Christmas Eve/Christmas day/Boxing Day Menus.

lunar

mildred1978 wrote: »

Never planned the menu this far in advance (we isyally go abroad to avois all things xmas), but if I must then:

Xmas eve dinner: beans on toast
Xmas day lunch: scrambled egg on toast
Boxing Day lunch: cheese on toast

There. That's one less stress to worry about!

Can i send DS1 to you, he will be much happier with this menu. He may request the beans and egg on the side though, they cant possibly touch the toast. You best send him back boxing day though, there is no way he will eat cheese:rotfl:

andy.m_2

any ideas what to serve 2 sprogs for starter courses instead of caviar and cheese salad??

browneyedbazzi

andy.m wrote: »

any ideas what to serve 2 sprogs for starter courses instead of caviar and cheese salad??

How old are the sprogs? Do they have any food issues?

Would they eat soup?

andy.m_2

3 and 4, no issues

browneyedbazzi

What about some form of posh cheese/mushrooms on toast or bruschetta?

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/12800/mushrooms-on-toast

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/welsh_rarebit_05821

Amanda65

andy.m wrote: »

any ideas what to serve 2 sprogs for starter courses instead of caviar and cheese salad??

Little cheese on toasts cut into Christmas shapes with cookie cutters?

cdsmiler

Have to add mine!

At parents from after lunch on Christmas eve until before lunch Boxing day, but I normally help with a lot of the cooking. (5 or 6 adults, one 3 yr old)

Christmas Eve

Evening - home made veggie cawl (welsh veggie soup - basically onion, leek, carrots and potatoes all chopped small) and fresh bread or fried cheese sandwiches.

We also prepare ALL the veg for the next day!

Christmas Morning

Breakfast - normally don't bother or just have toast. However, have discovered almond croissants in Sainsburys the other day so might suggest those!

While finishing preparing lunch

Out comes the bubbly / bucks fizz!

Lunch

STARTER
We normally have a mix of fish things - smoked salmon, smoked salmon mousse, crab sticks (I know, but I love em!), king prawn ring, salad leaves. DH doesn't like fish so he might have garlic bread, soup or pate.

MAIN
Chicken (cheaper and tastier than turkey!), stuffing (I make), sausages wrapped in bacon (I make!), plain sausages, bacon that was cooked on the chicken, bread sauce (packet! lol), redcurrent jelly (jar!), gravy (Mum makes), yorkshires (DH will do homemade), roast pots, roast parsnips, sprouts, brocolli, caulifower (might be cauliflower and/or brocolli cheese as well), carrots....

PUDDING
IF anyone can eat anything, there's normally mince pies, Xmas pud, Xmas cake, and normally something like a sticky toffee pud ready to be microwaved (really for DH but last time he was too full! lol).

Evening
Chicken sandwiches - I normally have chicken, stuffing, sausages wrapped din bacon sliced up, bread sauce and redcurrent jelly in mine! But I am weird....

Boxing Day

No plans for breakfast yet - will have a chat with my parents!

Feeling very hungry now after reading everyone's lists!

Clare x

SugarSpun

browneyedbazzi wrote: »

We're going away to a cottage for the holidays (8 hour drive away) and I can't decide what things to buy at home and take with me and which things to leave to buy there (and hope they have stock!).

Could you do a supermarket order for a supermarket local or on the way to your cottage and collect it on your way, maybe?

lunar wrote: »

Sugar, what are the muffin melts and how do you make them? they sound yummy!

Right. Cook bacon and chop it smallish (or buy lardons and fry them. Whatever). Hardboil some eggs, peel them and chop them smallish. Throw them in a bowl with the bacon. Add generous amounts of grated cheese (I use whatever the white kind that isn't mozzarella that comes grated in supermarket bags is). Mix it all around. Now add mayonnaise. Add as much as you think will bind it all together, then add another heaping spoonful or generous squirt and stir it all together. It should be quite wet; if it isn't add more mayo (Christmas is no time to be worrying about calories but if you are use light mayo). Add some pepper and salt (I never add salt normally but some people like it). You can do this the day before, just cover the bowl with cling film and leave it in the fridge. I do it on Christmas Eve while my pasta bake is cooking and then I clean the kitchen up enough that it looks all nice for the inevitable disaster of messy cooking Christmas Day will bring.

When you're about half an hour or so away from being ready to eat them:

Turn your grill on and lift the grill pan out. Split your English muffins and top with the egg/bacon/cheese mix, making sure that it goes right up to the edges. Then lay them on the grill pan and put them under your grill till they are bubbly and starting to brown.

The key is having enough mayo and cheese. They are a bit dry if you're stingy with your dairy products.

browneyedbazzi

SugarSpun wrote: »

Could you do a supermarket order for a supermarket local or on the way to your cottage and collect it on your way, maybe?

My first idea was to do an online order and arrange for it to be delivered on the day we arrive...sadly the cottage is a bit too remote for deliveries. Do many supermarkets take orders for collection? That's not something I've ever done before and didn't know it was an option for things other than special order meats etc.

I haven't been to the village that we'll be staying in before but there appears to be a co-op and a spar there which I'm sure will be ok for picking up bits and pieces but I'm not convinced they'll be great for a big shop at christmas time ...the nearest big supermarkets are about 30 miles away so we may detour to one of them on the way up.

I'm tempted to buy my big joints in advance and freeze them then pack them in an insulated bag for the journey up...chances are they'll still be frozen when we arrive but it'll be ok timing for them to thaw for use over the next few days.

SugarSpun

M&S do it, I thought supermarkets did too.