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    What are you having to eat for christmas?

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    • Posts: 9,003 Member
      SuggaD wrote: »
      whatever is being served on the cruise :smile:

      Jelly!
    • Posts: 4,589 Member
      I'll eat whatever is in my Jewy fridge.
    • Posts: 9,151 Member
      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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    • Posts: 41 Member
      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!!!
    • Posts: 120 Member
      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.
    • Posts: 767 Member
      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!
    • Posts: 141 Member
      Moose Stew, bread and pie!
    • Posts: 32 Member
      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!
    • Posts: 26,368 Member
      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.
    • Posts: 341 Member
      LOTS AND LOTS OF FOOD AND ALCOHOL!
    • Posts: 1,282 Member
      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 :)
    • Posts: 188 Member
      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.
    • Posts: 266 Member
      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.
    • Posts: 4,252 Member
      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
    • Posts: 6,208 Member
      imju5tme wrote: »
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      O.o Oh... my... May I come over for Christmas Eve, pretty please? I'll bring Japchae and Kimbap!!!

      Of course!!

    • Posts: 1,260 Member
      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.

    • Posts: 602 Member
      Roast turkey and ham, roast potatoes, various roasted vegetables and gravy. Dessert is strawberry pavlova and also a Christmas pudding.
    • Posts: 123 Member
      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..
    • Posts: 17,562 Member
      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.
    • Posts: 3,832 Member
      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.
    • Posts: 230 Member
      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.
    • Posts: 482 Member
      dnamouse wrote: »
      We do Christmas a little differently here - it's the middle of Summer :smile:

      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 :wink:

      I want to celebrate Christmas in Australia now. That sounds like my kind of Christmas!
    • Posts: 91 Member
      dnamouse wrote: »
      We do Christmas a little differently here - it's the middle of Summer :smile:

      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! :smiley:

      Fortunately, I'm allowed out of the kitchen on Boxing Day and it'll be a cold buffet - whoo hoo.

    • Posts: 4,298 Member
      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)
    • Posts: 384 Member
      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
      Espresso
    • Posts: 29,136 Member
      we are doing italian this year….chicken parm, lasagna, bread, etc ..christmas eve is going to be ruth cris
    • Posts: 1,010 Member
      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!
    • Posts: 8 Member
      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!
    • Posts: 144 Member
      edited December 2014
      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!
    • Posts: 440 Member
      edited December 2014
      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 :)

      Edited for typos!
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