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Stove top Christmas Day ideas and fast please!

58 replies

Thepineapplemystery · 23/12/2021 16:34

So, short story, DD (2) awaiting PCR results. We've 12 hours before we need to leave for my mum's for xmas (or call it off). We've no kitchen. I have a 2 ring camping stove and a microwave. No room for anything else. Suggestions please for christmassy/ special feeling meals I can do?

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TheCanyon · 23/12/2021 16:40

Sliced roast beef in gravy?

DisforDarkChocolate · 23/12/2021 16:41

It really all depends what you have in the house to cook with.

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Thepineapplemystery · 23/12/2021 16:43

@DisforDarkChocolate

It really all depends what you have in the house to cook with.
Got to go buy stuff tomorrow. Currently fridge is full of Christmas stuff we can't use and will go to my mum's in the morning.
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girlmom21 · 23/12/2021 16:44

Can she cook you a dinner and drop it off?
Perhaps not if you need to leave in 12 hours...

If not are any local cafes etc doing deliveries on Christmas Day? Some are by us.

Mackmama · 23/12/2021 16:47

Fry up maybe? I know it’s not that exciting but we only have it about once a year so the kids think it is.

Hobbesmanc · 23/12/2021 16:48

Get a rotisserie chicken- carve and keep warm in gravy. Pan fry premade stuffing and pigs in blankets. Par boil some potatoes tomorrow then saute them nice and crispy. Buy posh veg that can be miked. Spouts, mashed carrots etc.

Pud can also be microwaved.

Sorry - hope it works out for you

AnathemaPulsifer · 23/12/2021 16:49

Pork saltimbocca www.deliaonline.com/recipes/collections/delias-summer-collection/pork-saltimbocca

BOBBY232 · 23/12/2021 16:51

Salmon, cold cuts, potato salad, coleslaw
Fry a few scallops with bacon for a starter.
Buy a trifle for desert. Eat nice cheese and biscuits.

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Thepineapplemystery · 23/12/2021 16:52

@girlmom21

Can she cook you a dinner and drop it off? Perhaps not if you need to leave in 12 hours...

If not are any local cafes etc doing deliveries on Christmas Day? Some are by us.

Unfortunately not. It'd be a 5 hour round trip minimum for her!

All local places delivering had last orders earlier this week, I've already tried a few!

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ivykaty44 · 23/12/2021 16:53

id make coq au vin in a borrowed slow cooker?

mash potato to go with it

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Thepineapplemystery · 23/12/2021 16:54

@ivykaty44

id make coq au vin in a borrowed slow cooker?

mash potato to go with it

Unfortunately don't have anyone near by to borrow anything off.
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Belledan1 · 23/12/2021 16:55

Frozen mash could be a fall back with cooked meat and boil the veg on the stove.

girlmom21 · 23/12/2021 16:55

Boiled gammon?

FangsForTheMemory · 23/12/2021 16:55

Fillet steak. Dead easy to do and you can microwave whole potatoes and mash them (if you've got a potato ricer even easier). Frozen peas/beans and a packet of peppercorn sauce.

PineappleWilson · 23/12/2021 16:56

What will the 2 year old eat? I'd focus on food she'll have, for this year, so maybe pasta etc. Not great but if you have a toddler, a camping stove is a fire risk if it gets knocked etc.

You can always get a ready meal chicken roast dinner for the microwave if you must, or you may find that a friend / neighbour will plate one for you.

Original poster
Thepineapplemystery · 23/12/2021 16:56

@girlmom21

Boiled gammon?
How long does that take? We've only a small bottle of gas, not sure if the gas place is open tomorrow or not.
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babouchette · 23/12/2021 16:56

I'd probably do meatballs with cranberry sauce, gravy, peas and mashed potato (ikea style! Grin)

Then trifle or microwave Christmas pudding, and lots of cheese.

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RuggerHug · 23/12/2021 16:57

I'm going to go against sensible suggestions here. Brie and cranberry toasties/grilled sandwiches. With other bits of course but it's devine(and I may be slightly obsessed this Christmas with them..)

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Thepineapplemystery · 23/12/2021 16:58

@PineappleWilson

What will the 2 year old eat? I'd focus on food she'll have, for this year, so maybe pasta etc. Not great but if you have a toddler, a camping stove is a fire risk if it gets knocked etc.

You can always get a ready meal chicken roast dinner for the microwave if you must, or you may find that a friend / neighbour will plate one for you.

We've been cooking on it for 4 months already so I'm used to it. Toddler eats pretty much everything as does the 5yo.

Some great ideas people thank you.

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Twinstudy · 23/12/2021 16:58

Could you afford to buy a cheap slow cooker? You can get them for around £15 and it would give you some more options!

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Thepineapplemystery · 23/12/2021 17:00

@Twinstudy

Could you afford to buy a cheap slow cooker? You can get them for around £15 and it would give you some more options!
We can afford it but I don't know if the local supermarkets sell them and it'd have to go on the floor which I'm not keen on.

I know people live like this all the time, it was just so unexpected at Christmas. Extension was due for completion in September, but that's another story!

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Angrymum22 · 23/12/2021 17:00

Have you got a bbq or could you borrow one. That would give you a few options.

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Thepineapplemystery · 23/12/2021 17:02

@Angrymum22

Have you got a bbq or could you borrow one. That would give you a few options.
Ooh, we do! That's a novel idea.
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girlmom21 · 23/12/2021 17:07

Gammons like 20mins per 500g plus an extra 20 minutes but I don't know about the gas!

BBQ is a good idea.