Y'all...Christmas is nine days away...NINE days away! How did this even happen? I am kind of unprepared and am just now starting to plan what I want to fix for Christmas dinner. And with Christmas parties in full swing over the next week, we could all use an easy appetizer to whip up that requires little to no effort! This is my go to holiday appetizer because one, it's gorgeous and perfectly red, white, and green, two it's delicious, and three I can make it in ten minutes. My pesto and goat cheese spread with cranberries and toasted pine nuts couldn't be more perfect for your holiday festivities!
It's Friday and all I want to do tonight is watch a movie in my pj's with Canean. We haven't really seen each other very much this week and I have been looking forward to the weekend since Monday for that very reason. But of course we also have to eat and what I'm really craving is some comfort food to eat while I have my stretchy pants on. Sexy I know. My caprese macaroni and cheese is maybe my new favorite comfort food and way to eat mac n cheese. It has pesto and roasted tomatoes in it and I have somehow convinced myself that it is kind of healthy...
I mean, it's basically grown up mac n cheese (but your kids will love it too) and you are probably going to want to make it this weekend at some point. I am secretly hoping for a thunderstorm to roll in just about the time we settle in for the night while we stuff our faces with cheesy pasta and drink red wine.
Sometimes a girl wants to get dressed up and go out on the town, and other nights we just want our pajamas, some snuggly pups, our best guy, and a big bowl of cheesy pasta.
Tonight I'm feeling option two. But even if you are making up for my lack of a Friday night, which I hope you are, you will still need this mac n cheese to be part of your life sooner rather than later.
I promise you will want to eat ALL of it. (Hence the need for stretchy pants.)
