Celebration Meal Plans: Holiday Dinner
Crab Fingers | Beef Rib Roast | Chopped Italian Salad | NY Style Cheesecake
Crab Fingers
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 12 |
| Category: | Appetizer |
| Meal: | Holiday Dinner (Celebration Meal Plans) |
| 1 | lb | crab fingers, canned |
| 1 | cup | ketchup |
| 3 | Tb | horseradish |
| 1 | Tb | lemon, juice of |
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Place ketchup, lemon juice and horseradish in bowl and mix. Arrange crab fingers around plate, place mixture (cocktail sauce) in center
Beef Rib Roast
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 6 |
| Category: | Beef Entrée |
| Meal: | Holiday Dinner (Celebration Meal Plans) |
| 5 | lb | beef, rib roast, bone-in |
| 1 | Tb | oil, olive |
| 1 | Tb | salt, kosher |
| 1 | Tb | pepper, fresh cracked |
| 1 | tsp | onion powder |
| 3 | cloves | garlic, chopped |
| 1 | 14 oz. can | beef consommé |
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Pour the olive oil over bone-in rib roast. Sprinkle with salt, garlic, pepper and onion powder and press in with your hands. Place in a pre-heated oven pan, brown both sides. Place in pre-heated 400 degree oven, bone side down and cook for 15 minutes per pound or until a meat thermometer reads 135 degrees for medium rare. Take out of oven and remove roast. Let the roast sit for 10 minutes before carving. Pour the consommé into the pan, swirl around and serve over beef.
Chopped Italian Salad
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 6 |
| Category: | Salad |
| Meal: | Holiday Dinner (Celebration Meal Plans) |
| 6 | oz | lettuce, mixed |
| 0.5 | cup | tomatoes, cherry |
| 1 | small | cucumbers, sliced |
| 1 | Tb | onions, chopped |
| 2 | oz | cheese, Romano |
| 1 | small | celery ribs |
| 3 | Tb | cheese, Romano, grated |
| 0.25 | cup | mushrooms, sliced |
| 0.125 | cup | olives, green |
| 2 | oz | salami |
| 3 | Tb | oil, olive |
| 0.5 | tsp | oregano, dried |
| 3 | Tb | vinegar, red wine |
| 1 | tsp | garlic powder |
| 1 | pinch | salt and pepper to taste |
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Chop all ingredients into bite size pieces. Place in a large bowl. Add olive oil, vinegar, garlic powder and oregano and mix. Add grated romano and mix again. Serve
NY Style Cheesecake
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 12 |
| Category: | Dessert |
| Meal: | Holiday Dinner (Celebration Meal Plans) |
| 48 | oz | cream cheese |
| 8 | large | egg |
| 4 | large | egg, whites |
| 2 | cup | sugar, granulated |
| 2 | tsp | vanilla |
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Have everything at room temperature. Mix together until very smooth. Pour into springform pan, place in a pre-heated water bath, 1/3 way up, and bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes to 1 hour, until the top is light brown and even across the top. This is best if made the day before and refrigerated over night.
Add any topping you wish.
This recipe serves 12; if you scale the recipe to 8 or less bake 20 minutes less.
