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    What are you making for Christmas Eve/ Christmas

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    • Posts: 535 Member
      Christmas Dinner at My House:

      Baked Ham with Pineapple
      Mashed Potatoes
      Potato Dressing
      Glazed Baby Carrots
      Broccoli/Bacon Salad
      Cranberry/Orange/Pecan Relish
      Rolls

      Pumpkin Custard Pie
      Cookies, etc, etc, etc

      This will be preceded by a long run or bike ride :wink:

      Happy Holidays!
    • Posts: 864 Member
      Probably appetizers/something light on Christmas Eve. I'll be cooking 2 Christmas dinners, once on the day itself and again on the 29th for family who can't make the 25th. I'm going to make rib roast one of the days, and turkey the other.
    • Posts: 936 Member
      sounds like eveyone has a good plan!
      i decided to do finger foods for xmas eve. some turkey meatballs, cracker & veggie spread.. some hummus and such..
      plus some drinks fo sure..

      for christmas day i am going to my Boyfriends fathers house. I am going to bring a turkey empenada appetizer and some christmas candy pretzels from Pinterest! keeping it simple..
    • Posts: 1,791 Member
      It's just the hubby and I this year, so we are skipping the turkey. Christmas eve is surf n' turf - beef tenderloin, scallops and lobster - with my most awesome risotto. Chistmas day is rack of lamb with pomme puree and roasted root veggies.

      And there will be a cheese fondue in there somewhere. And wine. Lots and lots of wine.
    • Posts: 352 Member
      A twelve-dish Christmas Eve supper, all vegan, to stay with tradition. Pea porridge, pierogi, kutia, sour soup, etc.
    • Posts: 682 Member
      Herb crusted Beef Tenderloin with tarragon mushroom sauce

      Scalloped potatoes made with heavy cream and Gruyere cheese

      Brussel sprouts with Panchetta and toasted pine nuts

      Red Velvet Cheesecake

      Yeah, pretty much a calorie Fest.
    • Posts: 25 Member
      Smoking a standing rib roast, mashed potatoes, green beans and salad.
    • Posts: 25 Member
      christmas I'm having some sort of cooked breakfast, currently thinking scrambled eggs and potato, blue cheese and thyme bread. Then at dinner I'm having roast chicken, potatoes, sprouts and carrots.

      Mostly made in advance as I'm working tomorrow and christmas day :(
    • Posts: 705 Member
      Christmas Day menu:
      Brown sugar glazed ham
      garlic mashed potatoes
      green bean cassarole.

      Christmas eve used to alway be ciopinno, but my boyfriend detests seafood so I am not sure what we'll do... Maybe a baked ziti or lasagna.

      I'll probably do a breakfast cassarole as well.
    • Posts: 465 Member
      Ham, green beans, corn, zucchini, salad, rolls, and pieeeeeeeee!
    • Posts: 295 Member
      Plan on making lasagna, garlic knots, pineapple upside down cake and greens..
      I needed a lil veggies but my lasagna will be made with spinach and ground turkey,turkey sausage.
    • Posts: 332 Member
      Roast, Salad, Ham, Chestnuts, Rice, Death By Chocolate, Cookies, and some other other forgotten items. Wife to assist or shall I say I shall assist the wife...lol.
    • Posts: 1,998 Member
      Christmas eve = dinner out with my husband
      Christmas Day = lunch at one of my kids; not idea of the menu (hopefully not a ham), and I am not making anything this time.

      Easy does it this year. I cooked a lot for Thanksgiving.
    • Posts: 41,865 Member
      Christmas Eve - Posole and Tamales

      Christmas Day - My mom is hosting this year..I think she's doing a rib roast...most likely mashed potatoes and probably roasted brussel's sprouts.
    • Posts: 3,096 Member
      I have a really hard time with this....
      I have worked soooo hard for the passed 6 months I'm just not ready to throw in the towel and give it all up.
      I know... It's CHRISTMAS.. But.... I will defintely be careful and being minful of what I am putting into my mouth.
      Including drinking....
      This is a lifestyle change for me and it includes switching up recipes and eating lighter during the holidays.
      It also does not mean that I will not exercise! Not necessarily traditional (gym or classes), but it will include going outside and playing in the snow, snowshoeing...

      I agree and feel the same. I have just struggled too hard. So for me it is cornish hens and vegetables.

      I have planned one splurge meal however and that is Christmas breakfast...banana pancakes with caramelized banana syrup and just a little homemade whipped cream. I have already figured the calories so that I can adjust some of my other meals to help absorb some of the extra calories from the pancakes.

      I had a 2 week plateau and just this week started losing again...I don't want to mess that up.

      It is Christmas however...only once a year. The way that I see it...one meal did not put all this weight on me and one meal won't cause me to gain it all back.
    • Posts: 1,654 Member
      Our Christmas Eve tradition is lasagne. We might switch it up and make a pizza, but no, I'm thinking lasagne sounds pretty good.
    • Posts: 1,312 Member
      We always buy a whole lot of crab legs for Christmas Eve dinner. We used to also have shrimp scampi, twice baked potatoes, bread, and veggies, but we mostly just ate the crab legs, so we've dispensed with the extras so we can focus on the best part of the meal.

      I also make a dessert called Swedish Cream with homemade raspberry sauce for Christmas Eve dinner.

      I make a breakfast casserole and caramel pull-apart bread for Christmas morning, and we also enjoy mimosas.

      Christmas Day/Night dinner is always different. We haven't found any absolute favorite that has become a tradition. I've made lasagna in the past, lobster bisque, and done appetizers before. This year, we're making stuffed burgers and oven baked steak fries.

      I make prime rib on New Year's Day.

      Thanks for posting -- I always like to see how others celebrate.
    • Posts: 76 Member
      Noël 2013 (menu elaborated and prepared with my sister)

      Hors d'oeuvres

      Chicken/pancetta bites
      Lollipop shrimps
      Saucisses en croute bites
      Cocktail wieners in Chinese garlic sauce
      Liver mousse on baguette
      Mini pizzas
      Dill salmon tartare on endives & sesame rice crackers
      Mexican bites
      Mini-chicken meatballs with sweet and sour sauce & tomato sauce dipping sauce
      Petite sandwich pas de croûte au jambon
      Cheeses with crackers & grapes
      Fresh crudités with savory dipping sauce & homemade hummus

      Desserts

      Chocolate mousses
      Sample portions of carrot cake

      Accompanied by bubbly and wine, of course! Not counting calories on Christmas Eve!
    • Posts: 123 Member
      We're doing new england boiled dinner (ham, potatoes, cabbage, carrots) with bread rolls and a bunch of pie. Pumpkin, chocolate, apple.. all dairy free. :smile: I think we're making a chocolate tart as well.

      http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/new-england-boiled-dinner-2
      http://sogoodandtasty.blogspot.com/2011/04/chocolate-coconut-milk-tart-with.html
    • Posts: 204 Member
      I always serve seafood on Christmas Eve. This year it's shrimp cocktail, followed by lobster mac & cheese (Ina Garten's recipe).

      We're going out of town a few days after Chjristmas, so I didn't want to many leftovers. Christmas dinner is cornish game hens with honey-dijon glazed carrots and wild rice pilaf. I'm also making fresh cinnamon rolls on Christmas day.
    • Posts: 735 Member
      My family is jewish, but we're going to my mom's boyfriend's house for Christmas. I'm very excited! I'm making a peppermint cheesecake on an oreo crust.
    • Posts: 1,179 Member
      Christmas eve: Turkey breast & spiral honey ham with ravioli, stuffing, cabbage salad, & scalloped potatoes.

      Christmas: Rib roast, mac & cheese, mashed potatoes, cabbage salad, poached pears, and creme brulee.
    • Posts: 9 Member
      I'm Cuban so on Christmas Eve I always make: Pork Roast marinated in Mojo, black beans and rice, tostones, and avocado and orange salad. We never leave room for dessert, so I won't be making the flan this year.

      My husband is always incharge of Christmas dinner, and he makes something different every year. This year he is making: escargot with a butter garlic sauce and french bread for dipping as an appetizer. For dinner he is making a rack of lamb with a dijon and balsamic marinade, and I am making roasted brussel sprouts.

      So excited!
    • Posts: 1,522 Member
      My dad& stepmom are making dinner this year, we are bringing chocolate kahlua cheesecake and cookies for dessert.
    • Posts: 199 Member
      Deer steaks. Not sure about sides yet.

      A friend of mine gave me venison steaks. What do you do for yours? Can you grill them like beef steak? Does it dry out?
    • Posts: 111 Member
      We always buy a whole lot of crab legs for Christmas Eve dinner.

      *drool*
    • Posts: 8,182 Member
      Christmas day, starting off with non-traditional nam prik ong in order to get plenty of veg. Then a traditional meal of roast cornfed chicken with honey mustard glaze and bread stuffing with bacon and raisins. Roast brussel sprouts. Dessert will be clafoutis and whipped cream.
    • Posts: 7 Member
      Christmas eve is oyster soup for me, and tacos for wife. Christmas morning is homemade cinnamon rolls. Rest of the day is chili, bacon wrapped smokies, cheese balls, cheesy potato soup, peanut butter balls, and frosted sugar cookies. All things in moderation and it's all good. Merry Christmas to all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    • Posts: 858 Member
      Christmas Eve is prime rib, mashed potatoes, and a salad. Christmas my bil is making a Mexican feast :)
    • Posts: 8,182 Member
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      *drool*

      I agree with the drool.
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