D'Oh! I forgot to pick up parsley!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from our house to yours. May you remember everything you went to the grocery store to get. (While you're still at the store, not on the way home.)
May you stay warm, and well fed. May you be surrounded by family and friends. May the peace of the season be upon you.
:-)
Happy Holidays!
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Posted by: Kalyn on December 25, 2008 9:53 AM
Merry, Merry Christmas Elise & family,
You bless our family all the time, so I thought I should tell you. God bless you all and I hope the kitchen gets finished sooner than expected!!
Posted by: Yofia on December 25, 2008 9:56 AM
What a beautiful picture of you, Elise! Wishing you and your family a bright and beautiful Christmas and healthy, prosperous New Year.
Posted by: Karina on December 25, 2008 9:58 AM
Merry Christmas Elise. We hope you have a fabulous day! That's a great photo of you.
Posted by: Andrea on December 25, 2008 10:00 AM
This is such a beautiful picture.
Merry Christmas!
Posted by: Hélène on December 25, 2008 10:48 AM
Merry Christmas to you and your family, Elise! Thanks for inspiring me and my sisters to cook!
Posted by: CafAholic on December 25, 2008 11:05 AM
And merry Christmas to you and yours. Thank you for a wonderful site. I look forward to the recipes and your comments.
Posted by: Marnee on December 25, 2008 11:18 AM
Merry Christmas to you. :)
Posted by: Bob on December 25, 2008 11:35 AM
And a Merry Christmas and certainly a Happy New Year to you too!
Peace.
Posted by: Gary in Massena on December 25, 2008 11:42 AM
Merry Christmas to you, too! I really enjoy your blog, and several of your recipes have become favorites in our house! :) Cheers.
Posted by: Corinne on December 25, 2008 12:33 PM
Buon Natale, Elise! Bella fotografia.
Posted by: Jim on December 25, 2008 1:34 PM
Happy Christmas Elise and many thanks for all your inspiring and heart-warming posts this year. Best wishes to you and yours!
Posted by: Sarah Knowles on December 25, 2008 2:57 PM
MERRY CHRISTMAS from the Philippines! I love your recipes.. and favorite "quotes."
Posted by: Frieda Colet Lim on December 25, 2008 3:36 PM
Merry Christmas to you and all you love. Thank you so much for the site, the recipes, the very humaness that cooking and sharing brings.
Good luck to your parents on the remodel too, it will be hard but you will (more importantly them!) will persevere and it will all be worth it!
God Bless you and yours!
Posted by: Debbie on December 25, 2008 3:44 PM
Merry Christmas, Elise and family! :) Thank you for sharing your recipes and stories on this website!
Posted by: Jasmine on December 25, 2008 3:49 PM
A happy and healthy to you and all the Bauers.
You make food fun.
Mean it.
Posted by: jonathan on December 25, 2008 6:03 PM
You know, seeing posts like this kind of makes me homesick. Living in Japan has its downers - the biggest being Christmas. They just don`t celebrate it over here. It`s commercial and everyone works on the glorious 25th Dec.
Hope everyone had a wonderful day yesterday. Here`s to the lazy season.
Posted by: Patrick on December 25, 2008 8:23 PM
Hi Elise
I just have to come out of the closet (I have been a lurker)and thank you for all your wonderful recipes, my whole Christmas dinner was based on your recipes and it was a GIANT success, even the mother in law approves. Have a great holiday and a prosperous new year.
K
Posted by: Kelly on December 25, 2008 9:00 PM
Feliz Natal and Ano novo feliz to you and yours this blessed Holiday.
Posted by: Darby "The Dessert Diva" on December 25, 2008 9:02 PM
Feliz Navidad Elise. Siempre veo tus recetas y me fascinan... lo único malo es que no cocino.... : )
Posted by: Rolo Cervantes on December 25, 2008 10:51 PM
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you, too! I cooked Shepard's pie (one of your recipes) for our Christmas dinner yesterday and it was a hit! Thank you do much!!! Your recipes always make me look like a great cook!! Thank you again and Happy Holidays.
Very Sincerely from NYC
Posted by: Seon-Joo Yang on December 26, 2008 1:53 AM
Merry Christmas!!
Thank you for sharing all the home-cooked recipes which looks amazing.
The spirit of sharing is truly reflected in this food blog of yours. :)
Posted by: Munirah on December 26, 2008 2:10 AM
Thanks a lot for this nice note ^^ I must say I often visit your site, livin' in Belgium and loving US cooking. Your work here is really amazing, your recipes are fabulous, your reaviews are simply perfect. Happy holidays. I wish you much happiness!
Posted by: Jason on December 26, 2008 2:19 AM
Here's wishing you a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the UK.
Great recipes - please keep them coming !
Posted by: Robin from Wolverhampton, UK on December 26, 2008 3:56 AM
I'm a day late, but I hope you and your family had a joyful Christmas and my best wishes for a fantastic New Year.
Thanks for the great site and recipes. I always know the recipes will be wonderful!
Posted by: Sally on December 26, 2008 5:05 AM
Hope you had a wonderful & blessed Christmas Elise!
Posted by: Gretchen Noelle on December 26, 2008 5:07 AM
I hope everyone had a good Christmas and enjoys a prosperous 2009. I visit this site daily for tips and recipes plus it is a nice break from the troubled times we live in today.
Posted by: Monty on December 26, 2008 5:49 AM
From your table to ours. We've had such wonderful meals with the help of your recipes. Our first Christmas with just the four us was made even more special with the help of your family. Merry Christmas.
Posted by: Michelle on December 26, 2008 9:00 AM
Merry Christmas! Your site is by far my favorite place to find recipes and my family has enjoyed many delicious meals because of it. Thanks so much for taking the time time to put this wonderful resource together. May 2009 be a very good one for you and your family!
Posted by: Aylin on December 26, 2008 9:18 AM
I hope you had a great Christmas Elise. Thank you for being one of the people who has helped become a better, more knowledgeable cook. I adore you for it.
Posted by: Melissa on December 26, 2008 2:34 PM
Happy Holidays Elise and to your family as well. That's a lovely photo of you. Thank you for all the wonderful recipes thus far. Can't wait to see what deliciousness 2009 holds for all of us Simply Recipes groupies!
Cheers,
Madeline
Posted by: Madeline on December 26, 2008 3:55 PM
Merry Christmas to you and all your loved ones...and may your recipes be all be good ones!
Happy New Year from Florida with Blessings...
Posted by: Denver on December 27, 2008 3:11 AM
I LOVE your site and have it on my homepage! I am always trying new recipes, I guess cooking is my hobby you could say. I made your orange marinated chicken with Spanish rice last week and we loved it! Hope you and your family have a Happy and healthy New Year.
Posted by: Mickey on December 27, 2008 6:51 AM
Happy New Year Elise and tell your parents they did a great job in raising you. When I read your blogs it reminds me of my mum and dad, they have since passed, however you invoke wonderful "kitchen" memories of my parents. My dad, Mike didn't cook as many things as your dad, but what he did was the greatest. His speciality was cheesey eggs. Food is the center of all holidays and everyday living. Your site is my favorite as well. My 14 year old daughter and my 15 year old neice have begun cooking and I told them to go to your site for ideas, instructions and recipes. I told them, they cook "like us". My mum, Eleanor was a fantastic cook, she was Lithuanian, and my dad was Croation. Between the two of them, many delicious dishes have been eaten. I have now begun to teach my girls how to make stuffed cabbage and other ethnic foods to carry on the family tradtions. That is the theme for your site Elise, tradition, never lose sight of that, that is want makes this site so successful. God Bless you and grant you the desires of your heart in 2009.
Posted by: Billie on December 27, 2008 7:15 AM
Happy New Year, Elise...
-From Thailand
Posted by: Thaksin on December 27, 2008 9:44 AM
Elise,
Thanks for all of the great recipes. A couple have made it to our restaurant as specials. I am also married to a beautiful Italian girl named Elise. She too is a wonderful cook.
Merry Christmas. Happy New Year.
Michael
Posted by: Michael @ Lamache's Italian Restaurant on December 27, 2008 2:59 PM
Yup - we remembered everything, including the parsley and the truffle oil! Hope you all had a great Xmas, Elise, and here's wishing you a very Happy New Year.
Posted by: Trig on December 28, 2008 3:01 AM
Merry chrismas to u&ur family Elise, may u and ur family live long healthy peacful lives and more succsess to u :)
Thank you a million times for ur great blog and delicious recipes.
Posted by: Sherihan on December 28, 2008 4:28 AM
My best wishes to you and your family for a Happy and Healthy Holiday Season.
Also, thank you for your continued and never ending inspiration. I look forward to your posts, and have used many to the applause of friends and associates.
Mark
Posted by: Mark Boxshus on December 28, 2008 5:14 AM
Elise, I hope you and your family and friends enjoyed a joyous Christmas together. And I wish you nothing but the best in 2009.
Thank you so much for your absolutely fabulous blog. It is my favorite, bar none. You bless all of your readers on a continuing basis with great recipes and inspiration to get in the kitchen and rattle those pots and pans. I get so excited every time I see a new post from you!
The photo of you is lovely. Thanks for including that.........I like to see my friends.
What I want to know is this: How do you stay trim with all this fab food? Fondly, Ruth
Posted by: Ruth on December 28, 2008 6:08 AM
Happy New Year, Elise, to you and your family. Just thought I would take this time to let you know how much I enjoy your site and your recipes. This is the first site I go to when looking for a new recipe to try, and of course making again the ones that have proved a big hit at my home in Phoenix, AZ. Keep up the wonderful work and may we all be able to sustain in 2009.
Thank you!
Renee
Posted by: Renee on December 28, 2008 6:09 AM
Happy Christmas Elsie. Just love your site.
May God bless you and your familly. Happy New Year from Malta
Posted by: Anna Maria Restuccia on December 28, 2008 6:37 AM
Hello Elise..A Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, to you and all your family..Thank You for the wonderful recipes you shared this year..All the VERY Best !!!!!
Posted by: Sakiblu on December 28, 2008 10:44 AM
HAPPY HOLIDAYS, THANKS FOR THE GREAT RECIPES
BARBARA
Posted by: Barbara A. JulionBH on December 28, 2008 11:25 AM
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you Elise!!
Thank you for a truly great Blog this past year and best wishes in the coming year
You take a Great photo! Must be all that cal sun and great farmer's markets produce.
I am thinking you have heard about our WHITE Christmas up here lol. My sons and my dog loved it for a day or two. However it delayed delivered on a Christmas present for my husband ugh. Fornutately he won't need till the summer.
Posted by: Linda in Washington State on December 28, 2008 12:43 PM
Follow your blog all the time. Wishing you a Happy and Prosperous New Year. Earl
Posted by: Earl on December 28, 2008 1:24 PM
A hearty Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your Mom and Dad. I can't tell you how many times your personal blog info and excellent recipes have made me happy!! Glad I can now associate a face with your name - what a beautiful person you are. May you continue to be blessed in 2009.
Posted by: Judy B. - Texas on December 29, 2008 9:11 AM
Same to you and your family, Elise!
May this site give you everything you ever dreamed of, plus more joy, happiness, success, creativity, positive outlook, freedom, health and of course valuable friendships ;-)
Let's embrace 2009 with more courage and hope.
Big hugs and love always,
Maya.
Posted by: Maya on January 2, 2009 2:02 AM
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Merry Christmas to you and your family Elise. (And as Billy Crystal used to say, "Dahling, you look fabulous!)