Mami1976D wrote: »

esaucier17 wrote: »

Karlottap wrote: »

My mil has always cooked Christmas dinner. Will be a typical carb filled nightmare, and will be the first year to not eat it all. Doesn't matter to me though. I'm fine with meat. I can eat when I get home.

My chore has always been the breakfast, and hashbrown casseroles for Christmas morning at my mom and dad's. I've already been looking for low carb recipes to substitute, and continue the tradition.

If you haven't tried of heard of it....you can use radishes in place of potatoes for the hashbrowns. At my local grocery store they sell them already shredded. I have fried them with eggs, sausage and other veggies and they are very good!

https://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=86798

here is just one recipe I found.

So could you also make latkes with radishes?

Hmmm yes I would think so.
http://www.emmafrisch.com/2014/07/radish-zucchini-latkes-with-yogurt-mint-dipping-sauce.html

I found this...you would have to substitute the breadcrumbs. I used crushed plain pork rinds usually!
They look yummy. Not sure about the sauce though...

I'm not really sure for breakfast we will have a low carb muffin quince (sausage, eggs, cheese etc), lunch maybe a simple stirfry as I'm not sure about evening plans we may have homemade deer hash

Turkey, ton of green veggies and garlic mashed cauliflower so yummy and kid approved.

We usually do a taco/nacho "make it yourself" bar. Will probably do the same but replace our (me and hubby) taco shells and chips with romaine leafs and cheese "chips" but still have all to good stuff like meat and cheese, guac, sour cream, homemade pico and some more meat and cheese. We will let the kids have their shells and chips. Gonna also try my hand at a low carb cheese cake for dessert this year.

ki4eld wrote: »

@esaucier17 Use this recipe for the pierogi dough... http://theprimitivepalate.com/2015/01/20/everything-bagel-dogs/

Mmmm. That could work nicely. Maybe a cheese and sausage filling instead of cheese and potato. Or I could go with an oniony filling but those are hard to make.

Thanks.

Kitnthecat wrote: »

I have made a perogy like casserole and layered egg crepes in a baking dish for the "dough" then layered cauli and cheese with fried Bain and onions. I did throw a potato and cheese layer in there in the middle.

I am Ukrainian and fish and perogies were eaten on Christmas Eve at my in- laws house. Now I'll want to make this too! I usually bake a ham on Christmas Eve these days, so I can carve up cold slices of it to have with the turkey. So I could do the perogy casserole this year too.

A couple of days before Christmas. I make head cheese out of pork head, hicks and feet, with a bit of beef shank, let it gel, and serve it at Christmas dinner. Very low carb and refreshing. I will roast a turkey at Christmas, and have various low carb options along with the regular potatoes and stuffing. Cabbage rolls filled with meat, or meatballs might also be made.

My german uncle, who passed this year, made a head cheese that was so rich and amazing. There wasn't much jelly to it, it was almost more of a pâté. It was amazing.....

The name head cheese is unfortunate though. It scares people off. Maybe go with the German name. Would it be Kase Kopf?

nvmomketo wrote: »

ki4eld wrote: »

@esaucier17 Use this recipe for the pierogi dough... http://theprimitivepalate.com/2015/01/20/everything-bagel-dogs/

Mmmm. That could work nicely. Maybe a cheese and sausage filling instead of cheese and potato. Or I could go with an oniony filling but those are hard to make.

I am not sure this would work for the perogi dough because we boil them to cook them. But these Bagel Dogs look amazing! Might make for an appetizer. We are skipping the potato ones this year and are just doing cabbage filled. They are so yummy! Sausage and cheese sounds good too.

Kitnthecat wrote: »

Oh, I forgot how much I loved sauerkraut perogies ! That would be totally doable with my egg crepe casserole, sauerkraut and bacon.

How do you make your crepes? I have found a couple LC ones made with either almond flour or coconut flour. Not sure how they would taste for a perogi casserole though.

I was going to stick to low carb for Xmas, but I've changed my mind. My reasoning is sound, it's not that I want to cheat and I'll probably be quite happy if I don't but I have lost NO weight in the past 3 months despite being super strict under 20g carbs and under 1500 calories, eating clean, hitting my macros etc. I am fluctuating constantly between 95 and 97kg but not making any progress below that. So I've decided to consciously have a carb up day on Xmas to try and reset things a bit.

I'm going to my mum's for Christmas and, to reduce drama, am just going to eat "normally" ie higher carb. Hopefully will be able to shuffle the potatoes over to the kids, but apart from that...I just hope I don't do too much damage.

My mom has been doing Christmas Eve dinner for a while, and yes there will be rolls, potatoes and other carb nightmare food, there is usually enough stuff there that won't hurt me like turkey, ham, sauerkraut and kielbasa (made without any sugar) sour cream cucumbers, and broccoli with melted cheese.

We decided not to have a traditional Christmas dinner this year. My grandfather is very sick, and my parents will be spending most of the day with him. Christmas evening we will just be having 'snacky' type food when we get together. I was thinking about making the perogies someone mentioned earlier with the fat head dough with a cheese and cauliflower puree filling. I still need to come up with a second item.

My dad just dropped off a few cuts of venison, so I may stick one in the crockpot Christmas Eve for dinner just for us, we have never had a Christmas Eve dinner at home, so this might be the year to start that!

With all the talk on this site, I just picked up some head cheese at Karl's Sausage Kitchen in Peabody Ma. (German deli) Can't wait!

Here's some ideas I'm working on:

- Saint Angel Triple Cream Brie coated with a light organic fig spread. (Whole foods, so good!)
- Soft German Liverwurst mixed w Maple Bourbon and Whipped Chive Cream Cheese, served as a pate.
- Deviled eggs
- Cucumber rounds, topped with cream cheese & smoked salmon, caviar
- Blood sausage with sautéed onions, baby spinach (cream and sour cream added at the end)
- Cauliflower Rice gratin or Broccoli Cauliflower bake
-Beef loin (main course)
-Duck Breast
-Green beans and almonds

I'm also showing a subset of a post on this thread from 2011. It had so many good ideas, I thought I'd revive it for other ideas:

- Feta cheese cube & olive on a stick

- Chicken skewers with satay peanut dip : http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/851647/chicken-skewers-with-satay-dip
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- Chorizo & Prawn (Shrimp) on a stick

- Smoked Mackrel Pate: Flake about 4 fillets of smoked mackrel in a bowl, add 3/4 tub of cream cheese, juice of 1 lemon, some frsh chopped chives/dill and mix together. Add plenty of black pepper and a pinch of paprika.


- Halloumi (Cyrpiot squeaky cheese) skewers with parsley & lemon salsa: http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/4282/halloumi-skewers-with-parsley-and-lemon-salsa

- Japanese seared beef rolls: http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/8804/beef-tataki-rolls

- Tuna and avocado tartare served on cucumber: http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/5015/cucumber-slices-with-tuna-and-avocado-tartare

- Grilled chicken & sundried tomato on a stick

- Seared sesame crusted tuna : http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/5005/seared-sesamecrusted-tuna

- Good old sausages (chipolatas) wrapped in bacon.

- Greek lamb meatballs with tzatziki dip

Meatballs= 1 pack minced/ground lamb, 1/2 chopped onion, 2 cloved crushed garlic, 1 tsp cinnamon, 2 tsp oregano, 2 tsp dill, 1 tbsp ground almonds, 1 beaten egg. Combine- then chill for 1 hour before forming into balls and baking for 30 mins.

- Sour cream & chive dip with crudites.

- Italian/German meat platter (various cured & cooked meats)

- Scallops with chorizo/bacon on a stick.

- Cheese fondue with veggie dippers.

- Winter red cabbage coleslaw: red cabbage, red onion, , wholegrain mustard, mayo, a dash of vinegar.

Thank you all so much for sharing all of the wonderful recipes and ideas!

I love this thread so much. Everyone else's Christmas food threads on other boards and FB keep making me crave carbs, but this thread is where it's at.

Merry Christmas all!!!

For dinner today I will be making a traditional Jamaican dinner. It'll be small as it's only my hubz and I, because we couldnt afford to go home from KY. So... I'll be making two dishes: curried chicken and stew peas. Stew peas is a dish which has pigs tail, stew beef, onions, garlic, and some red peas all in the pot. Both are served over white rice (for hubz), but I'll be having roasted brussel sprouts.

Nom nom!