What does the leader of the free world eat for Christmas dinner with the family? Probably something a little fancier than the lasagna that my family's planning on making. I bet there's turkey and ham and veggies and cakes and pies and figgy pudding ... (What is figgy pudding?)
Michelle Obama talked about what the Obama family will be having for Christmas dinner in Hawaii this year on the TODAY show. She's throwing her healthy-eating campaign to the wind this year and it sounds absolutely delicious. What will the Obamas be having?
"There's turkey, there’s string beans and stuffing, a little mac and cheese," Obama told Jenna Bush Hager. "This is the time when I throw 'Let's Move' out the window for a moment, and get that mac and cheese. Everybody deserves their mac and cheese."
Yes indeed. Mac and cheese. And the meal will end with pie. (The world can get back to exercising and cutting back on sugar on December 26.) It sounds like a nice, much-needed break for the nation's "Hostess in Chief," and one that will involve the type of carbo-loading you expect from marathon runners. Haha. But what better time than Christmas to indulge?
Here in Brooklyn, we'll likely be having that lasagna I mentioned. Maybe some sausage and meatballs. (No, we're not Italians. We just pretend to be on Christmas.) Cheesy garlic bread. Hot apple pie with vanilla ice cream ... Now I'm getting hungry.
What will your family be having for Christmas dinner?
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My mother n law is making dinner, a ham, broccoli cauliflower casserole, potatoes, fried ocra, bread. I would love to have Mac n cheese, when I am home that is what my mom fixes. I love cooking, if I had a choose of what to make my menu would be a roast, potatoes, carrots, sweet potato casserole, spoon bread, and my broccoli casserole. Yum, yum.
For the love of Pete, every time I hear about the Obama's meal plans, it's "throw 'Let's Move' out the window and celebrate"... do they EVER follow the diets she wants everyone else to obey? Every time we see their picture with food, it's greasy burgers, ribs, etc. Parties involve massive calorie-laden buffets. Honestly, I don't give a rat's ass what they eat. I'm just sick of the "do as I say, not as I do" attitude of this administration.
MominPa... can I come to your house this Christmas? It all sounds just awesome, and Santa riding up on a Tennesee Walker is just the icing on the cake!! And another year, you can come here to Iowa, where we have a ton of snow, and snuggle around a crackling wood fire with cups of hot chocolate, after spending the afternoon building snowmen and sledding.