What are you eating on Christmas Eve?

[KitKat1985]

Looking for some inspiration. We're having traditional Christmas food on Christmas day itself, (and again on Boxing day when we are visiting DH's family), but am unsure what to do for food on Christmas Eve. We're just eating at home so just me, DH and toddler DD1 to feed, so don't want to do loads. What are you having?

I plan to have a liquid lunch

Not sure about lunch but in the evening when dc are in bed me and dh will have mini homemade pasties, sausage rolls and maybe a cheese board.

Were having lasagne but there will be 7 of us rather than just your 3, but how about an easy pasta meal?

Dominos, easy and no washing up

Last year, I bought different packs of picky party food from Tesco and we ate it in front of the telly. Was great!

Takeaway.

KFC. It's a family tradition. Apparently it's a thing they do in Japan too...

KFC so there is no washing up....it's a tradition of ours!!

Duck always roast duck with Chinese pancakes and hoisin sauce

Christmas ham, chips and peas. Followed by mince pies and cream. Same as always.

Take-away or picky party food sounds good. I'm looking for something not requiring too much effort to be honest as we've recently had DD2 (currently a month old) so easy options are appealing. Whatever we have will have to washed down with a large glass of Baileys though.

Always a Chinese take away

We always roast a big joint of beef on Christmas eve. We then have it hot on freshly baked bread - either homemade or from the baker's depending on how busy I am!

Steak and home made chips! It's a Christmas tradition and I look forward to it more than Christmas dinner.

Salmon, new potatoes and salad followed by homemade trifle or tiramisu.

Baked Camembert with French bread

Game pie, mash and green beans

Amaretto syllabub

We always go to pizza express on Xmas eve using Tesco vouchers that I save.

Fish and chips from the chip shop

It's DH's birthday so we'll have salmon en croute followed by a big birthday cake

Rudolf baked potatoes. Baked potatoes hollowed out and mixed with butternut squash then put back in the cases with cheese melted on top. Cherry tomato nose, twiglet antlers and peppercorn eyes.

We have them every year, keeps the children happy!

We always have a white fish with a parmesan crust from a Delia book, and rice pudding. Fish is traditional in a lot of cultures, and we love rice pudding plus it's traditional in Scandinavia where we have connections.
We've been married 12 years and have had it every year except the one we were in Mexico. DH acted all puzzled when I told him (but he does make Christmas dinner, he does a good roast, and I'm sure he'd tell you we ALWAYS have XYZ)

Lasagne here. Already made and in the freezer. It's a proper full on cooked for hours Raghu and proper bechamel one so I can't wait.

Always have pork pie, pickled onions, cheese and crackers etc. And fizz!

We also always have steak and chia easy and nothing hangs around when you want a clear kitchen xx

Steak and chips I mean!