What are you making for Christmas Eve/ Christmas

Deer steaks. Not sure about sides yet.

YUM!!! My father in law just gave us some deer steak that I still need to cook up soon, can't wait for that!

Could u offer ure oreo balls recipe???

My sausage and apple stuffed pork roast, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole or greens because Minxy won't eat the green bean casserole but she'll eat the greens. I just haven't decided which yet.

And I gotta make her cherry crunch because she didn't have any for Thanksgiving.

Yeah, she's running the menu

I had plans on making a Christmas brisket in the smoker like last year, but I think I'm going to a more traditional spread this year.

I'll probably have a turkey, gravy, homemade mashed potatoes, couple loaves of homemade bread, homemade blackberry-cranberry sauce, pecan pie, pumpkin pie, sweet potato casserole, green bean casserole, and maybe a desert item like cupcakes or something along those lines.

You can make a lot of holiday classic dishes with fewer calories by trimming fat and excess sugar out of ingredients. Depending on the item you're making, you can cut a lot and still maintain flavor and texture if you're careful about it. Last year, I made my mashed potatoes with about 1/2 the calories than the year before per serving, and no one even noticed.

Ummm, homemade blackberry-cranberry sauce?? Please share recipe.

Sure!

You need:

1 cup orange juice
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 cup fresh blackberries
3 cups whole cranberries

Add cranberries, orange juice, and brown sugar to sauce pan, give it a little stir to mix everything together, and heat over medium heat until cranberries pop. Once the cranberries pop, stir frequently. Add blackberries, cover and keep on medium-low heat until gel forms and all sugar is caramelized and there's no runny liquid in the bottom of the pan. You should stir often during this process or the bottom will burn. Remove from stovetop and cool overnight in refrigerator. The consistency should be a loose chunky gel. It's delicious over white meat turkey, and you don't need much since it's very tart and sweet.

ETA: you may need to play around with the amount of sugar you use to get a nice glaze. You might need to use a bit more, but I usually start with 1/4 cup and add 1 tbsp increments until it's the right consistency.

personally I'm making a sugar cookie roll and brownies with strawberries on top that look like santa (by using frosting etc)

my side is zucchini bites - it's zucchini cut into like 1" pieces with the inside scooped out. Place blue cheese to fill it up, top with parm chease, dried basil, and black pepper and top with tomatoes baked at 400 degrees for 6-8 minutes

i used to always make at least one healthy dessert but did not do that this year. there are soooo many substitutions but when it comes to christmas this year i want to eat what I want without substitutes - though there is a great fat free brownie recipe i would make had i not been using frosting on the brownies anyways

we do a family bake off so i have no idea what everyone else will bring

I had plans on making a Christmas brisket in the smoker like last year, but I think I'm going to a more traditional spread this year.

I'll probably have a turkey, gravy, homemade mashed potatoes, couple loaves of homemade bread, homemade blackberry-cranberry sauce, pecan pie, pumpkin pie, sweet potato casserole, green bean casserole, and maybe a desert item like cupcakes or something along those lines.

You can make a lot of holiday classic dishes with fewer calories by trimming fat and excess sugar out of ingredients. Depending on the item you're making, you can cut a lot and still maintain flavor and texture if you're careful about it. Last year, I made my mashed potatoes with about 1/2 the calories than the year before per serving, and no one even noticed.

Ummm, homemade blackberry-cranberry sauce?? Please share recipe.

Sure!

You need:

1 cup orange juice
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 cup fresh blackberries
3 cups whole cranberries

Add cranberries, orange juice, and brown sugar to sauce pan, give it a little stir to mix everything together, and heat over medium heat until cranberries pop. Once the cranberries pop, stir frequently. Add blackberries, cover and keep on medium-low heat until gel forms and all sugar is caramelized and there's no runny liquid in the bottom of the pan. You should stir often during this process or the bottom will burn. Remove from stovetop and cool overnight in refrigerator. The consistency should be a loose chunky gel. It's delicious over white meat turkey, and you don't need much since it's very tart and sweet.

ETA: you may need to play around with the amount of sugar you use to get a nice glaze. You might need to use a bit more, but I usually start with 1/4 cup and add 1 tbsp increments until it's the right consistency.

Thank you so much!

Deer steaks. Not sure about sides yet.

Can I come over?!?

Will probably have a big bowl of Moroccan Chick Pea soup with some nice garlic bread - spicy, filling, warming and not too high cal :bigsmile:

xmas eve- fried rice, pork stir fry, sweet and sour chicken, crab wontons, cucumber salad

xmas am- bacon and cin rolls

xmas dinner- ham, salad and scalloped potatoes

Hi Everyone,
just wanted to get an idea of what people are making for christmas.

Sweet, sweet love