What was your holiday menu?

[lillypaddle]

I love talking food!
Christmas Eve I had my family (rather small) over for dinner. I may be the only one to have "picnic" food for Christmas dinner!

Ham
Potato salad
sweet potatoes
chilled shrimp
sliced tomatoes
hummus
several cheeses
various breads and crackers
Artichoke hearts, roasted red peppers, olives
cheesecake with cherries
triple chocolate brownies

Your turn ...

[MissB]

1. Menu is:

Ham
Mashed potatoes
Rolls
Corn
Cheesecake for dessert

It’s just the four of us for dinner (boys are home from college) so it’s pretty low key.

[lillypaddle]

5. Sounds really good, though

I could make a meal out of mashed potatoes!

[k8conant]

2. And ours...

Rib Roast
Asparagus
Broccoli, carrot, and cabbage slaw
Mashed Potatoes
Rolls

Cookies: Nutmeg logs, Chocolate Pixies, Gingerbread cookies

[lillypaddle]

7. OMG, rib roast!

Did you have to take out a loan? LOL! Damn, that is some good stuff right there. Au jus?

[beveeheart]

26. Rib roast (was on sale at King Soopers!)

creamed corn
Caesar salad
mashed potatoes
roasted garlic
mushrooms in butter and caramelized onions
Yorkshire pudding

snacks during the afternoon:
shrimp
cheese tray with crackers
veggie tray

pumpkin pie with whipped cream

[lillypaddle]

29. Dayum

I need to go eat some leftovers, you and others have made me really hungry!

[Irish_Dem]

47. We had almost the same dinner.

We do not eat much meat, but we splurge on Christmas.

Rib roast
Asparagus
Steamed broccoli
Scalloped potatoes
Rolls

Lemon meringue pie

[WhiteTara]

62. I made a Yorkshire Pudding with our

Rib Roast.
Salad
Bread
Ice cream for dessert.

I was going to make an asparagus dish with filo dough and ricotta cheese, but I ran out of time.

[sinkingfeeling]

3. Mine was really yesterday, since son had to return to Illinois today.

Beef tenderloin roast
Green beans with ham and onions
Roasted purple carrots
Poppers
Iced Christmas cookies

[lillypaddle]

4. Yum!

Love beef roast! Tell me about your poppers - jalapeno? I've never fixed them, but want to.
Mine was yesterday, too, it's still Christmas dinner.

[sinkingfeeling]

15. Sorry, that was my stupid phone's auto correct. I made pop overs.

[Chellee]

51. That makes way more sense with the rest of your meal.

I thought, "somebody must really love jalapeño poppers that they made them special."

[Freethinker65]

6. Reverse-seared prime rib, mashed potatoes, green beans

[lillypaddle]

10. I'd love to know

what "reverse seared" prime rib is. Prime rib is the best, as it is part of a rib roast. Elegant, delicious - do you serve rare?

[Freethinker65]

25. First time using this method. It worked perfectly

http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2009/12/perfect-prime-rib-beef-recipe.html#comments-41345

[lillypaddle]

28. Thanks

book marked.

[k8conant]

36. I cooked mine like that.

[NRaleighLiberal]

8. Continuing some family traditions...last night

Christmas Eve dinner...beef stew with a loaf of home baked bread (NY Times no-knead recipe)

Christmas breakfast - buttermilk pumpkin spice pancakes with orange zest real maple syrup

Tonight's dinner...slow cooked Mexican spiced chicken thighs shredded and used in wraps or a rice bowl with cheddar, avocado, sauteed onions and peppers, steamed corn, shredded red cabbage and lime juice.

I've taken my love of cooking to our daughter's home in Olalla WA...what fun!

Merry Christmas my DU friends!

[lillypaddle]

12. Oh wow

Now THAT is a Christmas menu! I made my DIL some homemade salsa for Christmas, sounds like it would be a great side for your dinner tonight.

Merry Christmas!

[eleny]

39. The chicken sounds so good!

I want to try that very soon.

[malaise]

97. Me too

Happy Holidays

[eissa]

9. I host Christmas breakfast

Menu:
Eggs baked in roasted garlic tomatoes, topped with chives and Parmesan
Eggnog bread pudding with rum cream sauce
Smoked ham
Mushroom Strata with caramelized onions
Garlic chicken sausage
Linguisa with fire-roasted peppers
Cheese sampler: white cheddar, bella vitano balsamic, sweet chili goat cheese, and Gouda

[lillypaddle]

17. Damn

didn't I see you on "Top Chef?"

[eissa]

20. Lol, dont be fooled!

I do love cooking and hosting for the holidays, but the menu looks deceptively difficult. The sausages, ham, and cheese spread required minimal effort. I prepared the mushroom strata and bread pudding the night before and just baked them in the morning, along with the eggs in tomatoes.

[LakeArenal]

11. I cooked a duck....

And made my own orange sauce.
Turned out really well.

[lillypaddle]

14. Love duck

so rich and delicious.

[Raine]

13. Christmas Eve at my cousin's was vegan

I'm not vegan, I'm a vegetarian but most of the others are vegan so that's what we had.

[lillypaddle]

16. Hope you enjoyed

[R B Garr]

18. Christmas Eve I made ham with a sweet potato gratin side

and then braised red cabbage with onion and apple. Greek yogurt cheesecake with pomegranate sauce for dessert.

Today I'm making a rib roast, but I think I'm getting it in kind of late since I just now decided to do it low and slow, lol. Oh well, it should be okay. Left the baking potatoes in too long because they were so huge, so I got the roast in late (very distracted today). I'm going to make stuffed potatoes with chives out of the baked potatoes.
Rib roast
Twice baked potatoes
Artichoke gratinata
Red wine mushrooms
Stacked beet stacks with herbed goat cheese (red and gold beets)
Desert: Poached pears with vanilla bean ice cream

This morning, I made Eggnog French Toast with an Apple and cranberry compote and had some leftover ham on the side.


Some of these recipes I've used for a few years and loved them. But next year, I think we'll go back to a seafood Christmas Eve theme that we did for a few years. The fridge gets too crowded and at Costco, I kept seeing the beautiful seafood and decided to go back to that. Probably a tenderloin roast next year instead of prime rib, we'll see.

Merry Christmas, everyone!

btw, I love these menu threads, too. I read in the Cooking/Baking sometimes but forget to post there.

[lillypaddle]

21. Sooooo good!

What's a big dinner without a few ... fuck ups? haha! Mine was transferring my cheese cake batter to a big pot I have that USED to be Teflon 'cause I didn't have a big bowl. Then I noticed tiny flecks of black in the batter - metal, oh great, everyone will get cancer! So I did the brownies as a backup, but everyone still ate the cheesecake. WTF, I'm 70, I'll eat all the Teflon I want. haha

You sound like quite the cook.

[eissa]

22. Love it! n/t

[LenaBaby61]

19. Vegan Christmas Dinner for one ....

Thanks Jamie Oliver

Whole roasted cauliflower.
Roast potatoes, parsnips & carrots.
Butternut squashed.
Mixed mushroom stuffing.
Cabbage and Bell pepper.
Vegan raspberry Cheesecake (Of course no cheese) for desert.

Man alive, that Cheesecake was the business

I had invites from friends to join them for Christmas, but it's difficult for them to cook Vegan--especially because their families are huge meat eating folks

One LAST time:

MERRY CHRISTMAS ER'BODY 🎄🤶🎄🎅🎄🎁🎄🎁🎄🎁

[lillypaddle]

23. Vegan or not

that is a delicious menu!

[Laffy Kat]

24. Just the usual:

Cranberry maple muffins, bacon, coffee. It was just my boys and me and I let them sleep in. I'm still recovering from strep, so it was very low-key.

[lillypaddle]

30. And a continued recovery to you

I love breakfast, any time day or night.

[Laffy Kat]

32. Thanks, lillypaddle!

I'm on the other side of the darn thing, so feeling better. Boys want to go see "The Darkest Hour" tonight and there's a 10:25 p.m. showing a few miles away, so if I'm still feel OK, we'll make that.

[MFM008]

60. get well!

[mainer]

27. Pick up phone. Make reservation.

After 40 years of being the cook and bottlewasher for christmas Eve dinner, i said enough is enough. We’re going out to dinner. It was wonderful.

[lillypaddle]

31. Okay, spill

where & what did you have?

[mainer]

63. Italian

Antipasti with burrata and salumi.
Aquacotta soup.
Halibut and pasta.

Best part? Everyone chose their own meal and i didnt have to cook it.

[lillypaddle]

72. Nice!

[onetexan]

33. We had a mix

smoked ham, scalloped potatoes, persian beef kabobs, mixed salad, grilled veggies, basmati rice, lemongrass & mushroom tofu squares, & for dessert buche Noel which I made, & home made cookies my daughter baked. Afterwards we opened presents, played Mad Gab with our adult kids & watched Planes trains & automobiles which the kids had never seen & really enjoyed. Was fun & relaxing .

[vsrazdem]

34. Christmas Eve Dinner

Shrimp cocktail, chicken breast stuffed with prosciutto and chive cream cheese, cheesy bacon brussel sprout casserole, wild rice with mushrooms, 7-layer salad and cherry cheesecake.

[malaise]

35. Here goes

Marlin on whole wheat crackers with a dill, cream cheese and sour cream dip
Cantaloupe with grapes and Bombay mangoes
Cucumber in lime and onion pickle
Green salad with avocado
Deboned yellow tail and red snapper with shrimp stuffing served with a coconut/white wine sauce
Stuffed chicken
Gungo peas and rice
Potato, cauliflower and carrot cheese casserole

Caribbean Christmas cake with rum sauce
Coffee and coconut ice cream with crushed shortbread biscuits
Homemade chocolate chip and walnut cookies
Assorted nuts and chocolates

White wine (Blue Nun of course)
Sorrel shandy
Sorrel drink
Coconut water
and lots of other alcohol most of which remained untouched as usual

[lillypaddle]

73. So Exotic, malaise

Sounds wonderful - I'd especially love to try the yellow tail & snapper with shrimp stuffing.

[malaise]

81. Not really exotic

There were three of us who used to hang out from campus day. I used to visit my Miami sister every Christmas when their boys were young and at home. The other friends would have Christmas dinner with the living mother. Then our beloved friend died of liver cancer with very short notice. So I started having Christmas dinner in JA. My good friend does not eat chicken so I decided to stuff yellow tail snapper for her, but it soon became the favorite dish on the menu. The red snapper folks asked why I only did yellow tail so now we have half and half.
Most of the rest is pretty standard Caribbean Christmas dinner. We had a blast.
Nice thread.Happy Holidays

[Hortensis]

89. "How" a what's-snow climate. :) Impossible to

imagine you out shoveling or blowing cold, heavy, white stuff in between putting that wonderful menu together. Happy holidays.

[malaise]

91. One of the reasons why I don't live outside of the Caribbean

is snow. It looks lovely but I hate winter and winter hates me. We were thinking of going to the beach today but they will all be overcrowded with locals and visitors running from winter. Happy Holidays.

[Hortensis]

100. Lol. That'd be mean if those of the north weren't also

enjoying their crackling fires and being able to eye blowing snow across their hot coffee or chocolate. Farther north in Canada, today's even also a national holiday.

I want to make that cake. Sounds really, really good.

[lillypaddle]

92. You, too!

[pangaia]

37. Saliva (Mouthwatering) Chicken (Kou Shui Ji), or Bobo Chicken, or Bang Bang Chicken, or

Most of the ingredients-
Steamed chicken thighs, Sesame paste, Sichuan pepper oil, sesame oil, REALLY EXPENSIVE soy sauce, Zhen Jiang Vinegar (6 year old), home-made chili oil, sesame seeds, freshly roasted and crushed Sichuan pepper, ginger, peanuts, green onion, aromatic soy sauce....

This one...

https://blog.themalamarket.com/chengdu-challenge-22-saliva-mouthwatering-chicken-kou-shui-ji-or-bobo-chicken-or-bang-bang-chicken-or/

[lillypaddle]

74. Mouth watering is right! nt

[eleny]

38. Sounds so yummy!

Xmas Eve I made a Lithuanian kugelis. A dish made with grated potatoes, crispy bacon bits, evaporated milk and eggs baked to fluffy perfection.
I couldn't get the pic of mine to post so here's an image off the web. Close enough


Today, hubs and I made rib eye steaks on the grill. Brrrrr, it was cold outside but I want to do this again. Plain baked sweet potatoes and southwestern veggies on the side. Pie for dessert but no room for that today, maybe tomorrow.

[blaze]

40. Friends hosted.

We had:

Turkey breast, stuffing and gravy
Roast bison with a spicy Thai sauce
Roasted broccolini with an orange sauce
Roasted potato wedges with feta cheese
Cranberry sauce
Dinner rolls

Pear Galette
Mini rugelach (my contribution)

[northoftheborder]

41. Today:

Baked ham
Mashed sweet potatoes
boiled new potatoes w/rosemary butter
Kale salad
Sautéed Snap Peas
Yeast rolls
Blueberry/lemon scones

Last night:

Cheeses
Hummus dip
Olives
Guacamole dip
Salsa
Cream cheese tamales
Corn chips
Misc. crackers
Cream cheese spread
Gingerbread

[shanti]

42. I celebrated with one of my sons and his own son on Saturday

His son's mother was being an asshole about today (nothing new), so we had to move it up. We had a rib roast, roasted smashed fingerling potatoes, veggies with bearnaise sauce, and a blueberry pie. Yummy!

[PAMod]

43. Frogmore Stew (also called Low-country Boil)

Red potatoes, smoked sausage, corn on the cob, shrimp, and snow crab legs - all prepared in one pot, seasoned with crab boil.

Dumped on a newspaper covered table, and served with sweet tea.

Kinda goes with your picnic theme...

[lillypaddle]

110. Sounds so good

Do you put everything in the pot at the same time or do you have to cook in batches, like potatoes first?

[Takket]

44. home made slow cooker beef stew with french bread for dipping

[Generic Brad]

45. Leftovers

Yesterday we cooked a chicken in a pressure cooker, prepped a green bean casserole, and then had vegetables (potatoes, celery, carrots, cauliflower) in a crock pot. When we sat down for dinner last night the vegetables were still uncooked. So today we mixed that with the leftover chicken and some broth for a great soup.

It's just my wife and me - so it's all good.

[doc03]

46. Cookies and Jim Beam Apple nt

[dlwickham]

48. scrambled eggs, sausage, and toast

just two of us

[mcar]

49. Mmmm

Roast beef
Greek pasta salad
Roasted broccoli
French baguette
Key lime pie
Homemade whipped cream
Wine, beer

Mmmmm

[Ferrets are Cool]

50. Sardine salad. Sad isn't it? LOL

[RandomAccess]

52. Filet mignon

baked potato
cauliflower w/cheddar sauce

Paleo AIP pecan pie -- not bad, actually

Just the 2 of us. We wanted it very simple, easy, and most of all fool-proof after a DISASTROUS Thanksgiving dinner that was possibly the worst meal of any kind either of us ever had. Shudder. I hate even remembering it.

[Tikki]

53. Mac & Cheese, Costcos yummy Panko breaded shrimp, green salad..with Italian dressing and artichoke

hearts, Pomegranate Bai and a few pieces Mrs. See’s dark chocolate ‘nuts and chews’.


Tikki

[shanti]

115. Don't you love the Bai drinks?

My favorites are the coconut and blueberry flavors. They mix well with liquor too

[Tikki]

117. I no longer drink alcohol, but I can truly imagine how good it would taste.

Tikki

[emmadoggy]

54. Ours:

Christmas Eve dinner (just my family of 4):

Turkey breast
Stuffing (just StoveTop)
Roasted red potatoes
Scalloped corn
Crescent rolls
Pineapple Pretzel Salad
Various Christmas goodies for dessert: fudge, pretzel kisses, chocolate peppermint patties, peppermint puppy chow etc.

Christmas morning (this has become our tradition every year):
Ham and egg bake
Eggnog French Toast bake (bread pudding)

[Texasgal]

58. Pineapple pretzel salad?

Intrigued.

Share?

[Polly Hennessey]

66. Yes, me too.

Pineapple Pretzel Salad sounds strangely good.

[emmadoggy]

112. See my reply to Texasgal.

[emmadoggy]

111. Sure!

It's yummy.

Pineapple Pretzel Salad

1 Cup coarsley ground pretzels
1 stick butter - softened
1/3 Cup sugar

8 oz. cream cheese
1/2 Cup sugar
1 - 20 oz. can crushed pineapple - drained
8 oz. Cool Whip

Crush or use food chopper to coarsley grind pretzels. Mix together with the butter and sugar and spread on a cookie sheet. Bake at 400 degrees until brown - approx. 6 minutes. Cool slightlly and break into pieces. Refrigerate.

Mix cream cheese and sugar until well blended. Stir in drained pineapple. Gently stir in Cool Whip. Stir in pretzels just before serving.

This recipe makes a smallish amount - for family gatherings I double the recipe.
Hope you like it!

[Texasgal]

113. That sounds very inetersting!

Bookmarking! I'm gonna try that!

Thank You for sharing!

[emmadoggy]

119. No problem!

The pretzels sort of make a....toffee-like...flavor. That's the only way I can describe it. It's really more of a dessert than a salad. Quite yummy!

[Drahthaardogs]

55. La Vigilia - Christmas Eve

Bagna Caoda

Shrimp scampi

Calamari

Vongole oregonata (baked clams)

Pasta with lobster sauce

Mussels in white wine

Crab in drawn butter and garlic

7 Fishes!

[mainer]

64. Funny thing, my native Italian friend says they dont do 7fishes in Italy

She says that’s Italian American, like spaghetti and meatballs!

[McCamy Taylor]

56. Seafood paella with mussels clams scallops octopus fish shrimp

Yum.

[drthais]

57. We had our Christmas on Christmas Eve

because that's when everyone could come together.

menu:

cornish hens smoked all day yesterday, with an orange glaze
Cajun Dirty Rice
brusell sprouts blanched then carmelized
Challah
Lemon Meringue Pie
Rum cake

then the christmas weapons
this year, I made wine cork shooters

then Cards Against Humanity and Lemon Drop Martinis

then playing and singing

way too late but lots of fun as always

[MFM008]

59. Food

Turkey. Dressing. Mash potato dressing on side
mashed sweet potatos with brown sugar and marshmallow
homemade turkey gravy
homemade rolls
cranberry sauce
Ham
cherry Pepsi
Danish butter lots of butter.. did I say butter?
Mandarin orange jello salad

I forgot the freaking vegetables..........

3 pies.
Whip Cream
I did the cooking.
Wish you all could have been here ..lots of leftovers.....

[StevieM]

61. I am surprised that nobody here made goose. Isn't that the traditional Christmas dinner

out of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol? Isn't that the grand Victorian Christmas dinner?

[lillypaddle]

76. Have you seen the price tag on those babies??

[StevieM]

98. I have never eaten goose so I have no idea how much it costs.

I thought it tasted somewhat similar to duck. Is that right?

Anyway, are you saying that goose is super expensive? Is it more expensive than duck?

[lillypaddle]

104. I've never eaten it either

Several years ago the geese at Publix in Atlanta were $60.00+ but I guess that's no more expensive than a large rib roast, may even be cheaper. Guess it depends on your perspective and pocketbook! YMMV

[Chipper Chat]

65. pretty spartan today:

2 fried hamburgers for lunch (seasoned with Lowry's season salt and lemon pepper), some Utz salt & vinegar potato chips, and a Coke with 1/4 teaspoon of vanilla added.
For supper I just had some Club crackers with American cheese with another Coke. For dessert I ate some homemade cookies and fudge my neighbor brought over. (Too much sugar, but hey it's a holiday.)

[tammywammy]

67. My mom makes seafood gumbo & potato salad for Christmas Day

Shrimp, scallops, oysters and sausage. And she makes sausage balls as a snack.

[GulfCoast66]

68. Venison tartare...

Grilled oysters and on the half shell.

Other than that allied the normal fixings.

[csziggy]

69. We went to my sister in law's for dinner - eighteen family members!

Menu was:
ham
turkey
smoked turkey
cornbread dressing
oyster dressing
gravy
fresh cranberry relish
baked yams
roasted carrots
green bean casserole
broccoli casserole
steamed broccoli
mashed potatoes with bacon
deviled eggs
two kinds of pumpkin pie
pecan pie
apple pie
cheesecake

Nearly every adult who came brought one or two dishes to contribute.

Oh - I took allergen free oatmeal cookies - gluten, soy dairy, nut free. Our niece is allergic to dairy and her sons are allergic to the other things. So I did a lot of research and made them cookies that their family could eat since they can eat few of the traditional desserts. Even the people without allergies loved the cookies!

[JustAnotherGen]

70. We had

Baby rack of lamb with herbs de provence
Mashed potatoes
Roasted Brussels sprouts
Lobster stuffed mushrooms
Mini crab cakes
Chocolate cake
Chianti

[LeftInTX]

71. Christmas Eve:

We do potluck:
BBQ Beef Brisket
Turkey
Pulled Pork
Tamales
Spanikopita
Greek Salad
Mashed Potatoes
Cranberry Sauce
Asparagus and Broccoli
(There was other stuff, but I didn't eat it, so I can't remember)
Christmas Cookies

Tonight, we went out to eat.

[lillypaddle]

75. I love holiday potluck

haven't done that in years, unfortunately.

[LeftInTX]

77. We've got a bit of a "clan"

There are about 25 of us.

[lillypaddle]

93. Whoa boy

Yeah, it's not the same when there are 5 people

[The_REAL_Ecumenist]

78. Well, I made canapes to start with because I'm married to a HUGE Texan, so there's that...

Christmas Breakfast: Piperade Casserole & Buttermilk Biscuits



We had a Broccoli slaw salad, with red onion, diced cucumber, baby bell peppers dressed with a Poppyseed/caesar dressing
Roast Fall Veggies-Fresh Brussell sprouts, Brown mushrooms, carrots, parsnip, tri-colored bell peppers, zucchini & yellow squash

Fresh green beans, with mushrooms & peppered bacon in a chicken broth base

Broasted Chcken wings, I TIRED AS HELL of turkey), brined for 2 days with an herbal blend of garlic, Tarragon, fresh white sage, Russian cilantro & a few others from my kitchen garden, thinly sliced lemon mixed with organic butter & local olive oil.

Leg of lamb, also brined for a few days then slow roasted with fresh rosemary, garlic, Greek Oregano, Fresh cracked pepper, Purple Shallots, 2 bulbs of garlic, carrots, onion, thyme & worcestershire sauce. I used the drippings to make a "gravy", thickened with cornstarch & finished with a dark red wine.

Steamed white rice.

Fresh Homemade Parkerhouse/Brioche hybrid rolls.

Dessert:
Fresh homemade blueberry filling pie made with a butter pie crust, flavored with Meyer Lemon Zest & True Cinnamon

Sweet Potato pie again with a butter crust flavored nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice & brown sugar

Homemade Pecan pie made with Tahitian Vanilla, Bourbon & natural caramel flavoring, light brown sugar & white sugar(NO corn syrup!!)
plain butter

Homemade Lemon Pound Cake ALL organic ingredients, finished with candied lemon slices an a citrus glaze.

I didn't eat any of the pastries because I had my FAVORITE icecream...PEPPERMINT!! MMM!! There were only 3 of us: Me My hubs & my brother.

[LeftInTX]

79. Wow!!

[lillypaddle]

94. There are obviously some A+

cooks here on DU. Have I already said "YUM?"

[OnDoutside]

80. We host Christmas day every 3 years, and yesterday was our turn again

We did

Starters

Smoked Salmon with side salad and my own brown bread
My own Bacon, Cheese and Onion tartlets, salad and a chili jam dressing
Melon and port

Main

Roast Turkey
Ham
Roast Leg of Lamb

Potato stuffing
Croquettes
Garlic and cheese potato
Mash
Carrot and parsnips
Green beans
Broccoli

Dessert

Vienetta plain and mint
Pavlova
Belgian chocolate pudding
Cheeseboard

Wine

Pinot grigio
Wolf blass bin 555

[lillypaddle]

95. Damn impressive! nt

[Nonhlanhla]

82. Hmmm

Roast chicken
Small potatoes with butter and herbs
Roasted vegetables (butternut, zucchini, red peppers, onions)
Salad
Mulled wine
Apple strudel with ice cream

[Duppers]

83. Mine

spiral ham,
seasoned green beans,
mac & cheese,
sweet potatoes casserole,
homemade fried apples,
lettuce salad
croissants,
peach cobbler with ice cream,
Claxton fruit cake,
homemade pumpkin pie w/ whipped cream

A southern, too-sweet pig-out.

[Demsrule86]

84. My menu...

Turkey
Ham
Macaroni and cheese
Stuffing
Mashed potatoes
Cheesy Potatoes
Green Bean Casserole
Cranberries
Rolls (Gluten Free and with Gluten)
Pumpkin Pie
Sweet Potato Pie
Butterscotch Pie
Cheese Cake
Assorted Cookies
Brownies and Peanut Butter Ice Cream
Whipped Cream

This was my first gluten free christmas...made food from scratch as prepared gluten free food cost $$$$. Everyone liked it and no one could tell the difference.

[samnsara]

85. hubby smoked about 4 racks of ribs...

..and my new Scottish son in law contributed haggis and black pudding. Of course after everyone asked for it no one ate it and we only got about 6 ribs to bring home for left overs ( along with the haggis and blood pudding..which actually wasn't too bad).

I also made the recipe featured in the latest Farmers Almanac for sweet potato casserole no churn ice cream. It was great!

[Bettie]

86. We had

my often requested Lasagna with homemade french bread and a salad.

Dessert: cookies, since we still have a bunch of them around here.

[GreenEyedLefty]

87. My brother was in town from NC

He brought a pork roast he had smoked and NC wine. So we had a simple dinner of the roast, potato salad, tossed salad and rolls. And wine, which was really good.

[Tracer]

88. A Christmas splurge.

We are a small family (and I'm no great cook), so:

Alaskan King crab legs (3 for $37!)
Rice
Salad
Homemade mincemeat tarts.

[shanti]

116. Yikes, pricey!

I saw that king crab legs were $23 a lb here in NorCal, and said.....some other time!

[MineralMan]

90. Just my wife and I.

I roasted a Turkey breast, and made garlic mashed potatoes and brussels sprouts with a lemon butter sauce. Gravy and whole berry cranberry sauce on the side. We shared some of the turkey with our dogs, who were at full attention near the table in the dining room.

[Buns_of_Fire]

96. Beer. Bloody Marys. Margaritas. Extra-dry Martinis. Amarula.

I think I had a Hungry-Man Mexican Style Dinner somewhere around 7, but I don't remember much until I woke up this morning with a bedbug trying to crawl up my nose.

[lillypaddle]

105. OMG

[mnhtnbb]

99. DU'er Mira and I had Christmas at the beach together here in NC.

I recently separated from my husband. Mira came to visit me where I'm temporarily living (until the end of March)
and she brought wonderful pimento dip, French bread, French Onion soup, Eggplant parmesan, homemade German breads,
and I supplied fresh shrimp. We had a feast!

And then there was the wine and eggnog...

[lillypaddle]

106. Sounds like you ladies

had a plan!

[sarah FAILIN]

101. We wanted something different

Shrimp and grits with massive shrimp and sausage in a drunken cream sauce, no tomatoes
Cauliflower parmesan which is roasted in the oven and delicious
Spinach quiche
Garlic bread
Picnic banana pudding made with cream cheese and cool whip

We were tired of the same old thing.

[lillypaddle]

107. Sounds good to me. nt

[Freddie]

102. The usual for us

Spiral ham with glaze
Hash brown casserole (“funeral potatoes”)
Broccoli cheese casserole (new for me, not great)
Steamed green beans
Coleslaw
Cherry cheesecake
Homemade vanilla ice cream (got an ice cream maker for Christmas last year)

Now preparing for Thanksgiving Part II tomorrow evening. DH got a free turkey from work. My son is now on a plane from Florida with his new girlfriend headed home for a week. He bragged to her how good my Thx meal is so I have to recreate it again including the PA Dutch bread-potato filling. And her parents are coming too. Her Dad is a Trumper. DH and I are pretty good at changing the subject.

[lillypaddle]

108. Good luck with the trumper

just keep him too full to talk!

[ocd liberal]

103. Beef Wellington!

I made my first Beef Wellington and although it wasn't wrapped well, it was divine! And medium rare!
Apple brie salad
Scalloped potatoes
Broccoli
Rolls
Cheesecake

[lillypaddle]

109. Was it hard to make?

I'd love to try it sometime but it looks intimidating.

[ocd liberal]

118. Yes and no

It was very time consuming, however it wasn't difficult until the assembly. You make a square of procuissto and put the duxelle on it, then wrap the beef with plastic wrap with the square.

Yeah, sounds easy! But no! Mushrooms everywhere, the puff pastry barely fit around the whole thing! It was 2 1/2 lbs so it turned out HUGE. Delicious! I think it would be easier to make individual portions.

[FSogol]

114. Grilled rack of lamb w/ mint sauce and a deep fryed turkey breast

Side dishes:
Couscous with currants,
cranberry salad,
roasted veggies (parsnips, potatoes, carrots, onions, and asparagus),
home baked rolls
mac and cheese for the little ones

Abita Christmas Ale (really excellent)
Hot toddies (mulled apple cider with whiskey served hot)

homemade apple pie
homemade pecan pie

I'm still full. (We'll serve it again tomorrow night when some nieces and nephews stop by)