Are you cooking Christmas dinner??

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  • Nefetete
    Nefetete Posts: 343 Member
    yup and I will be making all of our favorite dishes. Most of the dishes are very traditional passed down from my grandmother so I will not modify them in any way. Its only one day, it will not kill me to be over my calories, I am actually planning to be.

    Stuffed Chicken Breast ( lots and lots of cheese)
    Roast Beef
    Garlic butter roasted veggies ( root vegetables & asparagus)
    4 kinds of salads ( some with mayo and bacon)
    A sweets table ( cookies, cake, and baklava)

    and anything else I can think of. :))

    oh lets not forget the trip to the liquor store lol ... I think I drink about as many cal as I eat that day. :drinker: :drinker:
  • sbrooks0387
    sbrooks0387 Posts: 167 Member
    not cooking but going to my parents and i am going to indulge in all the non skinny food (i admit it i skip the salade at christmas and thanksgiving)
  • kwmarissa
    kwmarissa Posts: 34 Member
    Healthy is thrown out the window for me on Christmas.
    We're making a breakfast casserole (Eggs,bacon,potatoes, the works)
    For dinner my moms making a turkey or a ham (with a brown sugar glaze) And the sides... just omg. Basically it's Thanksgiving dinner on Christmas.
    Desserts: Pies, cookies, and cheesecake bars :O
  • Simona40
    Simona40 Posts: 50 Member
    My family gets together on Christmas Eve and I cook the traditional fish/seafood feast:

    Shrimp
    Crab
    Mussels
    Cod
    Haddock
    Squid
    Salad as the side dish

    For dessert - cheesecake and chocolate cake [for my dad - he's a chocoholic and thin as a rail!]
  • FightingforFit82
    FightingforFit82 Posts: 179
    Our infamous family Taco's, in memory of my Gpa (passed 2mths ago). His secret family recipe.

    No calorie counting that day
  • DrBorkBork
    DrBorkBork Posts: 4,099 Member
    honey baked ham, roasted veggies, mash, veggie platter, and probably ice cream for dessert.
  • Velum_cado
    Velum_cado Posts: 1,608 Member
    Low cal recipes on Christmas? ****. No.

    We're having roast duck, roast potatoes, brussels sprouts, stuffing, pigs in blankets, cranberry sauce, yorkshire pudding. That's all I've planned so far. Not sure what's happening for desset yet, but it'll be chock full of delicious calories, whatever it is.
  • WeekndOVOXO
    WeekndOVOXO Posts: 779 Member
    Yes I'm cooking dinner, because my moms been doing it for the pass 20 years and it's time she gets a break.

    No I'm not making anything low cal. This is Christmas. This is the time where you eat what you want as long as it's in moderation. Don't feel sorry if you over eat as it's one day out of 365. The day isn't going to make or break me. There's always tomorrow to bounce back and get right on schedule.

    I'll be making roasted veggies, yams, mashed potatoes, turkey, stuffing, and probably ham.

    I'll be using lots of butter, oils, salt, and sugar. :bigsmile:
  • Nina2503
    Nina2503 Posts: 172 Member
    We will make our usual roast dinner/lunch, and then have a few treats throughout the day. I will eat if I want something but in moderation. I find eating too much now makes me bloated and uncomfortable, thankfully!
  • eazieske
    eazieske Posts: 212 Member
    Tamales!!!! they are great we live in south texas everyone makes them I love tamales
  • kathyms13
    kathyms13 Posts: 497 Member
    my daughter cooks but i buy the food, Mellon starter turkey loads of veg small yorshire pud pigs in blankets my home made xmas pudding and no sugar custard cream for others, ham salad for tea and crackers with pate. the others will have higher call foods but mine will be healthy.
  • Iron_Duchess
    Iron_Duchess Posts: 429 Member
    Yes, I'm cooking for 15. We will be having a traditional PuertoRican Christmas eve dinner.

    1. Rice and pigeon peas (arroz con gandules),
    2. Pasteles (like tamales but not really),
    3. green bananas,
    4. roasted pork (pernil),
    5. flan (like egg custard),
    6. arroz con dulce (like rice pudding but it has the consistency of bread pudding),
    7. alcapurrias (no description available but I know they are very, very bad),
    8. sorrullitos (made out of cornmeal)
    9. Homemade, 100% PuertoRican cake
    10. Pan sobao (sweet bread)
    11. Salad and veggies
    12. Ham, topped with pineapple, cherries, and brown sugar.
    I know... but Christmas is not the same without the traditional tastes. The key will be to pick what I want the most and just have a very small amount of it.
  • nickymaire
    nickymaire Posts: 138 Member
    Having 25 people and its summer here. Some how our xmas menu is rather healthy compared with every other year

    confit lamb
    beef eye fillet
    ham
    hot smoked salmon

    my famous crunchy potatoes
    Pumpkin salad
    ruby red salad
    Watermelon salad
    and zucchini mushroom spinach salad

    plus my Samona relative does traditional
    chop suey (vermicelli and meat)
    palusami (taro leaves and coconut cream)
    oka l'a (fish ceviche)

    dessert

    fruit platter
    mini pavlovas
    ice cream
  • grover0ca
    grover0ca Posts: 568 Member

    It's Christmas dinner, why would I want to ruin it by making it low-calorie? That's not what baby Jesus would have done

    haha..love it!!! :bigsmile:
  • gomisskellygo
    gomisskellygo Posts: 635 Member
    Yes, I'm cooking for 15. We will be having a traditional PuertoRican Christmas eve dinner.

    1. Rice and pigeon peas (arroz con gandules),
    2. Pasteles (like tamales but not really),
    3. green bananas,
    4. roasted pork (pernil),
    5. flan (like egg custard),
    6. arroz con dulce (like rice pudding but it has the consistency of bread pudding),
    7. alcapurrias (no description available but I know they are very, very bad),
    8. sorrullitos (made out of cornmeal)
    9. Homemade, 100% PuertoRican cake
    10. Pan sobao (sweet bread)
    11. Salad and veggies
    12. Ham, topped with pineapple, cherries, and brown sugar.
    I know... but Christmas is not the same without the traditional tastes. The key will be to pick what I want the most and just have a very small amount of it.

    I want to come over! Make it 16! That all looks ah-mazing!
  • Iron_Duchess
    Iron_Duchess Posts: 429 Member
    Yes, I'm cooking for 15. We will be having a traditional PuertoRican Christmas eve dinner.

    1. Rice and pigeon peas (arroz con gandules),
    2. Pasteles (like tamales but not really),
    3. green bananas,
    4. roasted pork (pernil),
    5. flan (like egg custard),
    6. arroz con dulce (like rice pudding but it has the consistency of bread pudding),
    7. alcapurrias (no description available but I know they are very, very bad),
    8. sorrullitos (made out of cornmeal)
    9. Homemade, 100% PuertoRican cake
    10. Pan sobao (sweet bread)
    11. Salad and veggies
    12. Ham, topped with pineapple, cherries, and brown sugar.
    I know... but Christmas is not the same without the traditional tastes. The key will be to pick what I want the most and just have a very small amount of it.

    I want to come over! Make it 16! That all looks ah-mazing!
    Sure! There is always food like for 50, and welcome arms for new friends. :happy:
    Sure!

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