What are you having to eat for christmas?
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I'll eat whatever is in my Jewy fridge.0
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I plan on eating either a whole cake or one of the chocolate bars I get as a gift. I won't be able to cook anything due to "sharing" the kitchen with my ILs.
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we're having our traditional Newfoundland 'cooked dinner':
turkey
dressing
salt meat
cabbage
turnip
carrot
potato
pastry
cranberry sauce
gravy
and most importantly, wine!!
but for New Year's Day I get my leg of lamb - it's the only day in the entire year that I crave lamb - can't wait!!!
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I love reading about everyone's holiday meals...somewhat similar but with everyone's individual spins. We're having turkey and stuffing, gravy, mashed potatoes, homemade rolls, Jello, baked carrots, asparagus, salad, lemon and chocolate cakes, pie and probably other yumyums.0
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Christmas Eve it will be fish
Seafood salad
Stuffed flounder
Christmas morning
Cinnamon rolls
Christmas casserole. Green chiles and cheese in bisquik with half and half. It's like the old impossible pie
Mimosas
Noon
Boiled shrimp
Veggie platter
Wine
Christmas dinner
Standing rib
Yorkshire pudding
Roasted potatoes
Green beans
Wine
By the time dessert rolls around no one wants any. If they do they can have cookies!0 -
Moose Stew, bread and pie!0
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It's just our immediate family (myself, hubby, and our two boys) this year unless we get together with friends. So...we will probably bake a turkey breast, mashed potatoes, green beans, rolls, maybe a salad. It will be a small dinner if I can talk my husband into that. If we get together with friends, then we will have filet mignon, homemade crab cakes, and steamed asparagus. Okay...now I'm hungry!0
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Christmas Eve is definitely the worst. We're going to some friends who are having a 'breakfast for dinner' theme this year. Tons and tons of breakfast foods. Can't wait.0
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LOTS AND LOTS OF FOOD AND ALCOHOL!0
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I'm going to my mum's for Christmas Day so it'll likely be Quorn roast, sprouts, parsnips, roast potatoes, carrots and probably another veg, as well as cranberry sauce and gravy. I am making a sticky ginger cake with ginger whipped cream for their Christmas cake and there will also be Christmas pudding and brandy butter. I am also making an assortment of biscuits (snickerdoodle cookies, shortbread with a marzipan centre, orange and cranberry cookies topped with white chocolate) and I am gifting my mum and stepdad with a new cheese board and cheese selection so they may also make an appearance.
I am feeling stuffed just thinking about it! My mum is quite good though, asking what we want, so I will probably pass on the potatoes or have one small one and load up on veg. I'm not counting on Christmas Day anyway but I'll hopefully stay a little bit mindful
if not then oh well, it's only one day!
I'm thinking I'll probably have eggs or something for breakfast that'll be filling, my son will likely have me up early and I want to avoid snacking before Christmas dinner which will be around 1:30pm. I remember we used to have Christmas dinner around 3/3:30pm but my mum does it a bit earlier so my son can eat with us too
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I am not as big on the Christmas dinner because it's basically a repeat of our Thanksgiving dinner except there's usually a ham in addition to the turkey.
Christmas breakfast is a different story. My dad makes egg casserole, cinnamon rolls, bacon, hash browns, and toast. It's one of my favorite meals of the year, as simple as it may sound. But breakfast food is my favorite.0 -
Christmas Eve will depend on what my husband & daughter decide--last year they made mushroom ravioli!! (2 kinds--daughter needed gluten free). Christmas day is at my mom's--she's making roast pork, with mashed sweet & white potatoes, applesauce, stuffed mushrooms & sugar snap peas. Also starting with an antipasto platter (salami, homemade roasted peppers, green & black olives, marinated mushrooms & artichoke hearts) AND
fried rice balls. That will be my big splurge for the day--they are sooooo good.0 -
Appetizers:
Shrimp
Pigs-in-a-blanket
Veggie platter
Main course:
Turkey
Ham
Swedish meatballs
Lasagna or stuffed shells
Mashed potatoes
Carrots & turnips
Green beans
Corn
Rolls
Desserts:
Gingerbread cookies
Sugar cookies
Chocolate chip cookies
Oatmeal butterscotch cookies
Chocolate cream pie
Apple pie
Fruit platter
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Starter: "Cream" (almond milk) of Tomato soup and wholemeal bread.
Main course: Nut loaf, steamed Savoy cabbage, roast potatoes, carrots, parsnips and roast beetroot.
Vegan stuffing, Sosmix and a vegetable gravy.
Sweet: Summer fruit pudding and vegan custard.
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Roast turkey and ham, roast potatoes, various roasted vegetables and gravy. Dessert is strawberry pavlova and also a Christmas pudding.0
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Same exact meal as Thanksgiving. Turkey roasted with New Orleans spices- on the outside grill, mashed potatoes with mushroom gravy, sweet potato casserole with praline topping/marshmallows, green bean casserole with crispy onions on top, pumpkin pies always two of them, sweet peas, homemade stuffing, cranberries and snow flake rolls. Usually at Christmas I make my snowflake cookies too..0
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Ham, some sort of potatoes, another vegetable, Christmas dessert (best thing ever!), and possibly some pumpkin pie since my brother wasn't here for Thanksgiving.0
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Just the two of us so we are looking forward to cooking a REALLY fine, bone-in roast beef -- medium rare all the way through -- won't even look at the per pound price. Mashed potatoes, green beans, and a good mushroom gravy to round it all out -- the which reminds me, as we get closer to the day I should call Earth Fare and find out how their supply is so we don't find outselves SOL at the last minute.0
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I think I'll make baked fish (maybe salmon), roasted potatoes, several veggies (green beans, red cabbage, squash, some type of soup (we always start with soup), a salad and for dessert pumpkin pie, pecan pie, but I'll also make myself some baked apples so maybe I can avoid having any pies.
Thanksgiving dinner went well, I started logging the Monday before, on TG day I ate 2000 calories and lost 3 lbs that week (the other day I stayed under 1400). So this will work out great
For Christmas day we'll make deviled eggs for sure, but I don't know yet what else.0 -
We do Christmas a little differently here - it's the middle of Summer
Lunch is generally cold cut meats (ham, turkey, chicken, sometimes prawns) + salad and something cold for dessert, generally a pavlova & ice cream. It's often too hot to eat too much.
Dinner is a bbq (Aussie bbq are different to American bbq - normally just meat cooked on the hot plate, could be steak, sausages, chicken, fish, whatever we fancy), salads and again a cold dessert.
Beer, cider and other cold drinks flow freely throughout the day
I want to celebrate Christmas in Australia now. That sounds like my kind of Christmas!0 -
We do Christmas a little differently here - it's the middle of Summer
Yeah, I'm in Australia too - but we'll still be having a full on Christmas roast dinner. (Although I'm not keen on turkey so we'll mostly be having a baked ham with a bit of turkey for those who do like it)
Plus, it's my middle son's birthday on Christmas Eve and he ALWAYS wants bangers, mash and onion gravy served in a giant Yorkshire pudding.
Bleeding poms and their Northern Hemisphere traditions!
Fortunately, I'm allowed out of the kitchen on Boxing Day and it'll be a cold buffet - whoo hoo.
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I tend to make a running buffet.
Chicken
Pork (slow cooked until it pulls)
Steak (if anybody wants it)
Vegetables
Yorkshire Puddings
Stuffing
Onion Gravy or Dripped Gravy
Desert
Usually a selection of different deserts.
Xmas day is go big or go home. I will simply be logging an auto add kcal for that day of 2700(normal target)+1500 (probable special cheat)0 -
Christmas Eve
Baked Codfish with Smashed Roasted Red Potatoes, Sliced Boiled Eggs, Onions, Garlic and Olive Oil
Collard Greens
Boiled Octopus w/ and Olive Oil, Vinegar red onion and parsley green sauce
Christmas day
Not sure yet... Probably a roast with veggies and rice
Desserts
Carrot & Pumpkin fritters w/ cinnamon sugar
Cheesecake
Pear Tart
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we are doing italian this year….chicken parm, lasagna, bread, etc ..christmas eve is going to be ruth cris0
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Here in CA, it's common to do tamales for Christmas. I order them from the best Mexican bakery in Santa Cruz, they make them way better than I ever could. Spicy and mild chicken, pork, and cheese/jalepeno. They're so tasty, filling & cheap. I love this tradition!0
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Christmas Day my fella and I have agreed not to log. We're just going to enjoy the day with our families. That said, me and my Dad (the family cooks) have worked hard to create a menu that suits our varied needs as a family - we've tried to make it a day where its not just rubbish, empty calories. We're going to have plenty of vegetables and legumes
We will be having
Roasted herby and spiced vegetables (squash, beetroot, carrots, parsnips, celeriac) on a bed of polenta, with a wild mushroom sauce and mustard creme fraiche
Mini bean and seitan parmigianas topped with a chunky vegetable and lentil sauce and mozzarella cheese
Home made eggless sticky toffee pudding
Home made apple and cinnamon crumble (both served with locally made ice cream)
In the evening:
Crackers, local cheese etc
Hummus, baba ghanoush and crudites
Veggie sausage rolls
Vegetarian haggis
Salad with some sort of dressing (probably some sort of balsamic glaze)
Leftover dessert from lunch.
The biggest thing will be the booze though!0 -
My Grandparents were Polish and we uphold a lot of Polish traditions in my family but I also now combine these with trad British food, so over Christmas Eve, Day and the days that follow I'll be making and eating:
Pierogi (lots of!)
Roast potatoes
Carrots in orange
Roast chicken
Salmon
Barszcz
Sernik (Polish cheesecake)
Prawns
Sprouts
Pineapple Crush dessert (random but I like to make it!)
Lots of prosecco, champers and other bubbles!0 -
I'm loving reading about everyone's Christmas traditions! We'll be having mushroom Wellington, cauliflower cheese, roast potatoes, Yorkshire puds and loads of veggies and gravy. Then in the evening probably a baked Camembert with french bread and caramelised red onions, yum! It's our first married Christmas together so it's an extra special one for us
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