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Holiday Sauce – a Christmas Breakfast Tradition

December 18, 2014 By Jessica Leave a Comment

Christmas Day is not that far away, so I wanted to be sure to share this family tradition with you before you headed out to do your Holiday Food Shopping!

The first Christmas that Matthew and I were dating, the big Christmas morning thing for his family was Holiday Sauce. Yea, I was just as confused as you are. In the White House “Holiday Sauce” is hollandaise sauce; however, the only time of year that my mother in law made this was at Christmas, thus “Holiday Sauce” was born {the kids didn’t pick up on the difference between holiday and Hollandaise}.

So what is this tradition they have?

Holiday Sauce a Christmas Breakfast Tradition from JessicaMWhite.com

Every Christmas Eve smoked ham is served and Thanksgiving leftover Turkey removed from the freezer. The next morning the magic happens. Eggs, ham and turkey are fried, English muffins are toasted, and “Holiday Sauce” is made: Eggs Benedict is served!

At first the whole thing sounded disgusting to me, mind you I didn’t like eggs at the time. It took me having kids before I could actually not only cook eggs, but eat them too {when we go through a dozen at breakfast you get good at them really fast}. For Matthew’s birthday breakfast we served up some “Holiday Sauce”, since we had all the ingredients on hand!

I hope you’re ready, because this is really EASY to make, and oh so yummy!

 

Holiday Sauce
Author: JessicaMWhite.com
Prep time: 10 mins
Total time: 10 mins
Serves: 2 cups
Ingredients
  • 2 Egg Yolks
  • 1 Whole Egg
  • 1/2 lb Butter
  • Scant Teaspoon Salt {only if using unsalted butter—if salt is added with salted butter, it’s fine, but I find it a bit salty}
  • Scant Tablespoon Lemon Juice
Instructions
  1. Blend eggs in a blender or food processer, until well mixed.
  2. Add in salt and lemon juice, blend.
  3. Bring butter up to a bubble, either in the microwave or on the stove.
  4. Once butter is bubbling, slowly add into blender while blade is moving: The sauce should start to thicken up immediately.
  5. Keep warm {I use a gravy pitcher that had HOT water in it}
  6. Assemble Your Eggs Benedict: Take your toasted {warm} English muffin, place several slices of fried ham and turkey on it, then an over easy egg…pour “Holiday Sauce” over the whole thing: Enjoy!
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This has honestly become one of my favorite special-treat breakfasts. It’s definitely not low calorie, but it can actually be really healthy for you depend on the ingredients you use {eggs and butter are both brain food, if from good sources; ham and turkey are protein; and there’s really no health benefit to an English muffin, but you could easily ix-nay that or add something healthier as your base}.

What are you Christmas Breakfast traditions?

Filed Under: Baking & Cooking, Christmas Tagged With: Christmas, Cooking, Family, Traditions

From Busy to Blessing – Blessing Our Children with a Foundation of Healthy Habits

October 16, 2013 By Jessica Leave a Comment

You have to cook dinner, right? The kids are always wanting a snack? They’re running all over the house making you pull your hair.

The days are crazy and before you know it, its 4:30 and you have nothing pulled out of the freezer and the kids are swinging from the ceiling lights.

How can I deal with the craziness and still be a blessing to my children, while not giving myself another guilty moment or thing to do?

Food

It’s dinner time and nothing is ready. For myself I mentally throw all my food inventory into 3 categories: Meat, Vegetable {potatoes and other starchy veggies don’t count}, and Carbohydrate. I usually can cob together a healthy meal from what’s in the freezer. I just have to think a bit more creatively!
When you know you’re going to be out of the house during a meal or snack time, think about what things you caFrom Busy to Blessing How to Use Your Martha to Be a Mary For Your Children through Good Health, Nutrition and Exercise @JessicaMWhite.comn either easily pick up on the road, that are healthy, or that you can bring along. This is such a simple thing, with a huge impact for healthy.

This part will take a bit of planning. There are numerous books out there on how to serve healthy and easy meals that kids will eat. This is one of my favorites,Real {Fast} Food written by Trina Holden, who is also doing her own 31 Days series about real foods.

Exercise
My kids love nothing more than being outside, but it doesn’t always fit into my schedule of things that need to get done, not to mention the weather. What do I do? I try to fit my schedule into play time. If I know that laundry is going to need to go out or come in, then I make sure the kids are out there with me. They can run, have Mama looking on and answering all the questions, and I’m still able to get the work I need to done.

We live in town, so I try to incorporate walks into our day, even if it means just walking to do errands or around the block. It gives them some fresh air time, and me a bit of exercise. If I have help we will occasionally brave the park, but that’s not something I can do on my own.

We all want our children to have what’s best in life, to know that we are starting them on the path of health, whether through good food choices or exercise. We’ve got to do the work anyways, might as well do it right. With a little bit of rethinking, we can often do what we’re already doing, but choose to make it healthier for our children.

Click here to find more of my posts in this series: 31 Days | From Busy to Blessing

Filed Under: 31 Days, From Busy to Blessing Tagged With: Children, Cooking, Encouragement, Faith, Intentional Living, Kids

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