Christmas veg

picklepick

I've bought my fresh veg already. I've taken it out the plastic bags and put it in my crisper draw. It should be fine by Sunday. I prep mine on Xmas eve though.

rachbc

I bought my veg on sat as I didn;t want to be rushing about on fri/ sat. I have peeled and frozen the parsnips and will roast from frozen, will prep the rest on sat

Linda32

I'm afraid I won't be much inspiration.

Roast potatoes
Sprouts
Parsnips

And only one of those is roasted the other two go in a saucepan of water.

tessie_bear

we are planning;
mashed pots
roast pots
carrots
sprouts
peas
broccoli

quite boring really but what we always have...i was wondering when to buy will try to get out tomorrow veg will be fine in the fridge and already got a sack of pots

purpleheather2810

roast potatoes
boiled potatoes
roast parsnips in some kind of honey/mustard concoction
sprouts, steamed
carrots, steamed
braised red cabbage (already done and in the freezer).

OP your list sounds lovely, do you actually need anything else??

Linda32

Shashwoo wrote: »

Christmas day is on Sunday, today is Tuesday (there is a point to this I'm not really just showing I know this stuff )

:rotfl: :T

Shashwoo wrote: »

When should I buy my Veg so I know it is going to be fresh for Christmas day? Also how many days can you leave your Turkey Crown defrosting for? I don't have room in my freezer and I have put off buying it

Anytime now is fine for your veg, as long as its okay when you buy it, then it still will be at the weekend. You can bet your bottom dollar its already been sat about for weeks as it is anyway

The turkey crown will say on the packaging the defrost time. I'm thinking you would have to buy it the evening before Christmas Eve or early Christmas Eve depending on the weight. HTH

ellawood

hi i have got a red cabbage whats the best way to cook it
:j

twinkle_star_2

purpleheather2810 wrote: »

roast potatoes
OP your list sounds lovely, do you actually need anything else??

Lolz. I don't really need anything else - I just enjoy having the variety. I'm going to plan my cooking and check if I can actually fit all the food on the hob/in the oven before I buy anything though.

I don't cook much of each vegetable dish so it's not too costly. Most of our christmas spend goes on the drinks! :beer:

purpleheather2810

twinkle_star, I know what you mean could always do some kind of creamed celeriac - this is seasonal and a bit different - and could be cooked a little earlier and keep warm in a serving dish to free up hob space. Hugh FW would have a recipe online for it...

ellawood, braised red cabbage is nice (I did a Nigella version, just google it) - long slow cooking with onion, apples, Christmas spices and wine/port/sherry or similar. My recipe actually called for pomegranate juice but I didn't have that, nor any alcohol, so I used veg stock with a tblsp of redcurrant jelly dissolved in it. The best thing about this dish is that you can cook it in advance, freeze it and then defrost and reheat slowly on Christmas day - it improves with age! I will reheat in my slow cooker to save hob space - bonus!

adamantine

we will have cauliflower and broccoli in cheese sauce with leeks
sprouts
carrots
mashed carrots and neep (swedes or turnips or whatever everyone calls them)
peas
roasted parsnips
roasted pots

think thats about it.