Ree Drummond Has A Solution To A Perfect Christmas Side Dish

Anne Marie Drummond is an American blogger, food writer, TV personality, and author who resides in Oklahoma, United States. 11 years ago, she was rated as part of the top 25 Web Celebrities globally by Forbes.

Her blog also won the Weblog of the Year three years in a row from 2009 to 2011. Drummond, who is heavy on big festive recipes for her fans, introduced a beautifully made Christmas side dish.

The author provided the perfect solution for her fans that are overindulging during festive seasons by making a side dish salad with a holiday theme. Keep reading to see the preparation processes and the ingredients involved.

During an episode of "The Pioneer Woman," Drummond discussed how to make the wreath-shaped salad and how it is the perfect Christmas side dish. While on air, she talked about how difficult it is to figure out the best dish for a holiday potluck.

She further suggested a big festive salad as the best solution when next fans find themselves in that situation. She explained that it is a beautiful and easy-to-make dish that is advantageous for people who want to prepare in rush hours.

Drummond made candied nuts during her preparation by toasting hazelnuts and pistachios for about five minutes and heating a nonstick skillet over an average-burning heat. Consequently, she added vanilla, brown sugar, salt, and water.

She stirred and steamed the mixture until the sugar dissolved well. After it cooked for a considerable amount of time, she poured the nuts into a baking sheet and allowed it to cool for about fifteen minutes. The Pioneer Woman made the homemade dressing look easier by combining apple cider vinegar, olive oil, salt, mustard, and maple syrup in a jar and shaking it thoroughly.

For the salad, she spread a mixture of kale, spinach, arugula, and radicchio on a round platter and left a wreath-shaped space in the middle. She then topped it with dried cranberries, candied nuts, orange segments, and other toppings.

Drummond made a brie appetizer apart from the wreath-shaped big Christmas side dish that makes the gathering even more spectacular.

Appetizers are very important in almost all gatherings, especially in ones where the main course takes a lot of time before getting ready.

She also demonstrated how best to make this appetizer in one of "The Pioneer Woman episodes." She aired the episode as part of the line-ups of the favorite dishes for potluck meals.

In that episode, she explained that the brie appetizer is the best thing to take along with you when your friends invite you over to their houses. From the name, it's what anyone can serve everyone around before the main meal.

While preparing it, she was confident that it was a nice idea and people would love it. Drummond used a shorter method as an expert that she is; she first placed a bowl at the center of a pan lined with parchment paper. She arranged some crescent rolls to form a star shape around the bowl at the center of the pan. She topped the rolls with cranberry jelly and added small pieces of brie to the jelly.

After adding the pieces of brie, she sprinkled some cranberries and pistachios on it, then folded the crescent rolls towards the center. She added sea salt and rosemary before baking it in a high-heat oven for about 20 minutes.

After it was brought out of the oven, she let it cool and added some ingredients before serving it. The ingredients included honey, dried cranberries, and pistachios, and she admitted that it was the best to serve it.

The full recipe, plus the easy-to-follow guide, is on the Food Network website for people that want to consider making it for the holidays and subsequent ones.

Food writing is a major part of Drummond's career as she has written several cookbooks to guide food enthusiasts on how best to make some mouth-watering meals. Her first cookbook was "The Pioneer Woman: Recipes From An Accidental Country Girl."

It was officially published in October 2009, after it made the top spot on Amazon's pre-order list for books. A reviewer described Drummond as a very funny and enthusiastic person whose work will be best enjoyed by an average American home.

Before publishing her first cookbook, she began writing a series on her blog titled Black Heels To Tractor Wheels. The series was about her love chronicles; how she moved from Los Angeles to Chicago before settling with a cowboy.

She later compiled the series and published it with the assistance of William Morrow. At the time, it peaked at No. 2 on The New York Times Best Seller List for hardcover non-fiction books.