What's your Christmas day menu?

[FridgeJenga]

And more importantly, will it feature yorkshire puddings?
We are having a rib of beef, so YPs will definitely feature.
Work colleagues are currently having a debate whether YPs should be a part of a traditional turkey Christmas roast or not.
(My take is have what you want!)

No starter the only 3 certainties are that there’ll be turkey, ham and Yorkshire puddings the rest is dependant on what takes my fancy when I do the shopping.

Dd is veggies so yorkies are an important part of her meal… even if she wasn’t though, why wouldn’t you? Yorkshire puddings are amazing

No Christmas Dinner at my house this year. We're doing a buffet, but if we were it would consist of
Beef, Chicken and Pork with a Small Turkey Crown.
Roasties
Mash
Piggies
Stuffing
Carrots
Swede
Broccoli
Cauli
Green Beans
Brussels
Parsnips
And of Course YP's have them with every roast as they are my favourite.
Pudding would be
Cheesecake
Double Choc Gateaux and
Treacle Sponge.

We went out and had our Christmas dinner on Saturday and it was wonderful to not have to pay the over inflated prices and no washing up 🙈 there was 15 of us.

@FridgeJenga Im thinking rib of beef, never cooked it bwfore. Any tips?
Where do u buy yours from?

Smoked salmon and crème fraiche crostini

Roast turkey crown
Homemade stuffing balls
Jolly Hog pigs in blankets
Roast potatoes (Maris pipers/ duck fat)
Roast carrots and parsnips
Cauliflower cheese
Sprouts
Gravy (Jamie’s get-ahead)
Homemade cranberry sauce
Homemade bread sauce

M&S Christmas pudding
Cream

Cheeses and biscuits

Breakfast not decided but tends to be brioche french toast with strawberries and nutella. Bucks fizz (until dinner)

Starters are and have always been prawn cocktail and heinz tomato soup for my dad. 40 year tradition lol. OH makes great soup but hes set in his ways.

Turkey crown, cherry cola ham
YPs for me I'm the only one who thinks they're important
Roast pptatoes with garlic and rosemary and mashed potatoes
Honey glazed carrots and parsnips
Sprouts pan fried with pancetta and pecans
Red cabbage
Weirdly onion rings for OH, a childhood tradition for him
Gravy and cranberry sauce

Lemon roulade
Home made yule log
Nutella ice cream for DD
All the extra thick cream

Will have cheese for later and picking at leftovers. Can't wait!

We have prawn and honey roasted salmon salad as a starter. Turkey, mash and roast potatoes, sprouts, carrot and swede, honey roasted parsnips, pigs in blankets and gravy. Followed by a choice of chocolate gateau, mint aero cheesecake and cheese and biscuits

Breakfast- bacon, croissants, orange juice

Lunch- Turkey, roasties, yorkies, peas carrots, parsnips, sprouts, pigs in blankets, stuffing, bread sauce, gravy

Pud- Christmas pudding with cream or custard, trifle, mince pies with cream

Evening-
Pretzels, sausage rolls, salad, turkey sandwiches, mince pies and cream, Christmas cake and festive cupcakes for the children.

Not sure if it will be toast + beans + cheese or jacket potatoes with tuna.

No starters, just smoked salmon blinis, nuts, olives with a glass or two of champagne.

Stuffed turkey crown from Cook
Roast chicken
M&S Xmas nut roast
Roast potatoes
Roast parsnips
Sprouts & chestnuts
Cauliflower cheese
Red cabbage
Carrots
Gravy x 2 (veggie and chicken/turkey)
Pigs in blankets and ‘no pigs in blankets’
Stuffing balls

Raspberry trifle
Xmas pudding, rum butter, cream
Chocolate roulade

Cheeseboard

Probably room for a cup of tea, mince pie or slice of Xmas cake at some point.

If anyone wants supper they can assemble their own leftovers sandwich, crisps, celery sticks, pickled onions; second helpings of pudding; another trip around the cheeseboard.

We have croissants for breakfast.
Lunch is smoked salmon starter with capers and pickled red onion on bagel crisps.
then surf and turf which is eye fillet topped with sautéed prawns and hollandaise with roast potatoes and watermelon feta salad.
pavlova with cream and tropical fruits for dessert.
can you tell it’s an Australian Christmas?

I don’t do a starter.

Lamb leg and a three bird roast from M&S. Roast potatoes in goose fat, mashed potatoes, roasted parsnips, carrots, broccoli, beans, cauliflower cheese, stuffing, Yorkshire puddings, pigs in blankets, cranberry/mint sauces, gravy.

Pudding will be a choice of Christmas pudding (shop bought miniature ones as not many like them) or cheesecake, with custard, cream or ice cream.

We have ‘something in cheese’ (cauliflower/ leeks / broccoli or a mix of the aforementioned every Sunday roast- you’re missing out)

I got caught out like that last year!

DP said “oh don’t bother with a sit down meal for just us 2, just chuck a load of nibbles on the table and it’ll be much easier”.
The time it took faffing around with “just a crown and some ham to pick at” and heated all the nibbles, boiled bloody eggs, opened pickles and laid out the entire contents of sodding Tesco M+S & Morrisons
I wish I had cooked the usual meal!!
Ive been quite clear this year, we are having a dinner, and if he wants to “pick at bits” he can sort it out himself! I enjoy doing the Christmas dinner, I find it easy and much prefer it to all the faff with picking.. That is more a Boxing Day thing

A fry up for breakfast and then my body weight in chocolate throughout the day. Xmas. We have prawns and mozzarella sticks,spring rolls etc for a starter or lunch. Dinner will be a leg of Lamb this year with roast potatoes,carrots, parsnips,brussel sprouts,gravy and Yorkshire pudding. Dessert is usually a yule log and profiteroles. The kids and dh like all manners of cheeses and crackers whilst I will have a double dose of dessert.

Rump roast with YPs
Gravy.
Leftover turkey stuffing that I made at Thanksgiving and froze.
Roast potatoes.
Sweet potatoes mashed with butter and molasses.
Roast parsnips and carrots.
Green beans.
Sprouts with balsamic reduction.

I wouldn't do YPs with turkey.

Desserts -
Pecan pie
Pumpkin pie
Tiramisu
Buche de Noel

Brunch will be cinnamon rolls, rushers, sausages, scrambled eggs, fruit salad.

We eat dinner between 6 and 7pm.

Starter- Prawn cocktail
Main- turkey topped with bacon, pigs in blankets, sausage meat stuffing, roast potatoes, roast parsnips, carrots, broccoli, sprouts, gravy
Dessert- Christmas pud or chocolate pud
No way Id have space in the oven to fit in Yorkshires.

Xmas at home just the 5 of us this year. We want to make it as stress free as possible. So Me dh and dd13 will have the turkey roast potatoes and yorkshire puddings with gravy ( frozen so just bung in oven/air fryer) Both boys have asked for the pizza i make which they will get. Pudding will be ice cream or a cheesecake. Me and dh want to spend Xmas playing with our children and laying about in our pjs. Not cooking for hours.

homemade sloe gin to get things started

Sutton Hoo chicken for me stuffed inside with fresh thyme and a lemon, plus giblet gravy. I’ve had goose in previous years, but this year I’m just having a chicken over a few days
Vegan Wellington for him
https://www.lazycatkitchen.com/vegan-wellington/
sage and onion stuffing (homemade, vegan)
roast potatoes with rosemary and garlic
brussels
parsnips
broccoli
apple and blackberry crumble with an oat and hazelnut topping made from fruits we foraged together earlier in the year

later on:
cheeses for me from Borough market
dates for him
nuts

drinking:
bottle conditioned beer
turners cider

We are doing our main meal on xmas eve -
Porchetta
Roast potatoes
Yorkshire puds
Honey roast carrots and parsnips
Brussels
Cauliflower cheese
Pigs in blankets
Stuffing
Gravy
😋

Sorry @Eggybreadwithnuts I've only just seen this.
My in-laws buys all the meat for Christmas, they still live in a village that has a traditional butchers they've used for years.
I think Costco sells beef rib joints but I haven't been recently so not sure if still do.
Waitrose and Sainsbury's sell rib of beef joints without bones, that might be tour preference.
Weigh your joint and I aways use delia online for timings.
I make a mix of freshly ground black pepper with salt and dry Mustard powder to coat the meat all over.
If don't have mustard powder, use whatever mustard you have in.
Roast on a rack sat over some onions, carrots, celery with water and a stock cube thrown in.
This goes onto make the best gravy!
Good luck, I'm hungry just writing all this down!

@patooties We always have Cauliflower cheese with the roast ham on Christmas eve.

@AquaShark I love porchetta! Might attempt that for NY day. Thanks for the inspiration.

@FlatErica intrigued to knowwhat Sutton Hoo chicken is!

Normally turkey but as I arrive home late on 22nd, it will depend what’s in the shops.

Definitely roast potatoes, Brussels sprouts, roasted carrots/parsnips. Gravy. Stuffing if turkey, chicken or lamb. No yorkshires. Possibly an other veg.

Starter is usually a pack of M&S party nibbles eaten while turkey cooks and we open presents in late afternoon.

Cheese course follows main (a good while later).

Dessert (if we have room) is usually plum pudding. Sometimes with ice cream or something chocolatey.

This is fun to read!

Breakfast is always a huge fruit salad, Greek yoghurt, red berries and brioche.

Main meal:
No starters

Beef
Mushrooms in red wine
cauli cheese
roast potatoes
honey roast parsnips and carrots
broccoli
peas
pigs in blankets
vegan pigs in blankets
yorkshire puddings
gravy

Haven't given the puddings a lot of thought yet really. We're with my relatives this year, who are main course (and cheese!) people. In laws are all about the puddings so I do need to think about it as kids are used to great quality and variety!

No Yorkshire puddings on Christmas dinner for me. But each to their own; I have no strong feelings about other people’s dinner choices.

It’s just me, my mum and my DP this year.

I think I’m going to put out a homemade salmon pâté and posh crackers on the coffee table in the living room as a sort of appetiser, rather than a sit-down ormal starter.

Then dinner will be:

Turkey crown with pork and chestnut stuffing for me and DP
A cheese and mushroom en croute thing for my mum, as she’s vegetarian
Vegetarian stuffing balls
Roast spuds
Parsnips roasted with herbs
Buttered carrots
Sprouts caramelised with honey and balsamic vinegar
Pigs in blankets
Homemade gravy
Cranberry sauce

Haven’t decided on dessert but I’ll probably make some kind of trifle and my mum will bring a lovely mincemeat frangipane tart type thing that she makes every year.

Champagne
Smoked salmon
Lots of cheese
Whatever interesting looking buffet/party food they have in M&S
More champagne
Probably some of those nice little cocktail sausages
A warmed mince pie with Wensleydale cheese
Random stuff from the fridge
Extra cheese
Wine when the champagne runs out.

Absolutely no turkey, roast veg etc.... yuck!