Please join our table - "I’ll Be Home For Christmas"

I was lucky enough to score a VIP ticket last week to the Lee Greenwood & Friends Celebrating Christmas and Patriotism concert (HelpingAHero.org). Before Greenwood sang his first song he said, “These are the five words every family of service men and women want to hear, ‘I’ll Be Home For Christmas.’”And of course the audience all agreed. It was a wonderful concert benefiting the Helping a hero organization. The Wounded Hero Home Program is their signature home-building program for severely wounded warriors injured in the post 9-11 Global War on Terror. Helping a Hero homes are designed with the specific veteran’s injuries in mind. Adaptations vary for each wounded hero and the home is designed to maximize the veteran’s independence, subject to the project budget constraints.

With that event in mind I wanted to share a few recipes of the creative, passed appetizers and delicious buffet that our military persons in attendance enjoyed the evening of the event. Of course, I didn’t get the exact recipes from the event planners. But I got the names of the items served and from there I was on a mission to find and/or create my version of the wonderful foods served that evening. So, “Please Join My Table” as I recreate these memorable foods.

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