One of the meals we all look forward to each year is our Christmas Eve dinner which we enjoy just the four of us at our dining room table.  Unlike my Turkey Day menu I wouldn’t call this stress-free – instead it falls more in the “I like to challenge my culinary skills every now and then” category:

• Individual Beef Wellingtons
• Peppercorn Sauce
• Tyler Florence’s Creamed Spinach
• Horseradish Potato Gratin

For dessert we pick a different Cake Roll each year – one of my favorites was this Hot Cocoa version. This year I’m thinking of changing things up and trying something like this Peppermint Chocolate Pie recipe.