what you doing for christmas dinner, if its not turkey?

[welovetopsyandtim]

Apologies if this had already been done.
We arent keen on turkey in this house. Its my third year of doing christmas dinner myself (rather than going to my parents house) i am not the best chef in the world! First year we did pork and apple sauce. Second year we did beef and yorkshire puddings. Both went pretty well. So feeling a bit more brave this year!!
Looking for inspiration. Lamb?, goose? Maybe even a seafood recipe. Does anyone have any recipes they could share?

christmasfood.marksandspencer.com/listing/mains/fish/

Have a look at these ready to cook fish dishes from m&s

DH and I are vegetarian so we have a Quorn roast with all the accompaniments. DS and DD will have chicken- a whole one is too much, so they have a chicken breast each, with skin, roasted. I buy the free range ones and though they are eyewateringly ££ it's worth it.

i'm a fan of tradition so I wouldn't want anything too new and fangled
How many are you cooking for .Goose doesn't yield alot.

Goose! So much tastier than Turkey. It's not cheap but makes a lovely special treat and you won't be trying to come up with endless ideas for the leftovers.

Beef rib (ordered a two rib joint). Mmmmm looking forward to it already

We have guinea fowl. But with all the turkey trimmings.

I'm doing a ham (Nigella's ginger glazed one) for me, dad and ds as neither me or dad are keen on turkey. Also plan on boiling it the day before and only having to do the glaze on Christmas Day, so less fuss. Will have all the usual trimmings with it though.

Nut Wellington with all the traditional Christmas trimmings.

We are having venison and grouse. We have never had venison before (I ate it for the first time at the weekend), so the grouse is something a little different to a chicken alternative but we all like it. We do have all the usual accompaniments including yorkshires whatever meat, game or poultry we have.

Rib of Beef and a ham.

Doing Nigella ginger ( virgin).

Never had turkey.

Usually have Goose or Duck.

Leg or shoulder of lamb with garlic and rosemary and all the trimmings can't wait!

Chinese takeaway.

Do not do stress.

We're having beef and duck. Always tie meats for some reason which is lost in time

Two meats.
Doh!

Venison and lamb here, though DS is adamant that we MUST have turkey so may buy a small crown or even breast. I want to do a ham as well but I think we may be eating cold meat until New Year at this rate

Lamb (from one of FIL's sheep), slow roasted with honey, garlic and rosemary with all the trimmings - yum!

We have a mix of turkey lovers and tolerators so we alternate between beef and turkey every year.

Beef Wellington this year. But we had poussin last year and venison the year before that

doing the 3 bird roast from Alldi....always waste too much meat normally, so going cheap and cheerful!

Venison for Christmas Day and guinea fowl for a second extended family day. Last year it was beef Wellington.

Cheese and Biscuits and loads of port! Who will even know we haven't had a turkey after that. First year of no Christmas dinner so not sure how it will go. Kids are all grown up now and one of them isn't even bothering to come home, so thought now it is time for a change.

Oh my goodness. What a lot of delicious ideas. I havent a clue which to do they all sound so yummy!

Nut Roas
Carrots with maple syrup & pecans
Peas with leeks in butter
Roast potatoes
Yorkshire puds (yes, I know not Christmassy, but we love them).

Sorry, that should be 'Nut Roast'.

Probably duck. We had beef Wellington the yr before. And duck the two years before that.

lamb