Christmas eve - What are you cooking today?

nicki_2

I cooked past in pesto for lunch and I've just made 2 dozen mince pies which are :drool: and thats all I'm cooking today Take away for tea

Tomorrow there's only me and DD so its a small roast dinner with Xmas pudding. Tonight when she's gone to bed I'll sit and write out all the times and way that things have to be cooked (mostly frozen or pre-prepared stuff I can't make roast potatoes to save my life ) then I can plan it all out like I did last year DD will probably want to help me out which is why I write it all down :rotfl: I don't make too big a meal as we'll be off to my parents in the afternoon usually, also DD is going away on Boxing day so I don't want too many leftovers :rotfl:

charliee_3

Whistling_Gypsy wrote: »

(PS - I thought poppyglos meant to soak the swede in clothes washing up liquid for a sec there...doh!!)

me too!! lol

i've also now prepped the turkey so it is ready to go straight in the oven tomorrow.. shoved bacon and butter under the skin, onions and bayleaves in the cavity

ive cooked the beef with some shallots so they are yummy as well. sausage rolls still to do.... plus all the housework :rolleyes::rolleyes:

champys

I have been working this morning till 12:00. This afternoon I have made 24 mince pies, a trifle (except the cream, which will go on tomorrow before serving), and a chocolate meringue semi-freddo. Now I feel yukkie as I don't really like sweet things very much. We will go to see our elderly neighbours in a minute, taking them a christmas present - and that means we will all have drinks together. Depending on how long that takes and how much nibbles we eat (we might even stay for dinner), I will decide what to cook: planning a chickpea-chorizo stew, but if we are half-full already it will just be cheese & biscuits and a chicory salad or something.
Most things are done for tomorrow, but either me or DH (or our guests) will still have to negotiate the vegetable plot for picking sprouts and digging parsnips prior to the meal!
And I have no idea how long to roast a capon for (first time), but I'll pick my neighbour's brains on that as he does one every year.

Penelope_Penguin

We're throwing a party tonight so this is my menu:

• HM garlic bread
• HM Old Spot, cranberry and port pate on pitta toast
• HM pigs in blankets
• HM spiced nuts
• various Indian and Chinese nibbles
• crisps, twiglets, etc
• smoked salmon on HM granary bread
• celery and stilton sticks
• cheese board with crackers

• HM mince pies
• HM Christmas cake
• HM chocolate truffles
• wine, beer, J2O, mulled cider :beer:

We're having Christmas Dinner with friends, so DH and I are providing HG roasted roots, HG sprouts, HM Christmas puddign (made in November). We're cookign a small turkey, so that we'll have leftovers for the rest of the week :j

Penny. x

ifonlyitwaseasier

well i've made my trifle (choped the swiss rolls and set the jelly over and thro them) and will add my ready made posh custard later, cream goes on before we eat main course and flake crumbled on just before serving. yum!!

and have a shepherds pie in the oven for dinner this evening also cheated and pud will be waitrose reduced choc eclairs!! gotta love crazy price drops

misskool

We've got 15p mackerel fillets from Tesco with reduced stir fry vegetables and noodles.

Then fillet steak with chips tomorrow and the Kelly Bronze turkey with ALL the trimmings and a bit more on Saturday

I love Christmas!!

julieq

Cooking sherry opened, that's quite enough exertion for Christmas Eve.

Paulie'sGirl

I made 3 dozen mince pies.

Family emergency means we're not having Xmas dinner etc tomorrow, so no other prep.

Can't face cooking anything, so I think cheese and crackers will suffice for tea.

PGxx

onetomany

we had ham eggs and chips and beans

dreamyd

This is where I'm at right now.
3 bird roast doing its stuff in the oven
Pigs in blankets in there also
All veg peeled and prepped in the fridge
Cranberry sauce done (thanks Delia )
Need to decorate table, parboil veg, get dessert out of freezer, make truffles for pigging out on tomorrow afternoon.
I'm about as organised as I'm likely to be . Merry Christmas everyone!