of the year. It is an elegant, eye-catching starter that is sure to win over our diners' appetites. Because it's de-li-cious.

Today, in old-fashioned desserts: Meringue mille-feuille! Yes, it may be one of the oldest sweets in history, but for that very reason you're sure to have more than one anecdote to tell when it comes to these delicious puff pastries.