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?

We always have takeaway or a selection of party foods.

We have cold buffet type food

We have buffet food from M & S - smoked salmon, prawns, baked Camembert, sausage rolls, spring rolls etc which we put out I the table and everyone helps them self while we watch a Christmas movie. All washed down with a bottle of fizz (me & dh).

We always have fajitas and nachos. Yummmm.

I was think mezza, Greek salad, homous, pitta bread, stuffed vine leaves and falafel.

10 of us and we are doing slow roast beef with white bread baps and horse radish. This will be followed by lots of gin. Can't wait!

We always have a ham, some sort of potato, cauliflower cheese and red cabbage. Not sure about pudding yet though.

The children have asked for takeaway, pizza to be precise. Usually I do something in the slow cooker as we are out at church etc, but this year I think I'm going with their suggestions!!

Spaghetti bolognese (batch cooked)...takes minutes to prep and clear away afterwards and everybody eats it quickly and with no fuss!!! Favourite family meal......ice cream for dessert!

We're off to pub for tea, DP will have a couple of pints and I'll be on the pop.

Only meal this year we are going to have to "do" until 27th. SOOOOOO

Am going to hit the luxury side of Waitrose hard and get pate/cheese/dried meats

Eat whilst drinking and wrapping the final bits

Oooh, I like the idea of having a pudding on Christmas eve too. Maybe mince pies and cream.... Or Yule log. Or both

I have the family descending, so slow cooked gammon in coke with a buffet selection, rice, pasta and salad. As light or as heavy as they want it.

We'll have a takeaway on the Friday night (local Chinese does really really nice tofu in black bean sauce)

Christmas Eve Lunch we have fish fingers for the DC, vegetarian grills for DH and I, chips (homemade triple cooked) .
I usually make trifle but not this year, it sits judgily in the fridge.

Late night buffet - crisps, French Bread, dips, salad, Christmas Cake and mince pies.
And late night TV .

Apparently we're having our big Christmas dinner. No idea what we'll eat on the day itself then!

we have some sort of casserole or lasagne - something you can prepare in advance and bung in the oven with no problems

We always bake our Christmas gammon on Christmas Eve, so I do the red cabbage at the same time and put some jkt pots in the oven too and that's dinner for us as well. (Probably with a couple of different side options, as of course I'm attempting to poison the DC offering red cabbage )

Gluten free platter from M&S, other buffet rule things but not sure what yet, gluten free Yule log and cream.

My niece is coeliac and the gluten free platter looks good so we might as well all have some.

We always have a roast ham, egg chips and bread and butter not forgetting the Branston pickle!

Our (slightly naff) tradition is to buy shed loads of party food from M&S.

We do all our present dropping off, go to Mass, meet friends in the pub and then go home for about 8pm and gorge on tiny burgers and the like.

We always have a mixed hot and cold buffet, and we just pick at it all evening 😬 I get a couple of desserts like Black Forest gateaux and lemon roulade, lots of cream, ice cream, jelly and a trifle. Always goes down well everything is put on paper plates so no washing up afterwards

Usually a takeaway.

Big seafood buffet.

Crab, lobster, smoked salmon, prawns, bread, salad, mayonnaise.

Decided today it will be lamb. Had considered getting Chinese food, or making burgers or enchilada's, but dh said he will make lamb.

Takeaway pizza