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Show me your Christmas dinners!

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fuckmemytoehurts · 25/12/2024 13:04

I'll start. Sorry for sticking it here, posting for traffic.

Didn't fancy turkey this year so did a beef wellington, with mushroom duxelle & Parma ham inside.
Goose fat roasties with garlic salt and rosemary.
Cinnamon red cabbage
Pan fried sprouts with chestnuts and pancetta
Normal carrots as my 4 year old won't eat them any other way
Pigs in blankets
Homemade yorkies
Waitrose bought stuffing as I don't really like it that much.

Topped with an orange gravy with a red wine stock pot shoved in.

It was delish. Ate early-ish as I have to eat with medication. Thought I'd get in early and ask you all to share your lovely Christmas lunches!

Also highly recommend the meat from Waitrose butcher counter. It's lovely.

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JaceLancs · 25/12/2024 17:01

No pictures but we had a starter of smoked salmon, prawns in sauce, large shell on prawns and a crab and salmon terrine with crackers and various breads
Then chicken and/or lamb, gravy and a red wine jus, mint or cranberry jelly, home made stuffing, pigs in blankets, mashed potatoes, carrot and swede mash, broccoli, sprouts and leeks in a cheese sauce
Enough leftovers for 2-3 days
We didn’t have a dessert as yet, but will be a choice of Waitrose red velvet dessert, panna cotta, Xmas pudding or cheese and biscuits

A question about leftovers that applies to normal meals and Christmas dinner... I see a lot of people on here saying things like, "Leftovers for tomorrow/three days" etc. Do you cook too much deliberately to have leftovers or is it the food left on people's plates being saved for another meal? We are a family of 3 and we never have leftovers. I have a smaller appetite than ds and dd but I know what each of our appetites are and only cook how much I know we will likely eat. Any leftovers on people's plates are just put in the waste.

Oldraver · 25/12/2024 23:14

These are the only pics I have, before and after deboning

Idratherbepaddleboarding · 25/12/2024 22:49

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pinkypank · 25/12/2024 22:43

@OnceUponAThread aw thanks that's put a smile on my face!😂

Extraenergyneeded · 25/12/2024 22:32

Turkey as usual here

Justnevergetsthere · 25/12/2024 21:06

😋😋

MushMonster · 25/12/2024 21:01

Give us his name!
(Sorry, I should give up writing on a phone...)

MushMonster · 25/12/2024 20:58

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Shame you cannot giveis his neme so we recognise him when he becomes a celebrity chef or he gets a michellin star!
He has future in this.

TheTecknician · 25/12/2024 20:54

I had lasagne (only half ot it). Here's a before and after cooking.

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fivebyfivebuffy · 25/12/2024 20:39

I had a cheese and meat plate thing
Nothing exciting!

PickAChew · 25/12/2024 20:36

SparklyTurtle · 25/12/2024 17:01

It's not about watching the five a day, it's about a plate full of stodge not being very pleasant without some greenery to help it along, carrots, red cabbage and potatoes aren't greens! I've never seen a Christmas dinner without peas before!

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I'm not alone in stating that many people don't consider peas to have any place in a Christmas meal.

Ultimately it's about feasting on something you enjoy, though. Neuro diverse household like pp so that involved ketchup for the boys and DS1 had all his meat stuffed in a baguette with salad leaves and corn on the cob on the side. DS2 had no veg whatsoever. Thankfully he's a young adult at the point that, rather than gagging at the sight of sprouts, he treats them with scorn - except when I'm being a evil mum and chase him round the house with a big sprout stalk 😈

Anyhow. You do you. OP's dinner wouldn't be my choice as I don't like beef much and the feeling is mutual but her Christmas dinner is not wrong. It's just not what you would eat.

OnceUponAThread · 25/12/2024 20:35

pinkypank · 25/12/2024 19:22

Turkey & gammon

Eyes bigger than my belly!

This is the best looking one so far. Looks incredible

Ivymom · 25/12/2024 20:33

Toomanylosthours · 25/12/2024 18:33

Ohhh would you mind sharing the cherry chilli pepper glaze? Sounds amazing

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It is pretty easy, but I eyeball everything and adjust to taste, so I don’t have amounts. Coat your chilis of choice (I use long green chilis) in olive oil and broil until skin is blistered. Place them in a sealed ziplock bag until they are cool enough to handle and the skin starts to separate. Then peel the skin off and clean out the seeds. Put frozen cherries in a pot on medium heat, stirring and crushing periodically. Once the cherries are fully defrosted and starting to come apart, add your chilies and a drizzle of honey. Sauté until bubbly. I use an immersion blender to blend it smooth, but you can also use it chunky. Sometimes I also add cloves or cinnamon. We like spicy, if you prefer milder, you can use poblano peppers. If you like sweeter, use more honey.

macap · 25/12/2024 20:32

BleachedJumper · 25/12/2024 17:03

Are you eating it out of the foil tray @macap?

Not me, it was a takeaway for my mums DP. I'm on mounjaro that would be wasted on me! I had a smaller version. 😆

Gonners · 25/12/2024 20:24

nationalsausagefund · 25/12/2024 19:45

Peas are never out of season from the freezer. (I don’t particularly like them on a roast dinner but they’re a useful vegetable if you’ve got small, hangry children who turn their noses up at spiced red cabbage, etc.)

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😁 Nothing is out of season from the freezer! I use frozen peas a fair bit, and very good they are too. It did seem odd, though, to criticise a meal that included Brussels sprouts (foul veg, surely the rotting testicles of Satan!) for containing no green veg.

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fuckmemytoehurts · 25/12/2024 19:53

Elephant9 · 25/12/2024 19:46

Here goes..

all done 3.5 weeks post- 2nd baby! 😅😂

What a smash of a dinner, with a newborn in tow too!

Congratulations and merry Christmas. You should be damn proud of that!

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Elephant9 · 25/12/2024 19:46

Here goes..

all done 3.5 weeks post- 2nd baby! 😅😂

nationalsausagefund · 25/12/2024 19:45

Gonners · 25/12/2024 18:53

Peas are out of season.

TianasBayou · 25/12/2024 19:32

No pics sorry!

M&S festive chicken
M&S chestnuts stuffed turkey roll
Cashew nut roulade

Roast spuds
Parmesan parsnips
Sprouts and chestnuts
Carrots
Cauliflower cheese

Pigs in blankets
'Bangers in blankets'
Stuffing balls

Chicken gravy
Veggie gravy
Cranberry sauce

Christmas pudding and rum butter
Raspberry sherry trifle

BebbanburgIsMine · 25/12/2024 19:30

Just had ours

Roast chicken (don't like turkey) roast tatties, carrots, peas, yorkshire pudding, and skirlie (traditional Scottish side) with gravy.

We had carrot and coriander soup earlier, too full for pudding just now, we have sticky toffee pudding for tomorrow.

HereForTheAnimals · 25/12/2024 19:25

We decided no sprouts or parsnips this year, because we always seem to waste them.

Totally vegan and absolutely delicious.

Yes, I'm from Yorkshire and a Yorkshire pudding does belong on a Christmas dinner.

DH also had boiled potatoes and carrots with his. I find that absolutely weird. You can have two potatoes together - roasted and mashed, not roasted and boiled.

pinkypank · 25/12/2024 19:22

Turkey & gammon

Eyes bigger than my belly!

Northerngal1974 · 25/12/2024 19:22

Nothing special but edible

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fuckmemytoehurts · 25/12/2024 19:19

IngenTing · 25/12/2024 15:51

Mixture of English, Norwegian and Swedish julebord.
We have
Roast beef
Roast potatoes
Reindeer julepølse
Prinskorv
Elg kjøttboller (moose meatballs)
Gravlaks
Sennap sild
Rødkål
Sprouts
Broccoli
Bearnaise sauce
Blueberries and red berries jelly that we picked ourselves
Sausages wrapped in bacon
Honey glazed ribs
Homemade stuffing with apricots and reindeer meat

I made profiteroles and bûche be noel for dessert.

And we have lots of snow!
God Jul from the Norwegian mountains.

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This is an absolute 10/10

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