What's on your Christmas menu?

[B2G]

I love to cook and bake. Here's what's on the agenda for the B2G family...what about you?

Breakfast:

Scrambled eggs with cheese
Sausage links
Homemade pecan/cinnamon rolls (will make these tonight so they rise overnight)

Xmas Dinner:

Standing rib roast with au jus & horseradish sauce
Twice baked potatos
Green beans with toasted almonds
Fresh baked bread
White chocolate hazelnut cheesecake with raspberry sauce.

Yeah Christmas!

[Faygo Kid]

1. What time should I be there?

Seriously, steak for Christmas Eve. That's a tradition that goes back more than 50 years, as my single mom couldn't afford it the rest of the year, so we had it on Christmas Eve as a special occasion. I honor her by continuing that today.

Ham on Christmas Day. When I was a kid, we had our Swedish Christmas, but I'll be damned if I ever have to eat lutefisk again.

[B2G]

2. Bout 5?

We're ordering pizza tonight...my husband will be jealous. He's a total carnivore.

[lame54]

3. All you can eat crab

[cherokeeprogressive]

24. Damn!

[tammywammy]

4. Seafood gumbo and potato salad. n/t

[oneshooter]

5. Small group this year, only 25, includes kids.

Breakfast : coffee/tea
Eggs scrambled w/cheese
Buttermilk biscuits w/sausage gravy
Bacon
Fresh fruit

Supper
Smoked turkey
Smoked biscuit
Fried sweet potatoes and onions
Green beans w/bacon
Tossed salad
Dinner rolls
Strawberry ice cream
Coffee/tea

All of the above, including the bacon, made from scratch.

Merry Christmas to All.

Oneshooter

[Turbineguy]

6. Turkey.

Organically raised. Brined and roasted. Mashed spuds. My mushroom/sherry stuffing. Wavy Gravy. Something of a greenish nature (not cooked by me). Apple Crumble Pudding with Grand Marinier custard sauce. A Rose Cremant to wash it down. Some foo-foo's to start with.

[broiles]

7. enchiladas mole rojo and tamales

[Le Taz Hot]

31. I wanna come to your house!

Goddess, I LOVE tamales. I honestly could live on them.

[otohara]

8. Take Out Chinese

at one of the finer restaurants.

Then a movie - either American Hustle or Wolf of Wall St.

[Gemini Cat]

9. Same as last year and all the years before that

Chinese!

[Mariana]

10. Bacon and scrambled eggs for breakfast.

For dinner:

Roast duck with cherry sauce
Roasted white potatoes, brushed with the duck fat so they'll be crispy on the outside. The cherry sauce is great on these.
Petite peas
Homemade rolls

Dessert is mince pie with custard.

[hobbit709]

11. I'll probably make my version of breakfast tacos at home here.

going to eat at my brother's for dinner. He said something about lobster.

[11 Bravo]

12. We will also be enjoying a Rib Roast, but with Yorkshire Pudding as well.

[TBF]

13. I am also doing Pot Roast

With twice baked potatoes. Probably broccoli, cranberries and rolls. I guess I should think about dessert too.

[HappyMe]

14. Baked ham, scalloped potatoes, broccoli.

[fizzgig]

15. soup and sandwiches

i made my dad a pastrami and a corned beef and am (trying) to bake a loaf of rye bread (bought a backup loaf this morning) and i'll throw together some sort of baked potato soup tomorrow.

[Zorra]

16. Staying home,

just for two:

American Breakfast: Vegetarian Eggs Benedict, juice, coffee

French Lunch: Brie and other specialty cheeses with French Bread, crackers, eggnog, and Pinot Noir.

Italian Dinner: Eggplant Parmigiana, vegetarian lasagna, pasta, (homemade pasta sauce on all), zucchini, and garlic bread, red wine.

Dessert: Homemade eggnog cheesecake

Movies, Wassail Winter Ale, Honey Jack, ...

(I love to cook and bake, too!)

Merry Solstice, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Christmas, or whatever else!

[dem in texas]

17. Almost the same as yours

We'll be feeding about 14 people, we are going to my son's house, he is cooking the tenderloin, my granddaughters are doing all the veggies, my daughter is bring the salad and I am baking the pies

Beef tenderloin roast with horseradish
Twice baked potatoes
Fresh mushrooms sauteed in butter and garlic
Fresh green beans with tarragon
Big salad
Hot rolls
Pumpkin pie or Pecan pie, with whipped cream

[Lost_Count]

18. Chinese and beer today...

Followed by duck and beer tomorrow...

[KitSileya]

19. We've eaten our Christmas dinner

It was
roasted pork belly with crackling,
boiled potatoes,
sauerkraut,
mushy peas,
and gravy

followed by
chocolate pudding with whipped cream for us 'kids' and
cloudberry cream with krumkake for the adults.

Tomorrow we'll do the traditional West Coast Christmas dinner:
Ribs of mutton,
Boiled potatoes
Mashed swedes
Fat from the steamed mutton

Rice cream porridge
Caramel pudding.

Yup, we're Scandinavians.

[catbyte]

35. what are mashed swedes?

[KitSileya]

39. Mashed rutabagas

We usually add some carrots, some potatoes, and milk to get a very creamy mash.

[catbyte]

40. Yum! Thanks for letting me know.

[Lifelong Protester]

20. Christmas Waffles!

and champagne. The waffles grew out of a necessity (the year the cord got unplugged from the fridge with all the 'fancy' Christmas food).

Love waffles! With REAL maple syrup (We can't abide the fake stuff).

[TeamPooka]

21. Thanks, you reminded me I needed to go to the store for a couple last minute food items. nt

[SomethingFishy]

22. MMmmmm sounds good...

I did twice baked for Thanksgiving so we are doing Mashed for Christmas..

Honey Baked Ham
Turkey
Mashed Potatoes
Green Bean Casserole
Mac & Cheese
Corn
Fresh Bread

For Dessert

Chocolate Silk Pie and Home Made Cheesecake!

Thanksgiving was my first attempt at making gravy from scratch. It came out so good I have to make extra this time!

Merry Christmas!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

23. Beef & Peppers Fajitas for dinner.

We passed on the traditional spaghetti this year.

[Matariki]

25. Breakfast: Mimosas!

and oysters, brie, chocolate, strawberries. Followed by a LONG nap I'm sure.

Dinner: Trout with crab stuffing and loads of vegetables.

[elehhhhna]

26. Just me, hubs and our eldest d. (20)

ribeyes w/ stuffed baked taters, Caesar salad & cheesecake in 5 minutes

chili tomorrow

no biggie but tasty!

[PDJane]

27. Breakfast will be an omelette; mushroom and cheese.

Will take sliced apples and cheese mid-day.

Dinner will be turkey with fixings. I have no idea what the fixings are, because I will be eating at my son's, and he's doing the cooking. There will be turkey and some kind of cranberry sauce, potatoes and vegetables, spinach salad, and some kind of pie....no, I don't know what.

There will be presents and conversation and wine and coffee, and I will enjoy myself.

[Shrike47]

28. Rib roast, wild rice, cauliflower casserole cheesy thing and salad.

It was going to be different but I broke my wrist Sunday tripping over a wrapping project and can't do much.

[davidpdx]

29. My Christmas Menu:

Well it is already Christmas here since I am +9 UTC, so breakfast was cereal and an apple like any other day.

Lunch: It will be pretty much the same, either ham or turkey on a bagel and Synder's of Hanover pretzels (probably turkey today).

Dinner: Turkey breast, mashed potatoes and gravy, mixed vegetables.

My 2.6 kg turkey breast was $40. Yes, about $15 a kg (or about $7 a lb.)

[Le Taz Hot]

30. My husband has requested fried chicken.

For obvious reasons I only make it about twice a year so Christmas is it.

Fried Chicken
Mashed potatoes & gravy
Relish tray
Veggies (not sure what yet)
Homemade French rolls
Homemade peach pie for desert (I canned the peaches myself this summer)

Breakfast will be whatever we scrounge or whatever my husband decides to cook 'cause I'm not cookin' it.

[TlcJobCoach]

32. Sweet potato casserole and brined turkey

I love cooking! This is my time to shine, and also the boys are coming for dinner.
Sweet potato casserole from my own sweet potatoes (they grow like weed here in Florida)
Turkey, of course, but it is brining right now in a tub (sugar, salt, vinegar, and spices). If you brine a turkey it will be ummm umm.

[mrs_p]

33. Our menu

Breakfast
Baked French toast
Quiche Lorraine

Dinner
Baked ham with orange glaze
Scalloped potatoes
Sautéed asparagus

All day
Lots of alcohol and coffee

[Tanuki]

34. Nice thread

I'm having
Ham (Kentucky Legend)
Butternut squash soup
Green salad with mushrooms, shredded carrots, and sweet red peppers
Broccoli casserole
Corn
Cranberry relish
Brownies and fresh berries
Ice tea
Egg nog

[catbyte]

36. Coffee for breakfast, then

Baked ham w/horseradish sauce, mashed potatoes, homemade rolls, green bean casserole, some sort of jello salad (friend bringing it), chocolate/peppermint cream pie.

[Blue_In_AK]

37. My youngest daughter and her boyfriend are coming over

for dinner and also breakfast, Belgian waffles, blueberries and whipped cream.

Dinner is herb-crusted prime rib, roasted winter vegetables, steamed baby potatoes (white, red and purple), spinach salad, and homemade sourdough dinner rolls. Apple pie for dessert.

I make a killer cranberry horseradish sauce for the prime rib.

[Chellee]

38. Chinese takeout.

[Tom Ripley]

41. Going out for Chinese