Fed up with all this Christmas hoopla from which it is
impossible to escape? Are you sick and tired of hearing the jingle of bells
every time you walk into a shop or turn on your radio? Does your family expect
you to celebrate the season by cooking all day long and then washing a mountain
of dishes while they fall asleep in front of the TV? Does the thought of
wrapping another present make you want to stab yourself with the scissors? Would
you rather wash a handful of depression pills down with a large vodka than sip
from a punch bowl of wassail?
Then break the cycle of traditional merriment and serve your
family this hearty spinach lasagna for Christmas dinner. Its Yuletide colors of
red and green will suffice to remind them that not everyone is filled with
unreasonable happiness at this, the darkest time of the year.
There’s enough here to feed at least two people — and if
they clamor for more, give them an apple! My mother always used to say “if you’re
not hungry enough for an apple, then you aren’t hungry at all.”
Gourmet Christmas
Cookbook, Ideals Publishing Corp., 1978
Also from this book: Head and Shoulders Above The Competition
Also from this book: Head and Shoulders Above The Competition
