What do you have for Christmas Eve tea?

[sidsgranny]

That's it really! We usually go carol singing around the village so often have crusty bread sausage sandwiches beforehand. What do you have?

Chinese takeaway

We have my family over and have a buffet style tea with cheese board, crackers, mince pies, party food for the kids, baked camembert and crusty bread etc

We have a little buffet with chicken wings, ribs, sausage rolls, sandwiches, crisps, cake etc.

DH cooks a honey roast gammon joint, so we have that warm with crusty bread too.

Still havent decided this year. Probably a takeaway, though.

Normally fish, seems to have become an inadvertent tradition. Last year a lovely if fish pie, this year salmon coulibiac.

Takeaway, probably chinese.

Cullen skink with crusty bread. I have an old family recipie, it is one of my fav dishes.

I always cook our gammon on Christmas Eve so we have some of that with chippy chips, something we always did when I was younger too

Takeaway and I like drinking baileys. I sometimes cook our gammon too.

we have breaded chicken escalopes, risotto with asparagus and peas, fresh tomato and mozzarella salad.

I hate it - we come home from Panto and I spend the next hour or so grafting while everyone else relaxes. I tried to change it one year, to a nice gammon and some potato gratin - all of which could be cooked in advance. But no, they all sulked.

This year Im doing all the prep in the morning, so it should be a quicker meal to make

We have roast ham. Use a recipe from the Incredible Spice Men. It's v yummy.

we're having all the children's favourites this year - potato dauphinoise, pasta & pesto, cauliflower cheese & spaghetti hoops - with a selection of veg. Pain au chocolate pudding, icecream & chocolate pancakes on offer for pudding.

We go to the chip shop after the crib service at church. It's become a bit of a tradition. Lovely not to have to cook as I'm usually so fed up with cooking by then. We have quality street and a christmas film for pudding. And I usually drink too much sherry.

takeaway, think this year its gonna be fish and chips
last year was chinese

Cheese fondue followed by profiteroles

Salmon Wellington (bought not home made!), posh fish fingers, fish cakes, baked fish, (can you see a theme?) with baby potatoes and salad.

Might leave out the fish cakes. Not sure yet.

I go for something pretty simple given the meatfest to follow the next day. This year I think it will be salmon baked in the oven, new potatoes and some fairly plainly cooked veg or salad. Then we start on the mince pies which my daughter and I will make during the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols. I can hardly wait!

Chinese takeaway

It's the only day of the year we have it but it is now a tradition

It's ds1s birthday so we have party food followed by a slice of birthday cake.

Buffet stuff

We have all my in-laws round on Christmas Eve, so am doing slow roast pork dinner for 19. At least it will make Christmas dinner for 10 the next day seem like a walk in the park!

Cannot wait for Boxing Day's turkey, ham and stuffing sandwiches.

Cold ham joint, macaroni cheese (pimped with extra Parmesan, v mature cheddar & breadcrumb topping) and green beans. Mostly cooked in advance.

I cook our ham on Christmas Eve, so have that with egg and chips. Yum.

I think ill make a curry. Just a jar. Nice and easy. Or pop to the coop and see what they have on offer. Last Eve we went in for a loaf and came out with lots of nice stuff. Beef joint for £1.59, 8 pork loins for 99p etc. All cos they were closed 1 day. So I think ill do the same again this year and grab a bargain tea.

Buffet. All convenience foods I just have to pop in the oven or on a plate.

Vegan chicken nuggets and sausage rolls, naice quiche, cheeseboard, crackers, krisprolls, macarons, hummus, falafels, cheese bites, mince pies, Tyrrells crisps and the snowman cake DC baked earlier that day.