Christmas Menus

Ishtar

sandy2 wrote: »

When I was younger....and first married I used to hate christmas..it was always christmas day at mothers, then boxing day at mother in laws, the following year it was the other way round. We never spent christmas in our own house.

It was like this the first year we were together, which meant we didn't spend any time alone. Since then we have told relatives that they are more than welcome to visit us, and they've never taken us up on the offer....:j

D.

madoldbat

Oh! Dear my Christmas menue is dull as little work as possible:o
Christmas eve.Cold meats,pickles,stand pie (large pork pie) cheese and good bread.Followe if room by fruit.
Christmas day.Light brekki toast,jams or chocolate brioch tea/coffee.
Open kids stockings off to church.
Back from church light lunch.Very small version of last night.
Open pressies.Enjoy pressies:D
Dinner.Roast duck breast,roast potatoes,carrots,broccoli,rowen berry jelly,gravy.
Pud.Sticky toffee pudding lots of sauce and cream for OH.
No booze we dont drink.
Boxing day relaxed but full English breakfast,lunch very light if any.Dinner roast lamb,new potatoes,cabbage,mashed swead and carotts yorkshires,gravy.Cheese or fruit for pud.
OH is the only one who eats Christmas cake or Christmas pudding so altough I make them they dont begin to get eaten until later in the week.
Each year we seem to buy less and less special food or to be more accurate the kind of food supermarkets and advertisers say we should be eating at Christmas.
Odd but others when they join us for our Christmas say how relaxed we are.But they didnt see us putting up the tree,trriming and lights:eek: :rotfl: :rotfl: Santas grotto!! Eat your hart out:rotfl: :rotfl:

lilmoi1985lm

this board should not be allowed i am getting far to excited!!!! i dont have to cook yet (fingers crossed not or a few more years) though i usually help mother out in kitchen as there is always wine for chefs perks hehe we have a weird xmas day menu in my eyes anyway..
breakfast bucks fizz coffee bacon rolls
Lunch turkey, all the trimmings
christmas pud
Tea, we usually head of to visit grandparents where all he family gather around 5pm and everyone brings bits of everything and have a buffet sort of tea and more cake (grandmother had her own bakery back in the day) so always lots of cakes and HM yummy stuff!
later on cheeseboard and nibbles if can be bothered to eat anymore!!!


woooooo i wish it was next week! then the diet can go out the window once again lol

library_lass

I'm enjoying this thread - albeit getting a tad hungry - but what I can't understand is the general lack of interest in starters (quote - haven't got room for one....) well, in my opinion, a starter is just that - a little serving of something to whet the appetite for what is to follow. It needn't take much preparing, and certainly shouldn't be overfacing. It adds to the importance of the meal and gives people (and the turkey or whatever) chance to rest and relax. I'm not a great cook BTW but I love feeding people so have had lots of practice!

sammy_kaye18

Christmas Eve - something nice and quick - maybe a kiddie type meal, ie fish fingers, mash and peas........................christmas day - breakfast is usually cereal or toast. Lunch - roast chicken, boiled new potatoes, roast potatoes, pigs in blankets, sprouts, carrots and gravy. Then victoria sponge cake and custard for dessert. Tea - if hungry we just tend to nibble.

Amanda65

Christmas Eve - usually eat out at a local Indian takeaway (no cooking or washing up!)

Christmas Day
Brekkie - croissants & jam, pain au chocolates, tea
Lunch - Turkey, gammon, roast spuds, carrots, runner beans, sprouts, cauliflower cheese, peas, HM stuffing balls, chipolatas followed by HM Christmas pudding with brnady butter, sloppy rum sauce, custard and cream!!!!
Tea - usually no room but maybe a cold meat sandwich about 10pm for those who have worked up an appetite playing board games

Boxing Day - Cold meats, bubble and squeak, jacket potatoes, pickles
followed by leftover Christmas pudding and cheese and biscuits.

And I wonder why I need to go on a diet every New Year :rotfl:

MrsTinks

Well this year there is only me and OH for christmas so I am "luxurising" it a little for us

Christmas eve: This is traditionally the danish christmas when we get the pressies... think we'll leave them till the 25th this year tho
Breakfast: Full cooked english breakfast - butchers sausages and bacon.
Lunch: danish lunch... open sandwiches - probably prawn or crayfish tails.
Dinner: Something easy. I'm leaning towards home made pizza.
Christmas Day:
Breakfast: Bagels with creamcheese and salmon for OH, Creamcheese and some very nice Italian smoked ham for me...
Lunch: don't have lunch as dinner is usually early and breakfast will have been later than normal
Dinner: Duck from the local Butchers, danish caramelised potatos, boiled potatos, brown sauce (danish tradition), peas.
Pudding: Danish rice pudding (aka Ris a la mande)

Of course there will be a multitude of cheeses in the fridge as well as home made cakes and cookies and sweets.
Will also get OH some really nice coffee as a treat I think...

parsonswife8

ashli wrote: »

Sorry to anyone who finds this tedious but I thought if a few of us could share our Christmas menus we could get some ideas from each other and plan ahead a little better sooo....


Mine are...

Christmas eve...

Could do with some quick but special breakfast and lunch inspiration

Steak, stilton sauce, home made chips, mushrooms, tomatoes, onion rings

Christmas day...

Breakfast: smoked salmon and cream cheese bagels and Bucks fizz

Dinner: Pate and melba toast

Turkey and all the trimmings

Something ice-creamy (no pudding here!))


Boxing Day...

Full English Breakfast

Buffet lunch: cheese, pickles, hummous, salami, pate, breads and crackers, coleslaw

Dinner: a ham, parsley sauce, new potatoes, peas.


Only 101 days to go....I can't wait! :beer:

For your Christmas Eve breakfast, how about scrambled eggs on toast and either, bacon or grilled tomatoes on the side?

For lunch, I would have something light like a homemade soup and bread, as you are having a steak dinner and don't want to get too full up before Christmas Day.

Dessert on Christmas Day, you can get an icecream Christmas Pudding type dessert, which has all the fruit in it and tastes quite like Christmas pudding, or make a pavlova (meringue), filled with thick cream and sliced fresh strawberries, kiwi fruit and similar fruits. You can always have a few scoops of vanilla icecream with this.

Hope you have an enjoyable Christmas and that these suggestions give you a few new ideas.
:j :j :j

sandy2_2

tine wrote: »

Well this year there is only me and OH for christmas so I am "luxurising" it a little for us
Dinner: Duck from the local Butchers, danish caramelised potatos, boiled potatos, brown sauce (danish tradition), peas.
Pudding: Danish rice pudding (aka Ris a la mande)...

What are Danish caramelised potatos and Danish rice pudding please

ashli_2

Thanks parsonswife....homemade soup is a really good idea...can be made in advance too!;)



I would also love to know what the Danish caramelised potatoes are.