Christmas dinner

We had a lovely Christmas dinner tonight. I made the whole roasted turkey with citrus salt, recipe from Michael Chiarello via the Food Network website. I followed the recipe pretty closely, except that I omitted the rosemary. The turkey turned out pretty well - the meat was moist, with just enough citrus flavor. This is the exact same way that I prepared our Thanksgiving turkey, but Alan and the children liked it so much that wanted to have it for Christmas as well. We also had schupfnudeln (a type of German pasta), steamed broccoli and gravy. Here is a photo of everyone gathered around the dinner table, with my mother carving the turkey.

Happy holidays and we wish you all the best for the new year.