Christmas menus

[Tatia]

Just finalizing Christmas menu and curious what everyone else is having?

Christmas Eve
Ham
Mustard potato salad
German potato salad (this one is served warm and is GORGEOUS)
Green bean casserole
Devilled eggs
Baked beans (American style)
Sweetcorn
Also, an assortment of hor d'oeuvres (mini quiches, chicken dippers, prawn cocktail)

Christmas breakfast
Croissants
Fruit salad wth yogurt dip

Christmas lunch
Pate with carmelized onions
Ham (left-overs)
Turkey
Roast beef (might leave this out, haven't decided)
Mash potatoes
Candied sweet potatoes
Asparagus, sweetcorn, brussel sprouts
Roasted carrots

Boxing Day
Left-overs
Pickles

As for desserts, there's generally so much stuff available, from Tony's Christmas pudding (ick!) to red velvet cake to mince pies to meringues with cream, that we just have whatever it is we fancy.

We've got cheeseboards and fruit platters ordered, as well.

I LOVE discussing food!!!

I can't decide if that looks ok or not.

[Pixie dust]

Can I come to your house please
sounds yummy

[fionamal]

That all sounds delish.

Xmas eve we normally have a take away.

Xmas day we have salmon and scrambled eggs for breakfast with champagne and for dinner its Homemade lentil soup or Prawn marie rose, then for main course its Turkey with all the trimmings and pudding is meringues with fruit or black forrest gataeux and the cheese board and coffees if anyone has room left.

At supper time its generally sausgae rolls, sandwiches , crisps and dip and whatever anyone can manage

[mrs_scottydog]

How organised! It all sounds lovely. I'll be at my in laws over Christmas so I luckily don't need to worry about the food, just the rest of the presents we need to take. Hx

[PixiePetal]

We are eating Christmas meal on Christmas eve this year - just the 4 of us, kids are 16 and 14

Christmas Eve no starter - we all like to get straight in with the dinner!

Turkey
stuffing
pigs in blankets
roast potatoes
roast parsnips
carrots
peas
broccoli
sprouts (for DH)
aunt bessie yorkshire puds (kids would kill me if I didn't give them those!)
gravy

lots of veg as we all like different ones so we all get what we want for Christmas dinner

After that lot, we don't have Christmas pud maybe just Ice cream and raspberry/choc sauce and nuts.

Christmas day - just the 4 for breakfast - bacon and egg sandwich for me kids and DH will have their usual cereals

Lunch

cold turkey
ham
chips
pickles
salad

warm mince pies & cream/choc fudge cake and ice cream

evening - various nibbles and 'party' foods courtesy of M&S!

Boxing day turkey curry

could all change as it's just us to please!

[Twinkles]

Christmas Eve

Lasagne
Salad

Christmas day

Usually just cereal and toast as dashing out to Church

Lunch

Smoked salmon

Turkey
Roast pots
Roast carrots
Roast parsnips
Swede
Broccoli
pigs in blankets
Two sorts of stuffing
Bread sauce
Cranberry sauce


Chocolate fondants
Christmas pud

Lots of Champagne !!!!

Boxing day

Cold meat and pickles and maybe bubble and squeak

[Tatia]

I've just remembered the stuffing, pigs in blankets and parsnips. Can't believe I forgot them!! We had smoked salmon and scrambled eggs for breakfast last year but we've all agreed simple and light is the way forward this year.

Also, my DIL has asked for bread sauce. Anyuone have a simple recipe or is it acceptable to use a packet? I've never made it. What do you DO with it?

[FussyElmo]

Christmas eve we play by ear depnding on what we are doing. Usually do a buffet style tea/supper but Im not adverse to a takeaway neither.

Christmas Day
Normal breakfast

No starter
We have a three bird roast this year.
Mash
roast pots
roast parsnips
spouts
carrots
broccili (or whatever veg I fancy)
bacon stuffing balls
yorkshire puds
cranberry sauce
and lashings of gravy.

Boxing Day
See christmas Day

Pudding
Trifle
matchmaker chocolate cake
mince pies
anything else I decide to bake between.

My friend has a recipe for cream of sprout soup which I may be trying on one of the days

[wendywu]

Now i like the sound of cream of sprout soup

[rickysmiths]

Christmas Eve

Steamed Hallibut with Parsley Sauce, Mashed Potatoes, Carrots and Peas

Mince Pies and Fruit

Christmas Day

Croissants and Fruit for Breakfast

Smoked Salmon and Pancakes Mince Pies and Fruit for lunch

Roast Turkey, various stuffings, Baked Gammon , chipolatas, bacon rolls, Roast and mashed potato, roast parsnips, carrots, sprouts with bacon and chesnuts, green beans, red cabbage brasied with red wine and carraway and Bread Sauce.
Homemade Christmas pudding with Brandy Butter
Homemade Choc Sherry Trifle

Boxing Day

Cold Ham and Turkey with Poached Eggs and Homemade Cumberland Suace for Brunch

Other meals in the day sandwiches or cold meats and salad fruit and nuts

Monday we have 20 family and friends coming for dinner we are having:
Casolett with french bread
Semi Smoked Poached salmon
Cold Roast Beef
Homemade cheese and onion quiche
Home Grown new potatoes
Salads
Homemade Mince Pies and Christmas Biscuits
Trifle as on Christmas day
Belgian Chocolate Biscuit Cake
Lemon lapis (3 layers of Meringue with a lemon filling made with condensed milk, cream, lemon juice and rind)
Cheese Board

For lunch:
smoked salmon, mini quiche, mini yorkshires with beef and horseradish, sausage rolls and assort sandwiches, cheese board with grapes and celery. Crisps and nuts. Mince pies, assort cup cakes, shortbread.

[Hebs]

whatever is available...... we're going out for lunch

[Tatia]

mini yorkshires with beef and horseradish

Do you make these yourself? I had them once, loved them and have always wanted to try making them myself.

[rickysmiths]

Do you make these yourself? I had them once, loved them and have always wanted to try making them myself.

Yes I cook the Yorkshires in a mini muffin tin.

[Tatia]

I'm pretty confident with the yorkies and the beef. Just curious as to how you make the horseradish spread? It didn't seem like cream cheese mixed with horseradish but I can't remember...

[rickysmiths]

I'm pretty confident with the yorkies and the beef. Just curious as to how you make the horseradish spread? It didn't seem like cream cheese mixed with horseradish but I can't remember...

I just put a small blob of horseradish in the bottom and a thin slice of beef ontop. If I have time I make a rich gravy out of the meat juices when I cook the beef and put a drop or two on the beef as well.

[Twinkles]

I've just remembered the stuffing, pigs in blankets and parsnips. Can't believe I forgot them!! We had smoked salmon and scrambled eggs for breakfast last year but we've all agreed simple and light is the way forward this year.

Also, my DIL has asked for bread sauce. Anyuone have a simple recipe or is it acceptable to use a packet? I've never made it. What do you DO with it?

Marks and Spencers ready made in the fresh section but can be frozen

[Toothfairy]

Xmas Eve
Homemade leek & potato soup with croutons & crusty bread.
Hot sausage rolls
Cheese board

Xmas Day

Breakfast
Ham, eggs
Crossiants
Fruit juice

Lunch
Mushrooms with goats cheese and caramalised onion chutney
Turkey
Roast potatos
parsnips
pigs in blankets
sausage meat balls
stuffing
bread sauce
green beans
carrots
shallots
cauliflower
Chocolate log with bailes cream
mince pies
xmas pud

tea
sandwiches
nibbles

Boxing day

Breakfast
poached eggs on toast with tomatoes
fruit juice

lunch
Breaded camenbert to start
Cold ham, turkey, beef & gammon
Mash potato
bubble & squeak
peas & sweetcorn
pickels & chutneys
Cheese board
trifel

tea
left overs

I also do Bucks Fizz, hot eggnog & mulled wine when people arrive along with a selection of appitisers.

[loocyloo]

mmmmmm, made me hungry! ( and realise how much cooking i still have left to do !!! )

christmas eve
we meet friends for lunch at pizza express
scampi/calamari & chips for tea.

christmas day ( just us and my mum for breakfast, then my 2 brothers and nephew join us for the rest of the day )
breakfast - croissants/pain au choc and bucks fizz
lunch - smoked salmon/pate and bread & butter/toast
roast turkey, ham, sausages in bacon, stuffing, roast potatoes & parsnips, lots of veggies, gravy & cranberry sauce
christmas pud, brandy butter, cream & ice cream ( dairyfree for my nephew)
tea - well, seeing as it never gets eaten, this year i am just going to have bread & butter, bit of salad, cold turkey & ham, pickles and crisps! plus christmas cake, mince pies, chocolate log and (dairy free) fairy cakes laid out on the table and people can help them selves as and when!

boxing day -
breakfast - whatever cereal or whatever anyone wants!
lunch -bubble & squeak with cold ham and maybe an egg on top!
tea - who knows? !!!

happy christmas

[singingcactus]

For breakfast we'll have breakfasty type stuff.
For lunch we're having steak and chips.
For tea we'll have whatever we fancy.

For boxing day we'll have some meat -(depends what I fancy cooking), cheese, bread, pickles etc throughout the day whenever we fancy eating.

[Playmate]

After reading what you are all eating and the quantity of food, I feel sick

Ours will be a traditional roast with all the trimmings for christmas lunch and a turkey sandwich for supper

We are at my sisters for Boxing day, so a mixture of cold for my side of the family and hot for BIL side of the family who do not do cold