What's your Christmas menu?
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we go ALL OUT!, We cook everything and we eat everything. and we drink everything, but first, we must ALL do intense cardio and burn 1000 calories when we wake up,, after that is done. well, party on!0
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KANGOOJUMPS wrote: »we go ALL OUT!, We cook everything and we eat everything. and we drink everything, but first, we must ALL do intense cardio and burn 1000 calories when we wake up,, after that is done. well, party on!
Wish I could but the gym is closed and I have to help the kids with presents in the morning anyway...cwolfman13 wrote: »prime rib roast, roasted potatoes, roasted asparagus...lots of wine and probably a few scotches.
Ditto! Although I'll probably do scalloped potatoes and replace the wine with local craft beer and homemade light Margaritas.
I need to find a recipe for those!0 -
Prime rib, roasted maple sweet potatoes, fettuccine alfredo, roasted balsamic brussels sprouts with bacon and pumpkin soup. Dessert is New York cheesecake and caramel apple pie.0
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KANGOOJUMPS wrote: »we go ALL OUT!, We cook everything and we eat everything. and we drink everything, but first, we must ALL do intense cardio and burn 1000 calories when we wake up,, after that is done. well, party on!
Wish I could but the gym is closed and I have to help the kids with presents in the morning anyway...cwolfman13 wrote: »prime rib roast, roasted potatoes, roasted asparagus...lots of wine and probably a few scotches.
Ditto! Although I'll probably do scalloped potatoes and replace the wine with local craft beer and homemade light Margaritas.
I need to find a recipe for those!
Not quite as authentic as I'd like, but I just do silver tequila, Crystal Light lemonade, fresh lime juice and a shake or two of salt. I LOVE the real sweet and sour mix but too many calories and too much sugar. I have yet to find a sugar-free one that is comparable. If you do, please let me know! (sometimes if I want them sweeter I'll add a bit of lime Mio)0 -
Oh I meant the scallop potatoes! I don't drink. I'm sure my husband will get some wine or something though...0
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Monkey Bread for breakfast at SMIL's house. Dunno about dinner yet.0
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Christmas Eve: pork posole (homemade) w/sour cream garnish, Texas flour tortillas (homemade) w/salted butter
Christmas Day morning: cheddar lit'l smokies pig in blankets, eggs, pomegranate
Christmas Day afternoon: cheese, pistachios, probably more lit'l smokies sans blanket, maybe a Saco fudgy cocoa brownie
Christmas Day supper: HoneyBaked spiral ham dinner (w/green bean casserole, sweet potato fluff stuff), fruitcake (homemade) w/whipped cream (homemade)
NYE: same as Christmas Eve
No boozy beverages this year since I don't feel like making eggnog.0 -
I'm amazed at people who make a nice breakfast for Christmas... We definitely don't have time here with the kids! We usually just end up having eggs or something... (except the year we had people staying here and we made eggnog pancakes).0
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We have a family of 4, 4 overnight guests, and 5 guests for the day. LORD HELP ME.
Xmas eve dinner is always potato soup, salads, and appetizers (I make bruschetta, and buy a few frozen ones, plus cheese and crackers).
Xmas morning is always cinnamon rolls, fruit salad, and baked eggs. As long as I stop at 1 cinnamon roll, its all good.
Xmas dinner is hard. We are vegetarians, most guests prefer meat. I think I will buy a spiral cut ham (anyone know what a good sale price is on that?) we will also have:
-Desert of some kind, probably bread pudding, recipe calls for something insane like 12 egg yolks, which I save from DH's morning egg whites
-Potato or sweet potato side dish
-Another vegetable side dish
-Baked mac and cheese maybe, for the kids
-Salad
So I will probably do some kind of potato gratin dish that I can make ahead and just bake. I have no idea what the other vegetable side will be- open to suggestions. Nothing labor intensive.0 -
If you want a "nice" Christmas breakfast, I highly recommend a make ahead option. We used to do an egg casserole the day before and pull apart monkey bread that could be heated up on Christmas morning. That way all you have to do is throw it in the oven.0
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Prime rib, brussels or maybe green beans, potatoes, some sort of dessert that is not yet decided.
My dad usually makes Christmas breakfast -- pancakes and bacon, typically, sometimes waffles.0 -
Prime rib, baked potato, baked beets, spinach salad, broccoli. Yum!0
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Traditional British here,
Breakfast - Bucks fizz, croissants, maybe scrambled egg
Lunch
Smoked salmon with brown bread and butter
Roast turkey, with sage and onion sausagemeat stuffing
Roast potatoes
Braised red cabbage
Brussels sprouts
Peas
Carrots
Cauliflower cheese
Maybe mashed swede
Pigs in blankets
Bread sauce
Giblet gravy
Cranberry sauce
Christmas pudding
Brandy butter
Clotted cream
Dessert wine
Maybe Port and Stilton, cheese and biscuits later on.
Tea, if we can fit it in will be ham rolls, Christmas cake, stollen, mince pies. More cheese.
I'm sure there will be a tub of Quality Street/Roses/Celebrations on hand throughout the day, too!
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Traditional British here,
Breakfast - Bucks fizz, croissants, maybe scrambled egg
Lunch
Smoked salmon with brown bread and butter
Roast turkey, with sage and onion sausagemeat stuffing
Roast potatoes
Braised red cabbage
Brussels sprouts
Peas
Carrots
Cauliflower cheese
Maybe mashed swede
Pigs in blankets
Bread sauce
Giblet gravy
Cranberry sauce
Christmas pudding
Brandy butter
Clotted cream
Dessert wine
Maybe Port and Stilton, cheese and biscuits later on.
Tea, if we can fit it in will be ham rolls, Christmas cake, stollen, mince pies. More cheese.
I'm sure there will be a tub of Quality Street/Roses/Celebrations on hand throughout the day, too!
Forgot the parsnips!0 -
Traditional British here,
Breakfast - Bucks fizz, croissants, maybe scrambled egg
Lunch
Smoked salmon with brown bread and butter
Roast turkey, with sage and onion sausagemeat stuffing
Roast potatoes
Braised red cabbage
Brussels sprouts
Peas
Carrots
Cauliflower cheese
Maybe mashed swede
Pigs in blankets
Bread sauce
Giblet gravy
Cranberry sauce
Christmas pudding
Brandy butter
Clotted cream
Dessert wine
Maybe Port and Stilton, cheese and biscuits later on.
Tea, if we can fit it in will be ham rolls, Christmas cake, stollen, mince pies. More cheese.
I'm sure there will be a tub of Quality Street/Roses/Celebrations on hand throughout the day, too!
Mmmm. I used to have Quality Street when I was growing up. Ate all the caramels in one day...0 -
Smoked ham (I'm brining and smoking my own ham for the first time this year!)
Roast Turkey
Prawns with cocktail sauce
Random salads (probably a potato salad, a couscous salad, a green salad)
Stuffing, turkey gravy and cranberry sauce
Fresh bread rolls
Assorted sweets (florentine slice, after dinner mints, eckels cakes, mince pies etc)0 -
Homemade ramen! I've wanted to make it since the first time I had real ramen. Found a recipe; it takes forever. Then, someone gave me beautiful soup bowls as a gift! Now I have to try my hand at it. We'll be home all day so we might as well.
Trying to decide what to make for breakfast. Someone mentioned cinnamon rolls. That sounds great!0 -
We do Christmas Eve. This year's menu includes:
A vegan soup
Sliced roast turkey roll on ciabatta rolls with choice of cheese
Shrimp tray
Crackers with pepperoni dip
Vegan eggnog
Mulled wine
Cheesecake and brownie bites for dessert.0 -
Tamales for Christmas Eve. Roast Beef and a Ham for Christmas Day. Haven't figured out the side dishes yet.0
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Tamales and probably cinnamon rolls for Christmas morning.0
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