What do you have in your Christmas dinner?

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Growing up we had turkey, rice, peas, corn and carrots, mashed and roast potatoes, Brussel sprouts and asparagus. Living abroad I've had lamb, soup, and a hog roast.

Now I'm much more traditional and will do turkey, roast potatoes, Brussel sprouts, red cabbage, carrots, parsnips,Yorkshire puddings and pigs in blankets. Never tried bread sauce or cauliflower cheese even though they are a staple in most homes on Christmas. What is your ideal Christmas dinner?

This year we are having: roast chicken, rolled roast sirloin, yorkshire puddings, stuffing, pigs in blankets, roast potatoes, carrot and parsnip mash, cauliflower cheese, braised red cabbage, sprouts, bread sauce, 2 types of gravy (chicken and beef, obviously!) and cranberry sauce.

Turkey
Gammon
Pigs in blankets
Pork stuffing
Sage and onion stuffing
Yorkshire puddings
Roast potatoes
Roast parsnips
Roast carrots
Sprouts
Red cabbage
Cauliflower cheese
Bread sauce
Gravy
Redcurrant jelly

More or less the same as I had growing up except we didn’t have Yorkshire puddings - I live in Yorkshire now so have been persuaded.

My Gran always did an ox tongue alongside the turkey, but I never even tried it.

We vary pudding every year as no one likes Christmas pudding. This year we have a sticky toffee pudding and a trifle, plus a Christmas Colin.

Can’t wait.

Lots of people having chicken instead of turkey lately. Some of these sound like absolute feasts 🤤

Meats or choice. Usually turkey/beef/ham though we're having lamb this year!
Roasties
Mash potato
Parsnips
Carrots
Pigs in blankets
Sausage meat stuffing
Cauliflower cheese
Broccoli
Sweet potato

Looking forward to it!

@pestowithwalnuts we buy it from Middle Eastern supermarkets, we have several in our city. We particularly love the coconut, pistachio and cherry varieties!

We're having roast lamb, roast potatoes,sprouts, carrot & Swede mash. We used to have roast parsnips, pigs in blankets, cauliflower cheese as well but can't manage to eat it all now .So now the pigs in blankets and parsnips are going to be enjoyed on Christmas eve with fried eggs and we'll have cauliflower cheese with ham & broccoli & parsnip chips on New year's day instead

Usually turkey beef gammon
This year no turkey

Beef
Gammon
Pigs in blankets
Stuffing balls
Roasties
Roasted honey glazed parsnips and carrots
Sprouts
Mashed swede
Green beans
Broccoli
Cauliflower cheese

Oh and Yorkshires

Turkey
Glazed ham
Roast potatoes
Mash Potatoes
Croquette Potatoes
Honey glazed parsnips and carrots
sprouts
Peas
Homemade parsley and thyme stuffing
Red Cabbage
Gravy
Cranberry Sauce
Yorkshire pudding

For dessert
Trifle
Salted Caramel Pavlova
Bakewell tart
Lemon Meringue pie (shop bought)
Various ice creams and sauces (tends to be what the kids go for)
Extra cream on everything 👌

Pretty much the same - carrots mashed with swede though. Only one meat - ham is for Boxing Day. Only one type of potato and no Yorkshire puddings.

I would also like a Yorkshire pudding but Dh said they don't belong on a Christmas dinner.

@worrisome34 but why don’t you just have them for yourself. Neither myself or DH eat Yorkshire’s with Christmas dinner but most of the kids do and some of our other guests do we make them for them. Surely Christmas is eating the things you want

Stuffed mushrooms or pate and toast for starter about 12 ish
Beef, Yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes, Brussels, parsnips, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower cheese, red cabbage, swede and carrot mash, peas, gravy, about 2.30 ish
Christmas pudding or sticky toffee pudding with custard, cream or ice cream about 5 ish.

Being not British...we have a similar traditional Christmas dinner. But I don't understand why anyone would have two different types of potatoes? Seems fairly common.

We're having

Slow braised leg of lamb (I'm the only one who likes turkey sadly)
Mashed potatoes
Orange and honey glazed baby carrots
Roasted parsnips
Roasted sprouts with leeks and parmigiano
(Sounds strange but it works)
Peas
Steamed green beans with parsley and garlic butter
Pigs in blankets
Yorkshire puds
Gravy

Pudding
Pumpkin pie with whipped cream

Homemade eggnog

Turkey, slow cooked lamb, sausages, bacon rolls, pigs in blankets, roast potatoes, mashed potato, roast parsnips, cauli/broccoli cheese, red cabbage, sprouts, carrots, peas, stuffing & gravy.

We have mixed cold starters too, and then Christmas pudding, trifle and then cheese& crackers.

No Yorkshire puddings unless the second meat is beef.

Turkey or gammon , roast potatoes , pigs in blankets , mashed swede , Brussels , parsnips , carrots , cauliflower and yorkshires . Stuffing and cranberry for those who want it and gravy

Turkey and/or ham, roast potatoes, maple glazed carrots and parsnips, red cabbage, stuffing, pigs in blankets. The jury is out on yorkshires, depends if I can be arsed. There will be gravy and cranberry for those who want it. Starters will be lentil soup or pate and Melba toast.

Dessert is sticky toffee pudding or ice cream and fruit.

Leftover ham and turkey will be turned into a pie for later in the week and ham, egg and chips for Boxing Day.

I love doing Christmas dinner - basically a pimped up roast but so good.

Turkey
Gammon
Sausage meat stuffing
Cocktail sausages
Carrots
Parsnips
Sprouts
Roast potatoes
Mashed potatoes
Dauphinoise potatoes (the only part that imo isn't traditional)
Cranberry sauce or redcurrant jelly
Gravy

Chicken
Gammon
Pigs in blankets
Sausage meat stuffing
Paxo
Yorkshire puddings
Roast potatoes
Mashed potatoes
Boiled carrots
Roast carrots
Roast parsnips
Swede
Broccoli
Red cabbage
Lots of gravy
Veggie Main

I grew up abroad in a hot country so it would always be BBQ's, salad, steak, sausages, ham, coleslaw etc.

I've lived in the UK 20yrs now, and although I have cooked turkey before, its not our favourite. We prefer food we really enjoy. This year we're having:
Rib of beef
Yorkshires
Roast carrots, parsnips and potaotes
Brussels, bacon and chestnuts
Swede mash
Peas
Broccoli and cauli cheese
Cabbage
Pigs in blankets

Possibly prawn cocktail for entree.

Hate turkey, so a large rib of beef with:

• Yorkshire puddings
• Roast potatoes
• Roast parsnips
• Cauliflower cheese (as the children love it)
• Carrot and Swede buttery mash
• Tenderstem broccoli
• Horseradish sauce
• Lashings of homemade gravy with red wine and rosemary

Turkey dressed with crisp pancetta.
Garlic and Rosemary Roast potatoes.
Honey roast parsnips.
Match stick carrots.
Mashed swede with butter.
Sprouts.
Pigs in Blankets.
Pork, chestnut and sage stuffing.
Cranberry Sauce
Gravy.

Christmas Pudding with cream.

Andrew's Salts.

This is what Xmas '24's dinner with be.

Brined, then roasted whole turkey.

Mounds of fluffy mashed potatoes ( the DC's favourite), side dish casserole of: sauteed butternut squash, onion, shallots, halved Brussels, dried cranberries, all oven roasted. ( Quite pretty as well as delish)!

Fresh green beans, loads of stuffing, swimming in turkey sage gravy.

Lemon bundt cake with fresh zesty lemon glaze, and DC's choice, raspberry jelly, made with the addition of softened vanilla ice-cream and frozen raspberries , topped by whipped cream.

Turkey, ham, gravy, roast potatoes, sprouts with bacon and chestnuts, honey glazed carrots, parsnip and ginger purée, pigs, stuffing, potato dauphinois.

Prawn Cocktail with avocado and lemon to start

Turkey
Carrots
Parsnips
Cauliflower
Sprouts
Broccoli
Sage & Onion Stuffing
Roast potatoes
Boiled baby potatoes
Leeks
Cranberry sauce
Pigs in Blankets
Gravy

M&S Xmas pudding
Baileys cream
Brandy sauce

Cheese board and chocolates in the evening.

Duck, cooked ham, roast, red cabbage, York pudding, carrots, stuffing pig in blanket