Day 19- Advent Calendar 2024, Win prize everyday! 🎄🎁

Not exactly sure what Culinary challenge means exactly, but here is my entry :D

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Okei I tried my best to get an image but I am lacking the stills to either cook or make it with ai so I am just going to explain my idea. So lets take a nice Christmas cake as a base add some small fireworks (sparklers) on it as the new years part and then you can not forget both Hive and Ecency logos made out of chocolate or marzipan on the side.
I hope this was the idea you had in mind with this challenge if not at least I have something submitted :)

1. Take a Hive bowl
2. Add a huge pot of Love
3. A Huge pot of Peace
4. A big cup of Kindness
5. A Happiness powder
6. Season it with a Christmas mood
7. Share it with the Ecency community and others!
   Cook it and eat it every day till the New Year and next year will bring you many good things! 🎉❤️

Here's my entry for the Ecency Day 19 Contest:

Culinary Challenge: A Hive of Christmas Delights

As the festive season approaches, the Hive community is buzzing with excitement. Christmas and New Year's Eve are just around the corner, and what better way to celebrate than with a culinary challenge?

In this special Ecency contest, we invite you to share your favorite holiday recipes, each featuring a unique ingredient that represents the spirit of Hive: community, creativity, and connection.

Ecency's Christmas Cookie Challenge

To get you started, we propose a Christmas cookie challenge. Create a recipe that incorporates a special ingredient, such as honey (representing the sweetness of community), cranberries (symbolizing the joy of connection), or cardamom (embodying the warmth of creativity).

New Year's Eve Appetizer Contest

For our New Year's Eve appetizer contest, design a recipe that showcases a ingredient that represents renewal, such as pomegranate (signifying abundance and prosperity), champagne grapes (embodying the bubbly spirit of celebration), or truffle oil (representing the luxury of new beginnings).

How to Participate

1. Create a recipe featuring a unique ingredient that represents the spirit of Hive.
2. Share your recipe on Ecency, including a photo of your dish and a brief description of your inspiration.
3. Use the hashtags #EcencyCulinaryChallenge #HiveHolidayRecipes #Christmas #NewYear

Prizes

• 1st place: 100 HIVE
• 2nd place: 50 HIVE
• 3rd place: 25 HIVE

Let the Culinary Challenge Begin!

Join us in this festive culinary challenge, and let's make this holiday season one to remember! 🎄🎅️🎉

Today's challenge is difficult; I don't understand it. By putting my head together, I think it will generate a recipe with the keywords. Let's see what comes out of my creation box:

🎄✨ Hallaca Venezuelan🎄✨

This dish is the perfect centerpiece for your Christmas table, inspired by the togetherness, creativity, and enthusiasm that HIVE and ECENCY bring, along with the spirit of Christmas and the hope of a New Year full of promise. 🍽️❤️

✨ Ingredients for two people:

Banana leaves (approximately 1-2 kg).

1 cup of oil (the creative engine, such as HIVE)

1 head of chopped garlic cloves.

500 grams of minced chicken, minced pork, minced beef, minced bacon (This is essential to give a good flavor and is the heart of the dish, i.e., it is like ECENCY)

2 kilograms of pre-cooked corn flour (this will be the embrace of the stew, HIVE, and ECENCY together)

Olives, capers, and small raisins are good to taste (Christmas in each bite).

Salt and pepper, tomatoes, onions, chives, cilantro (a burst of flavors like New Year).

✨ Preparation:

We prepare the stew in a large pot by mixing all the ingredients except the flour and banana leaves. (It will be like creating each post on ECENCY for our blog on HIVE.)

We wait three hours to cook

We proceed with the corn flour and mix it with water to create a consistent dough that will be the one that will receive the stew (ECENCY in HIVE).

✨ As making hallacas is a process of family and friends, it is always good to have a bottle of rum or scotch to liven up the atmosphere. Adding Christmas music will make it all the better.

✨ Assembling:

Once the stew is ready, we assemble the hallacas.

We place on the table a previously washed banana leaf, a solid base as HIVE. On it we place a portion of mace where we will place the portion of stew. This will depend on who is preparing it. It can be large or medium, you just have to be creative and imagine the size of the diner or the dish. This is the ECENCY community.

On top of the stew, we will place as garnish an onion ring, a caper because it is very salty, raisins to give the sweet touch of HIVE, and some olives like the images that we place in our posts in ECENCY.

We wrap everything with the banana leaf.

We proceed to tie it so that the stew and the dough do not come out. We will do this with a wick.

We take a couple of drinks to smile, as we do when we are about to finish our post on ECENCY.

Once all the hallacas are tied, which should be 50, we proceed with the special touch.

✨ Special touch:

As you enjoy this recipe, toast to the achievements shared in HIVE, the creative moments in ECENCY, the joy of Christmas, and the hope of a New Year full of dreams to be fulfilled.

Enjoy! 🎉🍴

Note: if you don't eat all the hallacas, keep them in the freezer and they will easily get you through mid-January.

Merry Christmas!🎄

El desafío de hoy es difícil; realmente no lo entiendo. Echándole la cabeza, pienso que será generar una receta con las palabras claves. Veamos qué sale de mi caja de creación:
🎄✨ Hallaca a lo venezolano🎄✨
Este plato es el centro perfecto para tu mesa de Navidad, inspirado en la unión, la creatividad y el entusiasmo que traen HIVE y ECENCY, junto con el espíritu de la Navidad y la esperanza de un Año Nuevo lleno de promesas. 🍽️❤️
Ingredientes para dos personas:
Hojas de plátano (aproximadamente 1-2 kg)
1 taza de aceite (el motor creativo, como HIVE)
1 cabeza de dientes de ajo picados.
500 gramos de pollo picado, cerdo picado, carne picada, tocino picado (Esto es esencial para dar un buen sabor y es el corazón del plato, o sea, es como ECENCY)
2 kilogramos de harina de maíz precocida. (Será el abrazo del guiso, HIVE y ECENCY unidos)
Aceitunas, alcaparras, pasas pequeñas al gusto (Navidad en cada bocado).
Sal y pimienta, tomates, cebollas, cebollino, cilantro, sal gusto. (Un estallido de sabores como el Año Nuevo).
Preparación:
Preparamos el guiso en una olla grande mezclando todos los ingredientes, menos la harina y las hojas de plátano. (Será como la creación de cada post en ECENCY para nuestro blog en HIVE)
Esperamos tres horas de cocción
Mientras procedemos con la harina de maíz y la mezclamos con agua para crear una masa consistente que será la que reciba el guiso. (ECENCY en HIVE).
Como hacer hallacas es un proceso de familia y amigos, siempre es bueno tener una botella de ron o de escocés para amenizar la atmósfera. Si agregamos música navideña, todo será mejor.
Armado:
Estando listo el guiso, armamos las hallacas.
Colocamos sobre la mesa una hoja de plátano previamente lavada, base sólida como HIVE. En ella colocamos una porción de maza en donde colocaremos la porción de guiso. Esto dependerá del que la esté preparando. Puede ser grande o mediana, solo hay que tener creatividad e imaginar el tamaño del comensal o el plato. Esta es la comunidad de ECENCY.
Encima del guiso colocaremos como adorno un aro de cebolla, una alcaparra porque es muy salada, pasas para dar el toque dulce de HIVE y algunas aceitunas como las imágenes que colocamos en nuestros posts en ECENCY
Envolvemos todo con la hoja de plátano.
Procedemos al amarre para que no se nos salga el guiso y la masa. Esto lo haremos con un pabilo.
Nos tomamos un par de tragos para sonreír, así como cuando ya estamos por finalizar nuestro post en ECENCY.
Una vez amarradas todas las hallacas que deberían ser 50, procedemos con el toque especial.
Toque especial:
Mientras disfrutas de esta receta, brinda por los logros compartidos en HIVE, los momentos creativos en ECENCY, la alegría de la Navidad y la esperanza de un Año Nuevo lleno de sueños por cumplir.
¡Buen provecho! 🎉🍴
Nota: si no te comes todas las hallacas, guárdalas en el congelador y fácilmente te llegarán hasta mediados de enero.
¡Feliz Navidad!🎄

Image edited using CANVA

Ahhhh!!!...This is a tough One tho, however i am going to wrap my head around it and see what amazing dish i can prepare....

Shall we?😄

CHRISTMAS season is a season of love, joy, excitment, laughter and always a fun time to bond reunite, so i'm Going to prepare my favourite Dish and recipe

HIVE
its an easy simple recipe, to follow if you must enjoy the best experience ever on the blockchain...

My Hive Recipe

Referral.......100gm
Delegation...10gm
Post. ...........15gm
Comments....5gm
Vote...........0.3gm
Reblog......1gm
Check-in....0.25
Bonus.......10
Ecency.........141.55gm(Daily login)

To Enjoy this sumptuous meal(Hive) just follow the procedures add these ingredient accordingly for the best results of your meal,

N/B: The more of the ingredient you put in the more tastier your Hive meal will be, so don't for get to always engage more on hive through your ecency App to get the best experience...

@hiventhusiast..

Hive Honey-Infused Roast Chicken:
Prepare a succulent roast chicken glazed with a mixture of Hive honey, garlic, and rosemary. This dish embodies the sweetness of Christmas and brings everyone together at the table.
Christmas Ecency Fruitcake:
Bake a traditional fruitcake loaded with dried fruits, nuts, and a drizzle of Hive honey for added sweetness. Share this delightful treat on Ecency to spread holiday cheer with the community.
New Year’s Eve Sparkling Honey Cocktail:
Create a refreshing cocktail using sparkling water, a splash of Hive honey, and a twist of lemon. Serve this bubbly drink as you countdown to the New Year, celebrating new beginnings.
Festive Cookie Decorating Station:
Set up a cookie decorating station with holiday-themed cookies. Use Hive honey as a natural sweetener in the icing, and invite family and friends to join in the fun as you prepare for both Christmas and the New Year.

Wow..this is beautiful and i love the way you have properly set everything to be. I hope i win.

so many wonderful entry

@ecency. Was is the last question of the Advent Calendar? I was looking forward to knowing days 20 and 21, 22 and 23 🥺