Christmas Menu

mrsb83_2

This is a work in progress!

Starter: Soup, probably parsnip, served with stilton croutons.

Main: Venison wellington, green beans with pancetta, roast parsnips, sweet potato mash, juniper gravy.

Dessert: Vanilla ice-cream with Snickers fudge sauce.

Mrs_Ihenetu

This christmas i'm going to be cooking for 3 adults, 1 child, 2 toddlers and a baby :eek:

For starters i'm going to be doing a prawn cocktail on a bed of shredded lettuce and pate on toast.

For main course i'm going to make a turkey crown, gammon roast, roast potatos, brussel sprouts, boiled carrots, roast parsnips, pigs in blankets and stuffing with of course gravy and cranberry sauce.

For dessert there will be christmas pudding and a strawberry cheesecake.

PhilCCFC

Starters of Courgette and Potato Soup (from the garden, aleady done and in the freezer) or Pate (home made, in the freezer!)

M&S turkey crown with ham, chipolatas, roasties, carrots, broc, asparagus, garden peas, loads of gravy...maybe do some yorkshires this year.

Not sure on the pudding yet, the kids want to make the most sickly choc butter cream covered chocolate cake but I want to make profiteroles...may end up with both!

:beer:

LalaGomay

Starters - how very civilised!
We've never had a starter on Christmas Day. Unless you count chocolate coins.

I am always ultra stuffed after one course and a pudding, so I don't know how I'd manage it!

carlamarie_2

for the first time in the 6 years of doing xmas dinner, dh has decided he wants a turkey :eek: we usually have gammon or a leg of lamb.
there is four of us; myself, dh,ds (3) and dd (2)

we dont bother with a starter, its hard enough trying to get the kids to eat one course as it is!

main will be turkey (need to look how to cook this interestingly, maybe wrapped in bacon or something to add flavour), stuffing, homemade yorkshire puds (only thing the kids are guarnteed to eat because they look like ufo's ),pigs in blankets, sprouts, mash with carrot and suede, roasties, carrots, green beans, broccoli, maybe cauliflower cheese for a change.

from this the kids will eat only the yorkshire puds and green beans. ds will have broccoli and dd will have pigs in blankets.

pudding could be anything! i usually get some profiteroles (dh's) and millionaires shortbread (mine )from M&S which we will help ourselves to if we want anything else. the kids always have lots of chocolate/sweets in so they can pretty much eat what they like on xmas day to a certain extent. there is always more treats in the fridge/cupboards which mil brings without fail all year round and she goes a bit mad at xmas - so i end up giving a lot of it away.

jakes-mum

We have 2 courses for our christmas dinner
Roast chicken, roast potatoes, peas, carrots, parsnips, stuffing, yorkshire pudding & pigs in blankets (though this has to be altered for DS this year as he was diagnosed coeliacs and i've never seen mini GF sausages )
Then dessert is always a very chocolatey pudding with icecream or cream (GF chocolate pudding for DS)

carlamarie_2

forgot to say, i always have a 'ice cream soda' on xmas night. i dont know if thats the correct name or just something my brother made up when we were little.

its basically a dollop of ice cream in a glass and topped up with coke. tbh its pretty disgusting but when we were kids we loved it! i only have it as a mark of tradition (and also the fact that it makes dh feel sick to look at it :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:)

threemuttleys

this year I get to have the OH, my baby son and the pets all to myself, dont have to please anyone but ourselves, and we can start our own family traditions!
previous years we have gone to others/had others here..but not this year (yeeeeeehaaaaah!) Im extra excited because this year we are parents!

so our menu will be

Starter

King Prawns and Mango Salad

Main
OH; Venison Steak
Me; Chicken Breast stuffed with cheese and wrapped in bacon
Both served with Pigs in Blankets, mashed carrot and parsnip, potatoes roasted in goose fat, sausagemeat stuffing, yorkshire puddings, cauliflower and broccoli cheese

Desert
OH; Christmas pudding with brandy cream and Vanilla Ice Cream
Me; New York Cheesecake

Followed by Tea/coffee and HM Truffles

Tea;
Various cheeses, oven roasted ham, pickles, crackers, crusty bread, and dinner leftovers

I cant wait!

Swan_2

carlamarie wrote: »

forgot to say, i always have a 'ice cream soda' on xmas night. i dont know if thats the correct name or just something my brother made up when we were little.

its basically a dollop of ice cream in a glass and topped up with coke. tbh its pretty disgusting but when we were kids we loved it! i only have it as a mark of tradition (and also the fact that it makes dh feel sick to look at it :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:)

oh floats are great any time of the year, I fancy one now



there'll be 5 of us this year, I'm the only one who likes turkey, so the (grown-up) kids have decided they want home made steak pie, with proper home made chips & fresh veg

we always try to have 3 courses, but always pig out on the main & can never manage the pudding, so this year I'm going to start with an amuse-buche sized parsnip soup with tiny croutons & a similarly sized syllabub for afters, I'll make extra so anyone who feels up to it can have more of them

I've also got requests for prawn cocktail as a main course & 'trimmings without the roast' ie home made stuffing, kilted sausages, roast potatoes, veg, loads of gravy etc
so that's Boxing Day & the 27th taken care of

we can never manage more than one meal a day as there are always loads of snacks, cold meats, home made dips & of course the essential bacon for putting on rolls (baps)


Hogmanay I'll do something more special of my choice, don't know what yet though :think: but for New Year's day I'll be doing a buffet, that way no-one has to eat a lot if they're not feeling up to it

carlamarie_2

Swan wrote: »

oh floats are great any time of the year, I fancy one now

ahh, is that what there called. i always thought they were something my brother experimented with one day