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Christmas Dinner Menu

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  • Hubby will be up at 5.15am to milk so he has weetabix and tea at that time!
    When he comes in for breakfast at about 9.30 we will have croissants and jams etc while watching kids opening presents.

    Lunch will be around 12.30
    Turkey
    Hm Stuffing
    Pigs in blankets
    Potatoes Roast and mash
    Parsnips
    Hm cauliflower cheese
    Hm Leeks in cheese sauce
    Carrots
    Sprouts with chestnuts and pancetta
    Swede
    Hm Cranberry sauce
    Hm Bread sauce

    Dessert around 2.30pm
    Home made chocolate, baileys and malteser trifle.

    Then hubby heads back out on the farm around 3.30 until 7ish when he comes back in we have turkey rolls, crisps, dips in front of the TV!
  • ALIBOBSY
    ALIBOBSY Posts: 4,527 Forumite
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    Ooh forgot we are having some brocolli and cauliflower, with HM cheese sauce on the side (as some like it some don't here lol), and OH wants HM yorkie puds with his beef.

    Ali x
    "Overthinking every little thing
    Acknowledge the bell you cant unring"

  • Roast potatoes
    Parsnips (I LOVE parsnips!!)
    Yorkshire puds
    Cauliflower
    Peas
    Carrots
    Sprouts
    Hm onion & balsamic gravy

    Mint Vienetta ice cream
    After 8 mints

    Merry Christmas everyone :xmassmile
  • Roast beef and Turkey.
    Mashed spuds
    Roast spuds
    Parsnips
    Honey glazed carrots
    Broccoli
    Sprouts
    Peas
    Yorkshire puds
    Jaime Oliver gravy, which is already made and in the freezer, I just have to add meat juices to it

    Assortment of puds.

    I'm feeling very hungry now.:o
  • Sequeena
    Sequeena Posts: 4,728 Forumite
    I am not sure what to do for breakfast, probably an omelette and toast to keep it simple.

    Lunch is chicken and gammon, cauliflower cheese, roasties, carrots, parsnips, peas, sprouts, pigs in blankets, yorkshires, gravy/cranberry sauce/mint sauce etc, stuffing and mash. OH also wants me to do a nut roast :eek:

    Tea will be cold meat sandwiches, buffet style stuff, baileys cheesecake (yum)
    Wife and mother :j
    Grocery budget
    April week 1 - £42.78 | week 2 - £53.05
    24lbs in 12 weeks 15/24
  • First time cooking it, and 2 family's to please!

    starter-

    Prawn cocktail, smoked salmon, wheaton bread

    Main-

    roast turkey
    ham
    brocoli
    cauliflower
    sprouts
    honey glazed carrots
    roast parsnips ( aunt Bessie will be doing these)
    roast pots
    mashed pots
    stuffing
    gravey
    cranberry sauce

    dessert-

    christmas pudding with double cream, clotted cream, and custard so that everyone can pick the one they like!

    Pleaaning to peel the pots tmw, and maybe par boil the roasties.
  • Nelski
    Nelski Posts: 15,197 Forumite
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    Smoked salmon,crab and prawn christmas parcels to start

    rib of beef
    Yorkies
    Roast potatoes
    roast parsnips
    sweet potato and carrot mash
    sprouts with pancetta and almonds
    red cabbage in port with apple
    Peas
    Gravy
    pigs in blankets


    Christmas pud/cake or cheese and biscuits with port

    now I just need to put it all together :D:D
  • bossymoo
    bossymoo Posts: 6,924 Forumite
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    Don't know if I've already replied to this but:

    No starter
    Gammon in cola and turkey crown
    Roast spuds and parsnips
    Pigs in blankets, yorks puds and stuffing
    Cauli cheese
    Carrots and Sprouts
    Maybe peas for the little ones
    Gravy and cranberry sauce, hm chili jam for gammon

    For pudding we have everything. Yule log for kiddies, pavlova for mil, Xmas pud for stepdad, cheesecake for mum, profiteroles, Xmas cake, mince pies so everyone has a choice. Pud will probably be supper. We also have a cheeseboard.

    Breakfast is just simple toasted tea cakes and fruit bread.
    Bossymoo

    Away with the fairies :beer:
  • penelopedee_2
    penelopedee_2 Posts: 2,698 Forumite
    edited 23 December 2012 at 7:48PM
    Not too sure, DH is cooking - I've just got in loads of ingredients and MIL has got us a joint of some meat (but not sure what).

    I expect it will go along the lines of:

    Boiled egg and soldiers, tea and chocolate for breakfast

    More chocolate (bucks fizz for the adults)

    Some form of Poultry (I think)
    Honey roast parsnips
    Stuffings
    Pigs in blankets
    Sprouts with bacon and pine nuts
    Bread sauce
    Cranberry jelly
    Roast potatoes (some goosefat has appeared in the kitchen)
    Carrots
    Peas
    Gravy

    Not sure for pudding, we do have Christmas pud but the kids don't like it. Might have to knock up a jam and sponge thing as well to have with cream or custard. But it will be early evening before we get to this stage.

    Cold meat and crackers and pickle for supper

    Oh and a ham has just appeared which apparenty we (DH) has got to cook tomorrow morning.
    This time I haven't smoked since 6th Jan 2014 and still going ok.
    Fingers crossed x
  • jackomdj
    jackomdj Posts: 3,073 Forumite
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    OH is just checking his pudding recipe as I type - which made me think of this thread.

    Breakfast -
    cinnamon swirls (assuming the shop has them tomorrow!)

    Lunch -
    Starter - pea soup or toast with pât!
    Main - Turkey ( OH collecting from the butcher tomorrow)
    Roast potato and parsnips
    Honey glazed carrots
    Peas and Brussels
    Pigs in blankets and stuffing
    Gravy and cranberry sauce
    Pudding - lemon posset (yum, yum)
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