*I participated in a campaign on behalf of Hormel.  As a Hormel Family Blogger, I received a promotional item as a thank you for participating.     This Christmas, my family all congregated at our home and everyone contributed one dish to the evening meal.  I can't even begin to tell you how happy I was that I didn't have to do all the cooking because it was all I could bear to have to get the house in order for so many guests.     The dish that I was most excited about was my father's Paella which is a traditional Spanish dish that we enjoy together every year as a family.  My sister's contribution to the dinner was homemade potato salad and my sister in law brought pernil or roast pork.  I made stuffing because it is my mother's favorite and reminds her of my grandmother since it was her recipe for years.     It was great to enjoy these delicious dishes with my loved ones but, after everyone left, I was inundated with a barrage of leftovers that I did not know what to do … [Read more...]