Home Alone was a classic holiday movie I grew up watching -- specifically a recorded copy on VHS, which included a now-vintage Dominos commercial urging people to "Avoid the Noid!" As a kid, there was nothing funnier than slapstick humor of the two bumbling burglars getting beat up by a kid. The sequel, though it definitely has its darker moments, is also thoroughly enjoyable and has become a staple each year. We don't speak of the other ill-fated ... um ... sequels? (Can they be called that since they don't star Macaulay Calkin?) Anyways, there are lots of food opportunities with this one -- here's what we did:
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| (Most of) the spread for our evening. |
Appetizer: Shrimp Cocktail
It was a little hard to find an appetizer, but Uncle Frank (yes, THAT Uncle Frank), runs around the hotel in Paris offering the kids shrimp cocktail, only to be scolded by his wife "those are for later!"
We used frozen shrimp and made our own cocktail sauce with ketchup and horseradish.
Mains: A lovely cheese pizza, just for me & microwave macaroni and cheese
Kevin's dinners may not be overly nutritious, but they are tasty, and super easy to make. We made frozen pizza (alas, Little Nero's doesn't exist... or at least they don't deliver to us). Unlike Buzz and Kevin, we shared this one.
We had to serve our "nutritious" microwavable macaroni and cheese dinner with a glass of milk -- served in a wine goblet of course. Thank you Stouffer's for making this one super easy.
Desserts: Kevin's Ice Cream Sundae, Tic Tacs, & Chocolate Tarantulas
The first two on this list are pretty self explanatory (go nuts on that sundae!), but making the chocolate tarantulas took a little trial and error.
Ingredients
- Chocolate Turtles
- Pretzel Sticks*
- Chocolate Candy Melts (or chocolate chips)
Directions
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set out your chocolate turtles.
- Stick pretzel sticks into the chocolate turtles (this may take a bit of finesse). Alternatively, I used leftover Chinese noodles (the dried/fried kind) and stuck them to the top of the chocolate turtles with a bit of melted chocolate.
- Drizzle melted chocolate to cover pretzel sticks.
Drinks: Pepsi, Champagne & Filthy Animal Cocktail
Again, the first two are pretty self-explanatory, and go back to quotes in the movies from Uncle Frank (he's big on food and drink, apparently): "Go easy on the Pepsi, Fuller!" and "Champagne. It's free, isn't it?"
Filthy Animal Cocktail: 2 oz Kahlua, 2 oz Bailey's Salted Caramel, Splash of Milk
Tonight's movie is one I haven't seen before, but which came highly recommended (including by the Great Pop Culture Debate's Best Holiday Movie Podcast): "Scrooged." I'm a Bill Murray fan, so how could I resist?
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