By Dylan Peyton,
Staff Writer.
As the holiday season continues, the food keeps getting better and better. Thanksgiving is the time of year to share some of your favorite traditional foods with your loved ones, and the recipes are infinite and delicious. With the many holidays in December, such as Christmas and Hanukkah, there are even more amazing recipes to share. For many people, making and sharing food is a love language. Having loved ones around for the holidays and being able to feed them festive seasonal foods can bring a smile to one’s face.
Thanksgiving is one of the first major holidays leading into the holiday season. While Thanksgiving is traditionally spent alongside family, for many, especially students, Friendsgiving is a celebration growing in popularity. Coming together with friends and collectively making a huge meal filled with love is something anyone can enjoy. One of the staple side dishes for any Thanksgiving meal is mac and cheese. For some, it is the most looked forward to part of Thanksgiving, sometimes even more so than the turkey. “Making it was honestly not that hard. People usually complain about shredding the cheese but the worst part for me was mixing and melting the cheese. All the hard work was worth it since everyone finished the mac and cheese and practically fought over it,” explained senior Margarita Umali.
COMFORT FOOD: A delicious mac and cheese meal awaits to be eaten. “All the hard work was worth it since everyone finished the mac and cheese and practically fought over it,” said Margarita Umali (12). Umali made this for Thanksgiving and it was clearly a big hit as an alternative to the traditional turkey meal. Photo Provided by Margarita Umali
The month of December is also no stranger to amazing seasonal foods. Peppermint flavors fill store shelves and families’ homes. The gingerbread men baking in the oven, the sweet air wafting throughout the house. Many different holidays warrant many different foods. “Every year on Christmas day, me and my grandma always work together to make tamales for the Christmas meal. It’s such an important part of the day to me,” said junior Karely Barragan.
Hanukkah also means challah is filling the ovens. “I’ve found a love for baking challah, trying different recipes and different flavors. Challah is such an amazing sweet bread that brings me closer to my ancestors,” said senior McKenna Peyton.
The recipes are endless and more ideas are thought of as time goes on. Every year more and more recipes come out, new flavors and new candies. Some holiday classics if you have a sweet tooth are pumpkin cheesecake, flan, plain sugar cookies with green and red M&M’s, peppermint brownies and fudge and gingerbread men and houses. For the more savory side of things there are glazed ham, candied yams, turkey, brussel sprouts and green beans. Many recipes are passed down through generations, and families get their recipes from ancestors with too many greats in their name to count.
