To ask - If you could only have THREE veg on your Christmas dinner?

[goldenoldie1]

Top three options if that was the limit for Xmas dinner?

Mine is probably parsnips, nice carrots and broccoli.

I know I'm going to change my mind when I see other responses.

"Potatoes ARE a vegetable.
Why does anyone need / want different 3 vegetables just because it's Christmas Dinner?????????
Potatoes = yes
Brussel sprouts with or without whatever you want = yes
Third veg = no need!"

I liked three veg at a normal meal. If I really had to select just three for Christmas dinner I'd feel really hard done by.

Roast potatoes
Roast parsnips
Sprouts

Ooh this is difficult, I am a huge fan of the many veg sides, I'd probably keep
Sprouts
Swede
Parsnip

Sprouts, parsnips, broccoli

hmmm
Given that potatoes are not being counted and are already included I would choose:

Marrowfat peas
Roast carrots
Roast parsnips

Roast potatoes
Sprouts ( with chestnuts)
Roast parsnips

Just wondering if the people having roast onions are having Turkey. I love roast onions but would have them with lamb not Turkey

Roast onions are soooo yummy. They are part of my roast, though, tucked into the tray around the bird/joint. So they don’t count as a separate veg side.

And stuffing, gravy and cranberry sauce 😁

If we're talking ideal Christmas dinner that would do me!

In reality I'll have some veg with my Christmas dinner but I'm not keen on the type of veg that goes with a roast dinner. Unless there are Leeks, I love leeks.

Argh quote fail again!

That was to brassmonkeybrassband

Roast potatoes. Carrots. Green beans

Ah not including potatoes. Carrots, green beans, parsnips.

Honey roasted carrots & parsnips
Sprouts

Maple Roast parsnips, spiced red cabbage and green beans 😋

Just honey roast carrots for me please. Somebody else can take my two spare spots.

Aside from potatoes I WILL only be having 3 veg with my Christmas dinner as that's all I've got and I'm not going shopping again.
Cauliflower
Carrots
Parsnips

I will be having roast potatoes, sprouts, honeyed carrots and parsnips.

If I can only have three, I will drop the carrots.

Why are people not including potatoes in the count?

@Aprilx

I will be having roast potatoes, sprouts, honeyed carrots and parsnips.

If I can only have three, I will drop the carrots.

Why are people not including potatoes in the count?

If I can't count them in my 5 a day, I'm not counting them in my Christmas dinner either....

Parsnips
Brussels
Carrots

@Aprilx

I will be having roast potatoes, sprouts, honeyed carrots and parsnips.

If I can only have three, I will drop the carrots.

Why are people not including potatoes in the count?

Potatoes are their own food group

I only ever have 3. Carrots, parsnips, sprouts. And the sprouts are only because dh likes them.

Sprouts, cabbage and carrots

We have the above plus cauliflower, peas and broccoli.

Cheesy leeks, peas and carrots.

(we're having sprouts too but I dont like them).

I'm old, but I bet no-one of my generation had cauliflower cheese as part of Christmas lunch when young. When did this start?? Really genuine question. Personally, I can only think of how cheese sauce would be claggy around other meat/veg, but each absolutely to their own, of course. I am honestly NOT being judgemental. I'd really like to know. I must have lived through this change, but I can't remember it happening.

Similarly, when did the idea begin that veg had to be sweet: caramelised carrots, maple syrup coated this and that veg???? I don't have a sweet tooth and both sound really nasty to me.

I like - and was brought up to like - plain carrots perhaps with a bit of butter and parsley and black pepper. And parsnips - perhaps crisped in a roasting tin with onions but certainly not sweetened - they are sweet enough, surely, already?

I am HONESTLY not being judgemental. As I have said, each to their own, and I really, genuinely hope that you all really enjoy your own Christmas festivities and send you all the very best greetings.

But I am really just fascinated as to how the current "full" current Christmas dinner began. (When I was not looking, apparently, which makes me feel even older ....) Even pigs in blankets are not traditional in the UK, but - according to Google, American and based on eatsern European. The name did not exist before 1957.

@scottishnames I'm the same, we've never had cauliflower cheese or sweetened veg with our roast dinners (Christmas or otherwise) and I can't see the appeal at all, especially the honey glaze, I like my Christmas dinner veg simple and savoury.