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Christmas Dinner Planning - anyone?
cramernh
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Thought it would be fun to share some ideas on what our Christmas Dinner ideas might be?
Im planning on doing a nice Prime Rib dinner for George and I.
Seasoned Prime Rib w/fresh Au Jus
Freshly grated horseradish
Duchess Potatoes
Roasted colored pepper strips, onions and portabella mushrooms with sun-dried tomatoes
Wild mesclun salad w/heirloom tomatoes, red bell peppers strips, english cucumbers, thinly sliced red onions and a homemade mustard vinaigrette
Deviled Eggs
Freshly baked whole wheat braided garlic bread (for hubby)
DESSERT: A low-carb Crustless Cherry-Almond Cheesecake
Im planning on doing a nice Prime Rib dinner for George and I.
Seasoned Prime Rib w/fresh Au Jus
Freshly grated horseradish
Duchess Potatoes
Roasted colored pepper strips, onions and portabella mushrooms with sun-dried tomatoes
Wild mesclun salad w/heirloom tomatoes, red bell peppers strips, english cucumbers, thinly sliced red onions and a homemade mustard vinaigrette
Deviled Eggs
Freshly baked whole wheat braided garlic bread (for hubby)
DESSERT: A low-carb Crustless Cherry-Almond Cheesecake
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I am going to my parents for Christmas so me and my Mum share the cooking- we are having:
To start: mixed seafood (giant prawns/shrimp, scallops and smoked salmon) with an olive oil and lemon dressing, with some watercress and rocket (arugula)
Roast turkey
Stuffing- made with sausage meat, onions, herbs, cranberries and apples shaped into a log and wrapped in bacon.
Creamed brussels sprouts
braised christmas red cabbage
roasted parsnips
Roasted potatoes
honeyed carrots
Gravy & cranberry sauce
Dessert- Christmas pudding with cointreau cream.
coffee & chocolate mints.
As there are 4 non low carbers eating- and only me I will try and be as sensible with the carby veg as possible. However, as it is Christmas day i wont sweat it too much and have a good run the next day.0 -
we don't do Christmas dinner. we have Christmas brunch. all the breakfast goodies, but healthier. since it's just DH and i we won't be having allot of food. we didn't for thanksgiving either and it made it so much easier.0
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My OH's parents are cooking and I think they're just doing a normal turkey dinner this year. I'll probably have the turkey and veg, skip the potatoes and bring a low carb cheesecake for pudding.0
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I never cook on Christmas....we always just have "snack trays"....veggies tray, meat tray, shrimp/seafood tray.....0
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Going to my sons.
Dinner:
Cooks ham
Deviled eggs
Tossed salad
Green beans w/bacon and new potatoes
Rolls
Iced Tea
I will eat everything but the potatoes and rolls. Then I will clean the kitchen for exercise. LOL0 -
I'm going to be having the Christmas dinner at my house this year, so I get to control it all!
Spiral ham
lemon-garlic green beans
mashed potatoes (for the non low carb people)
Low carb and regular bread for sandwiches
deviled eggs
Mixed greens salad with balsamic vinegar and evoo dressing
Probably a low carb pecan pie and/or cheesecake and a regular apple pie. I'll stick to all the low carb stuff though.0 -
anyone know how to make low carb fudge? peanut butter or chocolate?0
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Haven't worked on a Christmas Dinner plan yet, but a common fallback is a beef tenderloin (which is quite simple to do -- it also isn't so expensive if you go to a place like Costco or BJs Warehouse, then learn how to prep it yourself).
BTW, we have a favorite "mash" at home, which can be found on lowcarbsite.com in the recipes section. "Rico's mashed cauliflower" adds a touch of onion and sour cream to the mash, and then you add some cheese on top and bake it to form a crust. But we typically used some minced shallot instead of onion (it adds a distinct sweet onion-y flavor) and I find that sour cream work very well with cauliflower. In fact, we haven't mashed a potato in well over a year (I'm the only one officially low-carbing at home).
Tenderloin, Rico's mashed cauliflower, and maybe some roasted green beans. That's a good start!0 -
DESSERT: A low-carb Crustless Cherry-Almond Cheesecake
Would you be willing to share your recipe for your dessert? It sounds great! Thanks in advance!0
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