Christmas Eve/Christmas day/Boxing Day Menus.

WantToBeSE

I have just started to work out my Christmas Day menu, and will be working on my Christmas Eve and Boxing Day menus over the next week or so.

I am in a budget, and there is only 3 of us (me, my 8yr old and my 12 yr old), so it wont be a huge one, but i like to get prepared anyway

Christmas Day Breakfast- Bacon butties.
Glass of Baileys

Christmas Day Dinner- Starter-Prawn Cocktail
Main-Roast Turkey
Gravy
Cranberry Sauce
Cranberry and soy glazed sausages
Stuffing
Yorkshires
Roast Potatoes
Various veg.

Thats the most important bits worked out

Feel free to share your ideas and menus with me, it'd be lovely to have a place to chat about it

SugarSpun

I've been doing ours over the last week - a lot of it is family tradition but I can play around with some things

Christmas Eve

dinner: reindeer pasta bake (traditional - Ikea reindeer pasta, jar of sauce, bag of cheese, throw in oven, eat furiously. I might push the boat out and make garlic bread as well).

Christmas Day

breakfast:
egg and bacon muffin melts

lunch:
meat (beef?) roasted with lovely veg, potatoes, gravy, Yorkshires and stuffing

dinner:
dim sum? I would like this to be a tradition.

26th:
We have people over for brunch on the 26th.

pancakes with syrup/jam/Nutella
omelettes (little ones made in muffin tins)
muffin bread
egg and bacon muffin melts
bubble and squeak cakes
hash browns
leftover dim sum bits
jalapeno poppers
big fruit bowl
cake

dinner:
leftovers, possibly pizza greens (thawed frozen spinach sauteed with chopped mushrooms, garlic and onion, then mixed with marscapone and spread on a pizza base and baked. Delicious and more than delicious).

And now to make the grocery list _pale_

noodles86

Hiya, there's three of us eating too, me, dh, dd(6) and a newborn.

We normally have and cant see why we wont this year;

Xmas eve - Take away! Normally a curry

Xmas day

Breakfast around 10
Sausage butties (this is us and dh's family so another 7 adults)
Have seen a gorgeous madeira polar bear cake in m&s gift guide so may get that to go with the butties!

Lunch

Starter - around 2
Soup for dh & dd, pate for me

Main - around 3
Chicken
Pigs in blankets
Yorkshire puds
Parsnips
Carrots
Broccoli
Roast potatoes
Gravy

I cant remember if we have stuffing!

Pud - Early eve/whenever we fancy

Cartmels sticky toffee pudding with green & blacks vanilla caramel nut ice cream for me and dh
Indv trifle for dd

Boxing day

Lunch - Pannini/Ciabatta some nice sandwich with our favourite crisps

Dinner - We go round to someones house where all of dhs extended family meet up. Bring a plate n bottle sorta thing. So loadsa party food!

noodles86

SugarSpun wrote: »

I've been doing ours over the last week - a lot of it is family tradition but I can play around with some things

Christmas Eve

dinner: reindeer pasta bake (traditional - Ikea reindeer pasta, jar of sauce, bag of cheese, throw in oven, eat furiously. I might push the boat out and make garlic bread as well).

Christmas Day

breakfast:
egg and bacon muffin melts

lunch:
meat (beef?) roasted with lovely veg, potatoes, gravy, Yorkshires and stuffing

dinner:
dim sum? I would like this to be a tradition.

26th:
We have people over for brunch on the 26th.

pancakes with syrup/jam/Nutella
omelettes (little ones made in muffin tins)
muffin bread
egg and bacon muffin melts
bubble and squeak cakes
hash browns
leftover dim sum bits
jalapeno poppers
big fruit bowl
cake

dinner:
leftovers, possibly pizza greens (thawed frozen spinach sauteed with chopped mushrooms, garlic and onion, then mixed with marscapone and spread on a pizza base and baked. Delicious and more than delicious).

And now to make the grocery list _pale_

Oh sugar I thought an actual pasta bake with reindeer meat!

SugarSpun

I don't think I could stomach reindeer meat on Christmas Eve and my DH would almost certainly inform DD that we were eating the reindeer who couldn't keep up with Santa. I couldn't cope with a three-year-old going veggie after close of shops on Christmas Eve :rotfl:

noodles86

SugarSpun wrote: »

I don't think I could stomach reindeer meat on Christmas Eve and my DH would almost certainly inform DD that we were eating the reindeer who couldn't keep up with Santa. I couldn't cope with a three-year-old going veggie after close of shops on Christmas Eve :rotfl:

I have never tried it and would be quite willing to but not xmas eve. LOL @ what your dh would say!

WantToBeSE

At the market near us, they sell reindeer burgers!
Both my children have showed an interest in trying them, but its ME that cant stomach the thought of eating Rudolph :rotfl:

I dont think the shopping list will be TOO bad....i plan on getting the majority of it in dribs and drabs in between now and Christmas, so i dont have to battle the crowds at Morrisons nearer the time.

shegirl

Just me and ds for Christmas.

Christmas eve we always have Chinese takeaway while watching The Polar Express

Christmas Day:
Breakfast-I don't have time lol DS will have muffins

Dinner- Roast turkey
Garlic roasted carrots,parsnip,turnip and red onions
Sausages wrapped in bacon
Cauliflower
Yorkshire puds
Herby roast potatoes
Gravy
Cranberry Sauce

Followed by chocolate roulade 'log' OR this year I'm tempted to make a snowman strawberry gâteau!

Tea- various party food,ducks rolls,goujons etc

Boxing day we get the party food out again lol

PasturesNew

There's also this mad thread that started on 30th August:
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4152253
Christmas menus and trying to buy it all reduced.

Be warned though ... some of it looks like they're catering for an army!!

candjsmum

Breakfast is normally Bucks Fizz and crumpets.

Lunch for the 4 of us, my parents and gran as follows.

Deep fried brie with homemade cranberry sauce, pate and toast for DD & DS.
Turkey, (free range from our friends farm) stuffed with chestnut stuffing and sausage meat.
Roast Potatoes, parsnips and onions. Swede & bacon mash, red cabbage with apple, carrots pigs in blankets, bread sauce and homemade cranberry sauce and gravy.

Pudding homemade xmas pud, (all done and in cupboard) with cream and brandy butter.

Tea/supper cold meats and pickles etc.

Yummy, making me hungry!!

xxlouisexx56

Christmas Eve - quick simple dinner. Either pasta bake or a takeaway

Christmas Day - we get up around 8 and let the kids go nuts. Croissants and celebrations for breakfast.

Lunch - undecided, something small as dinner will be early

Dinner -about 4pm.
Roast beef and roast pork
Pigs in blankets
Potatoes
Stuffing
Parsnips
Carrots
Peas
Yorkshires
Gravey
Apple sauce
Horseradish
Rice for my sister who doesn't eat potatoes

Pudding - apple crumble and sticky toffee pudding with custard or ice cream

Boxing Day - at the inlaws. I will make a key lime pie to take with us