what's for Christmas dinner ?

leomom72
leomom72 Posts: 1,797 Member
edited October 2024 in Chit-Chat
my husband is tired of turkey, and ham is chock full of sodium ( my main concern ) so we are definitely going untraditional this year. my family has decided on pork chops with stuffing and mashed potatoes. it wont really feel like Christmas, but i kinda welcome changes :wink: that will leave me some room to have a few drinks, and dessert..

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  • beckyhope
    beckyhope Posts: 104 Member
    We're having steak, mashed potatoes, some veggie (I'm still deciding), rolls, and cheesecake. So I'm not traditional at all.
  • La_Amazona
    La_Amazona Posts: 4,855 Member
    I was just thinking of posting this!

    My ex usually would cook for my family every Christmas eve.. he'd make turkey, homemade mashed potatoes and dressing, mac and cheese, etc etc.

    This year my mom is going all out for me. :bigsmile: She's making tamales, posole, bunuelos, fajitas, flour tortillas, rice, beans, barbacoa, (omg my mouth is watering as I type this).

    I will be making a 3 leches cake too. Feliz Navidad!!!!
  • _Timmeh_
    _Timmeh_ Posts: 2,096 Member
    I was just thinking of posting this!

    My ex usually would cook for my family every Christmas eve.. he'd make turkey, homemade mashed potatoes and dressing, mac and cheese, etc etc.

    This year my mom is going all out for me. :bigsmile: She's making tamales, posole, bunuelos, fajitas, flour tortillas, rice, beans, barbacoa, (omg my mouth is watering as I type this).

    I will be making a 3 leches cake too. Feliz Navidad!!!!

    OMG! drool.....
  • leomom72
    leomom72 Posts: 1,797 Member
    glad im not the only non traditional one :wink: all of it sounds GREAT !!!:tongue:
  • mleoni092708
    mleoni092708 Posts: 629 Member
    Lasagna! Can't wait :heart:
  • JackKsavestheday
    JackKsavestheday Posts: 182 Member
    pork chops and veggies gonna cook for the girlfriend and I. It will be just us for christmas!

    gotta admit im gonna miss the tamales and menudo!!
  • moran1917
    moran1917 Posts: 1,133 Member
    we have a fairly traditional meal on Christmas day, turkey, mashed potatoes, steamed veg, stuffing, and sweet potatoes. but on Christmas eve we make our own pizzas from scratch- well we buy the dough.
  • CouchSpud
    CouchSpud Posts: 557 Member
    Chicken roast, rosmary potatoes and roasted veg ^^
  • Iamfit4life
    Iamfit4life Posts: 3,095 Member
    Honestly I have no freaking clue.

    I'll be at siggys aunts house. I'm not sure what they do.

    Then we are driving back here, and doing our own Christmas with my family and my kids the 26th.

    Wanted to do Prime Rib, but we won't even arrive till 4. So I'm lost.
  • ashnm88
    ashnm88 Posts: 748
    Roast Beef on Christmas Day and Roast Turkey with all the trimmings and Tourtière on Boxing Day.

    For anyone that doesn't know what Tourtière is, its a French meat pie made with veal and pork and different spices in a home-made pastry. Traditional in Quebec (where my dad is from).
  • MB_Positif
    MB_Positif Posts: 8,897 Member
    A lot of people do roast beef for Christmas too...and some even do Lasagna! My grandparents are having Turkey this year and I am kinda bummed out b/c I was hoping for ham since I never eat it anymore!
  • thamre
    thamre Posts: 629 Member
    Christmas Eve will be pork ribs, mashed potatoes & gravy and lefse. Christmas day will be made-to-order omelets. It has been our tradition for several years now. After me and my sister's families are done opening presents at our houses, we load up and go out to my parents. My dad makes a big breakfast...muffins of all different types, sausage, bacon, ham, toast, hashbrowns and made-to-order omelets. That meal alone will mostly likely be my calories for the day...but it is just one day out of the whole year that I indulge like that, so I am not worried.
  • JacksMom12
    JacksMom12 Posts: 1,044 Member
    We order Chinese on Christmas eve (weird family tradition) then we always have a big Christmas day brunch with mimosas and either roast beef, beef tenderloin, or prime rib for Christmas dinner!
  • frugalmomsrock
    frugalmomsrock Posts: 1,123
    I don't really have Christmas dinner. We do a brunch (monkey bread, muffins, eggs, toast, oatmeal, pancakes, you name it!!!). For the rest of the day, it's snack type foods (cheese and crackers, dip and chips, etc). and leftovers from brunch.
  • cardbucfan
    cardbucfan Posts: 10,571 Member
    I was just thinking of posting this!

    My ex usually would cook for my family every Christmas eve.. he'd make turkey, homemade mashed potatoes and dressing, mac and cheese, etc etc.

    This year my mom is going all out for me. :bigsmile: She's making tamales, posole, bunuelos, fajitas, flour tortillas, rice, beans, barbacoa, (omg my mouth is watering as I type this).

    I will be making a 3 leches cake too. Feliz Navidad!!!!

    O.K., can I come to your house????

    Seriously, we usually do a surf and turf thing-steak and stone crabs claws (I live in Florida) or crab legs but this year we were traveling on Thanksgiving so I didn't get MY dressing or MY sweet potatoes or MY pecan pie so we are having turkey and all the trimmings. My kids don't quite realize they get to help A LOT this year!
  • tycusjay
    tycusjay Posts: 103 Member
    Ham, turkey, chicken, salads, potatoes, trifle, pavlova, white Christmas and rum balls. I'm in Australia so we have a cold Christmas lunch and dinner :smile:
  • ShadowSoldier23
    ShadowSoldier23 Posts: 321 Member
    Roast, ham, potatoes, green bean casserole, sweet potatoes, corn, baked beans, rolls, pecan and pumpkin pies and tamales. Man it's making me hungry just thinking about it! Good news is I can eat most of the stuff too :)
  • kyrstensmom
    kyrstensmom Posts: 297 Member
    Turkey, Ham (which I parboil to reduce sodium content), wild rice & cranberry pilaf, mashed potatoes & gravy, green beans, homemade yeast rolls, zucchini casserole, pumpkin pie, and cheesecake. Can't wait!
  • jenbit
    jenbit Posts: 4,252 Member
    I live in south Florida so were doing Cuban food this year.
    Pernil(slow baked pork shoulder)
    white rice
    Black beans (from sratch)
    platanos maduros
    and cresent rolls:flowerforyou:
  • wifeygonzo
    wifeygonzo Posts: 287 Member
    Christmas Eve we have all kinds of appetizers and Christmas Day we have prime rib (mmmmm!!)
  • thamre
    thamre Posts: 629 Member
    and let's not forget about the rosettes, krumkake & sunbacls (sp?). But I won't let it worry me! One or two days is not going to ruin what I have accomplished in nearly two years. :happy:
  • KimmieBrie
    KimmieBrie Posts: 825 Member
    I'm doing the full home made turkey dinner... but we did a buffet on Thanksgiving and I and others had roast beef so I'm not turkey'd out. I'm also making home made baked mac n cheese for those not crazy about turkey....appetizers and desserts too of course.

    I thought about doing a spiral ham or something else too but our fridge is small - and a turkey is huge - we don't have the room for all this:( As it looms closer, I'm thinking next time "caterer"
  • ♥Amy♥
    ♥Amy♥ Posts: 714 Member
    We don't do any special food for Christmas Eve, but Christmas day will be:

    Breakfast: Pumpkin Spice Muffins & Oatmeal Banana bread and fresh fruit (I'll bake both on Christmas Eve, so they'll be ready for whenever anyone wants any during the present opening festivities)

    Lunch: Lasagna, Turkey, Mashed Potatoes, Gravy, Rolls, Green Beans (that's all that I can think of right now)

    Desserts: Pumpkin Pie and lots of different cookies

    Since we eat lunch late and a lot of it, the rest of the day is just snacking and/or re-heating of leftovers
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