Starter ideas for Christmas Day Dinner??

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Any starter suggestions for Christmas day dinner?? Preferably something light and not too rich. Thank you!

We are having Oysters!

pate (bought) is an easy one - with a bit of toast, butter and side salad

Yes like the sound of pate actually!

This is lovely, light, tasty and easy to do!

Or alternatively DH wants us to do Bloody Mary shots with Avocado toasts

Blinis, topped with a dab of cream cheese, some smoked salmon, a grind of black pepper and a small piece of chive. Ideally served with a glass of champagne :) This is very light and is popular with most people, though probably more of a canape than a proper starter.

or maybe just have the champagne..!

Smoked salmon and home made brown bread is what we are having. At least I know the dc will eat it without turning their noses up at it!

Yes, just champagne could also work

I'd rather just have a lindt teddy bear to be honestinstead of a starter and save myself for the ender - my Heston Christmas pud|!

Peperonata. Easy.

I bought some frozen lobster (in a tube shaped like that dog food stuff) from Lidle ages ago but now I'm wondering how on earth to serve it! Just on a bed of salad with a dressing of some sort? Any suggestions?

a simple lemon and butter dressing, maybe YNK? Maybe lighten it with olive oil.

I'm doing good old fashioned prawn cocktail

Nothing! I just prefer to get straight to the huge pile of Xmas veggies, turkey and accompaniments that NOONE ever finishes anyway. Can't bear waste. We can muck around with nice nibbles at supper time....Though personally I favour celery and blue cheese soup, celery v in season just now so you can get the lovely Fenland stuff that looks real.

I like to do beetroot soup, very easy if you buy vacuum packed beetroot.
Fry onion, add chopped beetroot & stock, blend.

Top with swirl of cream.

Lovely festive colour too

prawn cocktail for us too.

We are having a butternut squash and sweet potato soup with ginger. It's an annabel karmel - made it previously for ds and we all liked it so am doing that.

We are having celeriac soup with lashings of butter and salt.

We're having prawns smoked salmon melon and avocado have it every year love it!

peri peri prawns with chilli dipping sauce
smoked salmon with winter slaw
gravaldax with dill sauce

all with rocket and watercress, toasted rye bread and lovely salty butter

baked scallops in white wine with breadcrumb topping here.

I'm doing smoked salmon fishcakes, prawn skewers with sweet chilli and marie rose dipping sauces, and brie and caramelised red onion tartlets.

DP and I are cooking the family dinner as our Christmas pressie to my Mum so I only have starter and pud to worry about

jojo those scallops sound good- any chance of the recipe?

Smoked salmon, prawns, cream cheese & blinis. Minimal effort needed!