Christmas Eve/Day menus

[jelloshots4all]

I know Thanksgiving was only a week ago.  Today my daughter and I were talking while eating tapas, and I told her Christmas Eve we are doing appetizers.

Christmas Day is up in the air, likely just the 3 of us again and I'm not going to cook.  At most maybe a salad, garlic bread and Stouffers lasagna.

Any favorites or ideas you want to share?

[The Walk of the Penguin Mich]

I have a gorgeous prime rib in the freezer.  I’ll probably do that, along with sautéed mushrooms, mashed potatoes, gravy and grilled asparagus.  I think I’m going to try Yorkshire pudding this year.  

For dessert, tart cherry pie with vanilla ice cream.  

[taz157]

In the past, we’ve gone to my BIL and SIL’s for dinner for Christmas Eve but I’m not sure if we are doing that this year. It’s totally up to if we are invited and what DH decides in the end. I could see is staying home to be honest. If so, no clue what will have yet.

Our Christmas Day dinner will be nearly identical to Thanksgiving’s menu: turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, sweet potato casserole, cranberry sauce, veggies, rolls.

[wvugurl26]

I'm not sure what we are doing. My grandma said Thanksgiving was too much work for my aunt. So I guess Christmas is whatever I cook, haha.

Whenever DH and I do our Christmas, there's a lovely ribeye roast in the freezer. From the add to Sam's Club cart like a drunken sailor trip.

[jerseygirl]

Jerseyguy is Polish and we usually have a Christmas Eve feast with kiebasi, pierogis etc but with a lot of family
Will probably have the same foods but try for much less cause it’s going to be just the two of us this year sadly
No midnight mass either
Guess it’ll just be another Zoom holiday
Looking forward to 2021 family holidays

[Lizard Queen]

I was going to say we have to have pierogi for Christmas Eve, among other dishes.. We're not supposed to have meat except fish, but we usually have takeout chicken. I think we're supposed to have 12 dishes? I don't remember exactly. It's been a couple decades since we were ousted from the big family celebration that was much more traditional. I'm gonna try to make a few more traditional dishes (for the first or second time) this year in my new kitchen.

Christmas day we'll probably do a ham because it's easy and we like it.

[irishpad]

Family tradition is oyster stew to start and the ham and sides.  I love oyster stew and so simple to make.  In past years at my parishes, we (other priest, seminarians that are home) would gather for a Christmas Eve meal between the early Mass (about 4 or 5 p.m.) and the late Mass (anywhere from 10 p.m. - Midnight) and I would do something different every year: pork crown roast, lamb crown roast, cornish hens, prime rib, etc.   Probably not doing it this year since we are adding more Masses so that we spread out the number of people at each service so will not have time for much of a meal.   

[Opti]

Dec 4, 2020 6:36:27 GMT -5 irishpad said:

Family tradition is oyster stew to start and the ham and sides.  I love oyster stew and so simple to make.  In past years at my parishes, we (other priest, seminarians that are home) would gather for a Christmas Eve meal between the early Mass (about 4 or 5 p.m.) and the late Mass (anywhere from 10 p.m. - Midnight) and I would do something different every year: pork crown roast, lamb crown roast, cornish hens, prime rib, etc.   Probably not doing it this year since we are adding more Masses so that we spread out the number of people at each service so will not have time for much of a meal.   

I'm still working on expanding my pod to two, since I am single. Growing up I either sang or played for church services so Christmas Eve was nothing special and our family did not open gifts until Christmas Day. Christmas Day dinner (usually late lunch meal) was similar to TG. Either ham or turkey. I like cornish hens for small gatherings. Still unusual and festive for a few people. 

I do not think any place I usually attend with have in person services as all of them are small. Only one service as well. I am wondering if the one I attend nearby is doing something for Christmas Eve. Christmas cookies for before & after service is actually in their founding charter.

[sesfw]

Just started Christmas dinner discussion.  

Years prior DH has cooked a small prime rib, but not knowing who will be with us, it's up in the air.

Bro and wife will be in town during the season and last year joined us for breakfast before going to other family homes.

Just not sure about anything yet.

In this area, home made tamales is the traditional meal either for Christmas Eve or NY eve.  Can't remember which.

MIL from Arkansas always made black eyed peas for New Years day.  Good luck for the new year.

[buystoys]

On Christmas Eve, we have crab or crawfish cakes on toasted Italian bread and melted fresh mozzarella.  Lunch is snacky stuff like cheese and crackers, shrimp cocktail, Genoa salami, etc.  Dinner is linguini with white clam sauce.  Christmas Day is ham for dinner and left over snackys throughout the day. 

[Miss Tequila]

It will just be the three of us. At this point, I do not think I’m even allowing my older DD to come for dinner. Because she had Covid, she thinks she is immune to it again. Not to mention, she barely got sick from it. But she likely gave it to me and I was in the hospital for a week. I am not taking any chance with my health or that if my husband and youngest

I will make my usual: Ham, American pierogi, sweet potato casserole, green bean casserole, vegetables, cheesecake and chocolate log. I will run plates to everyone like we did for thanksgiving.

Christmas Eve DH’s mom prepares a seafood feast and I make a seafood bisque. She is going to make plates for us and we are going to try to have a FaceTime call with them and his brother in CA. They open family gifts in Christmas Eve.

It is going to be a very sad time for me. I have traditions with my children that I’m not going to be able to do (at least not with my oldest). But it is very bad in my area and I’m taking no chances

[thyme4change]

Maybe French onion soup. We have prime rib. I have a melting potato recipe I love. And 20 different kinds of sweets.

[daisylu]

Christmas Eve was usually appetizers and many drinks with the ILs, which has already been cancelled this year. We will likely treat it like a normal day.

Christmas Day will be just the 4 of us at home (hopefully). Likely ham, potatoes, stuffing, and a vegetable. Or depending on how cold it is, I will just make a couple of soups and some good bread.



I'd be interested in that melting potato recipe, if you would like to share.

[taz157]

Dec 3, 2020 22:37:19 GMT -5 Lizard Queen said:

Christmas day we'll probably do a ham because it's easy and we like it.

We had ham last year for Christmas and it was delicious. We hardly ever have ham because of DH and his low sodium diet.

[bookkeeper]

Dec 4, 2020 8:46:49 GMT -5 thyme4change said:

Maybe French onion soup. We have prime rib. I have a melting potato recipe I love. And 20 different kinds of sweets.

I like to put the leftover prime rib at the bottom of my French onion soup.  Beefy delicious!

[Deleted]

thyme4change Me, too, for the melting potato recipe!

Christmas Eve will probably be snack stuff including cold boiled shrimp.

Christmas day we'll have spiral sliced ham...not Honey Baked, though. Since their patent expired, there are any number of spiral sliced hams. We've gotten ours from Aldi for the past few years.

Melting potato sounds good! If not that, then hash brown casserole. Deviled eggs, Brussels sprouts for DSIL and me, something green for DD/DGS/DGD. DD will insist on mac & cheese because holidays call for that "vegetable" of the South . Probably banana pudding for dessert or if I'm feeling it Christmas week maybe a cheesecake.

One day between Christmas and New Year's we'll have ham and "scalped" potatoes.

New Year's Eve we always toast the new year with Coke in glass bottles. I have no idea where that came from, but finding it in glass bottles is getting harder every year.

New Year's will be black-eyed peas with the rest of the ham left from Christmas and collards for DSIL/DGD and broccoli for DGS/DD/me. Black-eyed peas for luck, collards (or another green veggie) for prosperity. I don't know that ham has any particular significance except that it goes well with the BE peas and collards. Some say pork of any kind on New Year's is also for good luck.

After we consumed T'Day turkey for three days, it turned into turkey tetrazzini, made by me, of course. Nobody here had ever had it. What? I could swear I made it when the kids were still at home, but DD said she didn't remember it.

[swamp]

Dec 4, 2020 8:46:49 GMT -5 thyme4change said:

Maybe French onion soup. We have prime rib. I have a melting potato recipe I love. And 20 different kinds of sweets.

melting potato?    I'm intrigued.  Care to share the recipe?


I usually have about 25 over and do prime rib, crab legs, ham, and turkey.   Sides include mashed potatoes, stuffing, green bean almondine, squash, creamed spinach or brussels sprouts, and a few other random things. 

this year it will probably be 6 of us.   I have no idea.  Prime rib?  Crab legs?  

[Iggy aka IG]

For an early Christmas with the family, DH is smoking a ham.  I'm making au gratin potatoes from scratch, fresh green beans given to us from a neighbor and froze over the summer, and a friend's fruit salad I've made for the past XX years.  I'll buy Hawaiian sweet rolls.  Sis will bring her yummy deviled eggs, and mom is bringing a veggie tray and dip.  Every year I try to make something different for dessert and this year I am making my first yule log.

For years I've made overnight French toast for Christmas Day after DH and I open presents and stockings.

New Year's Eve we usually have a seafood feast.  I made chocolate covered strawberries for a camping trip this summer and forgot to bring them, so I'll pull them from the freezer for us to enjoy with champagne.

[bean29]

Idk, I am not real worried about Covid-19 at X-mas as DH and I had it in November.

We will probably have just us and our Kids on Christmas Day.  We did Prime Rib last year, will probably do the same.  Not sure about Christmas eve.  I am not usually hostess, so I am not usually in control of the menu. We usually get together with both sides of the family on Christmas eve.  We will not do that this year...I won't risk his parents or my Mom.  We could stream a movie maybe - it would be something different.  It is hard b/c you can't go to a play or a sporting event.  In Wisconsin, it is too cold to be outside (at least for me).

[finnime]

I've been making buches de noel for several years now as people order them. THey're very popular, and I've never made one for us. So maybe this year. I still harbor a small hope of going to Massachusetts for Christmas at my sister's. I know, I know, but one can hope.

If not that, then we'll probably have prime rib or steak with DD.

[cktc]

Dec 3, 2020 21:51:57 GMT -5 The Walk of the Penguin Mich said:

I have a gorgeous prime rib in the freezer.  I’ll probably do that, along with sautéed mushrooms, mashed potatoes, gravy and grilled asparagus.  I think I’m going to try Yorkshire pudding this year.  

For dessert, tart cherry pie with vanilla ice cream.  

I've made the Gordon Ramsey Yorkshire pudding recipe before and was happy with how they turned out. Given I have no frame of reference as they are the only ones I've ever tried.


www.food.com/recipe/gordon-ramsays-yorkshire-pudding-424498

[Iggy aka IG]

cktc, that recipe looks yummy!

And, something I've been wanting to tell you for quite some time:  I love your user profile picture! 

[Rukh O'Rorke]

we usually do thankgiving food light for Christmas.

Nothing special on new years.

[Wisconsin Beth]

I think we're getting whatever Cooper's Hawk Winery and Pub is cooking for Christmas.  IF we don't have them for Christmas, it will be a New Year's meal.  

[thyme4change]

Dec 4, 2020 12:28:12 GMT -5 swamp said:

Dec 4, 2020 8:46:49 GMT -5 thyme4change said:

Maybe French onion soup. We have prime rib. I have a melting potato recipe I love. And 20 different kinds of sweets.

melting potato?    I'm intrigued.  Care to share the recipe?


I usually have about 25 over and do prime rib, crab legs, ham, and turkey.   Sides include mashed potatoes, stuffing, green bean almondine, squash, creamed spinach or brussels sprouts, and a few other random things. 

this year it will probably be 6 of us.   I have no idea.  Prime rib?  Crab legs?  

www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/katie-lee/melting-potatoes-5513135

They were easy, and very good.

@missrigby
daisylu

[jelloshots4all]

Dec 4, 2020 16:25:24 GMT -5 Wisconsin Beth said:

I think we're getting whatever Cooper's Hawk Winery and Pub is cooking for Christmas.  IF we don't have them for Christmas, it will be a New Year's meal.  

I didn't know they have a Christmas meal.  I need to check this out!  Thanks Beth!

[Deleted]

It's just the two of us this year, as always, so Christmas Eve we're splurging on caviar, raw oysters, and cold boiled shrimp.  Christmas Day I'm going to roast a turkey breast with green beans or asparagus and mashed potatoes on the side.  We made reservations for New Year's Eve for a six-course small plate event with cocktail/wine pairings.  #1 smoked Gulf oyster with Iberico ham and caviar #2 sous vide sea scallop on potato puree #3 shaved white truffle over linguine with Gruyere cheese #4 crispy quail legs with mushrooms #5 filet of beef with seared foie gras and #6 crema Catalana and chocolate truffles.  
New Year's Day will definitely include black-eyed peas, stewed cabbage with tomatoes, and   

[Wisconsin Beth]

Dec 4, 2020 16:45:56 GMT -5 jelloshots4all said:

Dec 4, 2020 16:25:24 GMT -5 Wisconsin Beth said:

I think we're getting whatever Cooper's Hawk Winery and Pub is cooking for Christmas.  IF we don't have them for Christmas, it will be a New Year's meal.  

I didn't know they have a Christmas meal.  I need to check this out!  Thanks Beth!

I'm assuming they do.  One of the ladies I was chatting with in chemo had them for Thanksgiving and raved about it. 

[The Walk of the Penguin Mich]

Dec 4, 2020 15:43:54 GMT -5 cktc said:

Dec 3, 2020 21:51:57 GMT -5 The Walk of the Penguin Mich said:

I have a gorgeous prime rib in the freezer.  I’ll probably do that, along with sautéed mushrooms, mashed potatoes, gravy and grilled asparagus.  I think I’m going to try Yorkshire pudding this year.  

For dessert, tart cherry pie with vanilla ice cream.  

I've made the Gordon Ramsey Yorkshire pudding recipe before and was happy with how they turned out. Given I have no frame of reference as they are the only ones I've ever tried.


www.food.com/recipe/gordon-ramsays-yorkshire-pudding-424498

Thanks, I’ll try this out.

[thyme4change]

Dec 4, 2020 17:54:55 GMT -5 The Walk of the Penguin Mich said:

Dec 4, 2020 15:43:54 GMT -5 cktc said:

I've made the Gordon Ramsey Yorkshire pudding recipe before and was happy with how they turned out. Given I have no frame of reference as they are the only ones I've ever tried.


www.food.com/recipe/gordon-ramsays-yorkshire-pudding-424498

Thanks, I’ll try this out.

Yorshire pudding seems like it is the same as a pop over.

I'm stuck on the word "pudding" in the American meaning.