christmas eve dinner/tea

HGLTsuperstar

Our local Chinese is giving away a free bottle of wine with every order on Xmas Eve, and free delivery. So I'm having my fave Veggie duck Curry (extra hot) with steamed rice.

landybabe

we have everyone coming to us this christmas arriving the day before christmas eve. We have a dd aged 3 so i decided i would rather play with her on christmas day then be stuck in the kichen so this is our plan

Christmas eve - takeaway fish and chips
christmas day - buffee that will go out on the table at lunch time and will stay for tea in the evening am going to buy lots of lovley cheeses cold meats party platter thing - aming for it to look like the iceland advert!!!!
boxing day turkey and all the trimmings

Jadek

Kandipandi wrote: »

I once offered a builder a ham and peas pudding sandwich and he was bewildered as he had never heard of peas pudding, he went to the shop on the way home and took about £4 worth home for his mum! :rotfl:

There's been a can of pease pudding sitting in my mum's cupboard for pretty much as long as I can remember, it even survived the kitchen being redone a couple of years ago. I don't know why it's there or if it'll ever be eaten but I'm far too scared to open it! Guess I'm missing out, perhaps not if it's years old though....

purpleivy

Butterfly_Brain wrote: »

We always have steak, salad, mushrooms and chips

When it's just been hubby and I that's what we've done, with a JP instead of chips.

This year my mum is doing a 'treat' meal for me as she's missing my birthday and it's a 'big one', roast ribs of beef with all the etc etc. I'm not cooking Christmas dinner either

lisa26_2

I'll only be seeing OH for a couple of hours in the evening on xmas day so we're having a little party on xmas eve. We've got some of the M&S party food packs and I've got some prawns I'll do something with, I'll make some salad, there'll be homemade chocs and mulled wine.....we'll probably end up with enough to feed a small army.....I always make waaaaay too much!

Caterina

The tradition in Rome is to have deep fried veg and fish (chunks of carrots, broccoli, cauliflowers and morsels of white fish in batter). Now that I no longer eat fish I shall probably just do the deep fried veg. We love eating them on the go, me at the cooker, frying and picking and the rest of the family at the table, dipping the hot morsels in chilli vinegar (little bowl of vinegar with chopped chilli inside). The chilli vinegar is NOT a Roman tradition but a friend of mine showed me and we have had it ever since, I think it is a Portuguese thing.

Bella79

Som gr8 ideas here thankyou, think im gonna settle on coca cola ham with fresh breadcakes , dips, crips,sausage rolls hm, hm mince pies and a glass of sherry ! lol easy and quick and hardly any pots

Emuchops

I like to have something fishy on Christmas Eve so seafood pasta for us - its a good contrast to the full roast type dinner on Christmas Dayand its quick and easy. Also with posh pasta and seafood it seems quite "special"

kymbogs

We've got the inlaws coming on Christmas Eve, my own fault as I suggested months ago that we'd all go for a pub meal but now can't afford it!
I originally thought buffet but don't want to spend all day sorting out fiddly bits and bobs so I've decided to do spaghetti, meatballs and garlic bread. In fact I'm going to make the meatballs today and freeze them. Might be cheeky and ask them to bring pud!

jcr16

on jamie oliver last night he made a winter coleslaw. ican't remember it excatly but it was red and white cabbage, onions, yoghurt and lots of other bits i think. it was served with jacket spud and gammon. looked really simple yet devine.