What's on your table for Christams dinner?

[OliviaStabler]

I have booked my Christmas grocery delivery slot and need to make sure I don't forget any festive food and drink.

What will be on your shopping list?

Chicken (I hate turkey) stuffed with Clementines and lemon

Pigs in blankets

Roast potatoes

Carrots and parsnips roasted in honey (need some oil too for those and the spuds)

Brussel sprouts with bacon and garlic

Red cabbage (I've already made this and it's in the freezer) but it needs apples, bacon, fennel, balsamic vinegar

Cakeon (AKA as Nigellas gingerbread stuffing. DH makes this the day before but it's a couple of packs of Jamaica ginger cake, onions, cooking bacon and a few other bits n bobs)

Gravy (use chicken juices but need flour and a bit of a stock cube)

Foil trays! Anything to help reduce the washing up mountain

Wine for me and DH

Lemonade for DD

Xmas pud (will make on stir up Sunday)

Custard

I only tend to have Xmas dinner but always get fresh crusty bread in so DH and DD can have a leftovers butty if they want :)

Omg apologies for the lack of full stops and all one paragraph. Tapped that out on my phone and it hasn't put the new lines in 😧

We are lucky my auntie send a M and s voucher every year, so it pay for our Christmas Dinner.
Pork, pigs in blankets, stuffing, potatoes, red cabbage, grave and apple sauce. Then something nice for after, but not Christmas pudding, usually something cold.
Think we might look at something different this year, my kitchen is a shoebox and it's a struggle to get dinner out for 4 of us.

I get the following for dinner:

Turkey
Gammon
Pigs in blankets
Stuffing
Goose fat roasties
Honey roast carrots and parsnips
Sprouts with pancetta
Gravy

DH and DD1 have peas heathens

Cranberry sauce

DH has Christmas pudding and the rest of us have something like a posh ice cream dessert or a chocolate chestnut torte.

Fresh cream

Champagne
Wine
Schloer

Crackers

After dinner mints

We also buy pate and crackers, lebkuchken, panettone, pistachios, posh crisps, beer, cider and party food like sausage rolls and duck spring rolls for jazzed up lunches and snacks in front of the tv.

Three bird roast or turkey crown( DH and I are the only adults and the kids don't like meat).
Roast potatoes
Honey roast parsnips.
Carrots, sprouts, broccoli, peas.
Cauliflower cheese.
Pigs in blankets.
Stuffing.
Gravy.
Yorkshire pudding.
Cranberry sauce.
Mint sauce.

Turkey, beef, lamb, roast potatoes , roast parsnips, sprouts, cauliflower and broccoli cheese , carrots , kale, red cabbage ,Yorkshire puddings , mash swede and carrot ,cranberry sauce, mint sauce, horseradish, meat gravy, turkey gravy. Champagne , sparking elderflower , jug of orange juice with fresh orange slices. It's a lot but there is normally 20 so I found a good selection of veg and meat works well.

Oh and pigs in blanket all 80 of them

A four rib forerib of beef
Beef short ribs
Glazed ham
Pigs in blankets
Yorkshire pudding
Roast potatoes
Parmesan parsnips
Yorkshire pudding
Red cabbage
Sprouts and pancetta
Leek gratin
Carrots
Cauli cheese
Gravy

Can’t bloody wait!

Nut roast
Roast potatoes
Roast parsnips
Peas
Carrots
Cauli and broccoli cheese
Brussel sprouts
Stuffing balls
Gravy

Christmas pudding
Choc pudding
Cream
Brandy butter

I really want beef this year, not sure what sort is best as dont normally buy it, maybe topside?

Roast potatoes
Cheesy leeks
Red balsamic cabbage
Sprouts
Peas
Parsnips
Stuffing
Yorkshire pudding
Nut roast

I am reporting this thread because NO-ONE has mentioned bread sauce.

Although you should, of course, be making it yourself. So, brioche, cloves, cream.

Gammon, roast potatoes, carrots, parsnips, broccoli, sprouts, pigs in blankets and Yorkshire puddings. Plus gravy and ketchup.
Yule log for pudding.

Christmas dinner is just a normal Sunday roast with pigs in blankets and crackers really

So far this is my Christmas menu:

Turkey
Ham
Cheese platter
Quorn
Potatoes
Baked apples and custard
Bacon egg and tomato sandwiches
Pork
Christmas fruit cake with fruit salad and ice cream for dessert
Mince pies and wine
Tomato ketchup
Sausage rolls
Jam tarts or squidgy yummy Yule Log

We might also have some friends over for coffee and dinner Boxing Day.

Oh I do love bread sauce but not with beef!

I've never had bread sauce!

After many years of having Christmas dinner at my sisters where we had something different every year, I now host and we've had the same menu for the last two years.
Starter- Chicken liver pate and smoked mackerel pate
Main- Ham (Hairy bikers Mum Knows Best recipe- it's absolutely lovely), a chicken (nephews always seem to want a chicken! ), pis in blankets, stuffing, roast potatoes, braised red cabbage, carrot and swede mashed up and Yorkshires.
Pud- Yule Log and mince pies.

We eat at around 4-4.30 so that we're ready for some supper at 8-8.30 when we have left over pate, cheese and crackers and stand pie.

Nico if you put some horseradish in the bread sauce I think you'll find it's more than acceptable...

InDubios you haven't lived...

We have:

Roast Potatoes
Turkey
Another meat - either pork or beef
Stuffing
Pigs in blankets
Yorkshire Puddings
Red Cabbage
Creamed Leeks with bacon
Cauliflower Cheese
Sprouts
Carrots and Peas
Gravy

For afters:

Christmas Pudding
Yule Log
Mince Pies
Christmas Cake

Chicken
Honey roast gammon
Roast pots
Stuffing
Pigs in blankets
Sausage meat
Swede
Peas
Carrots
Honey parsnips
Broccoli
Cauliflower
Green beans
Sweet corn
Brussels with bacon
Yorkshire’s

Pudding is usually christmas pudding for my mum and DP And Christmas sponge cake for the rest of us as we don’t like Christmas pudding.

Then in the evening we usually use leftovers to make a sandwich, have pistachios and crisps and chocs whilst we play cards 😊

No starters otherwise DH pigs out and has no space for the main event

Turkey
Gravy
Bread sauce (will make it with brioche this year, thanks PP)
Stuffing with chestnuts, pork and sage
Roast potatoes
Roast parmesan parsnips
Sausages
Bacon roll ups
Brussels sprouts roasted with pancetta
Peas
Carrots
Maybe green beans with almonds and lemon
Cranberry relish

Christmas pud with brandy butter
Buche de Noel

Turkey crown with gravy.
Pigs in blankets and stuffing balls.
Roast potatoes.
Sprouts
Carrots and swede
Red cabbage
Bread sauce

Chocolate Christmas Pudding filled with salted caramel and/or
trifle.

Really hungry now! Not sure what meat we’re having yet but probably a turkey crown
Roast potatoes
Honey roast parsnips & chantenay carrots
Peas
Bread sauce
Cranberry sauce
Sprouts
Pigs in Blankets
Gravy
Maybe stuffing balls
Possibly red cabbage but the way my Mum cooks it has put us off a bit!
Christmas pud ( not a fan myself)
Maybe a lighter alternative pud but I never have room tbh
Non alcoholic drinks including elderflower presse & Appletise
Red wine for DF
Lindt chocolate teddy or similar for each person at the table
Posh cheeses
Crackers
Pate
Tub of chocolates
Stollen bites from Aldi or Lidl ( nearly forgot about those)
Posh biscuits
Maybe a Christmas cake but nobody’s that bothered
Mince pies
Clotted cream
Helmanns mayo
Bagels
Smoked salmon
Philadelphia soft cheese
Chocolate coins
Jelly Belly jelly beans
Last year we had huge fun trying to make a gingerbread house - it was condemned! Tasted great tho!

I’m so glad I found this! I have some non traditional bits for Xmas dinner and I’ve yet to make my list yet for this year as it’s just me cooking. I also have relented and now do a mix of nice prepared stuff and stuff made from scratch. So far I have:

Potatoes for roast and mash
Lots of nice butter
Goose fat
Double cream (mash and cabbage)
Turkey crown
Ham or beef joint
Pigs in blankets
Fancy prepared meat stuffing
Normal stuffing (like Paxo)
White cabbage for cream cabbage
Ready made red cabbage
Ready made cauliflower cheese
Roast parsnips
Carrots and swede mash
Brussels sprouts in butter
Ready made Yorkshire puddings
Gravy to supplement my own meat juices
Bread sauce
Cranberry sauce
Nut roast?

For pudding I like to buy some nice chocolate or caramel based puddings, salted caramel cream and some praline and cream Haagen Das. For drinks I like Rose Lemonade, Schloer and Prosecco. Also can’t forget a cheeseboard, baking Camembert and Christmas chocolates (Chocolate orange, toblerone, Turkish delight, Maltesers, Celebrations, Truffles).

For the post Christmas leftover feast I will supplement the leftover sandwiches which cold cuts, piccalilli, festive pork pies, more cheese and crisps, Stollen and croissants.

I can’t afford to spend too much at Christmas and this year the majority will be going on the food. It really makes the atmosphere for me and I’d rather do some good cooking if I have to choose between lots of presents and lots of food :)

Oh must also remember chutneys, nice bread and more Brie than is decent. Also forgot fudge, mixed nuts, shortbread, prawns (just for prawn mayo sandwiches in my house) and party food ready for NYE.

tigercub I love the idea of serving a gold chocolate Lindt bear for everyone! Really adorable

Ooh yes pork pies! When we were kids, we had porkpie & a glass of milk for breakfast on Christmas Day. Also forgot crisps & pickle ( love good is Branston but Aldi have some nice chutneys). And I like the idea of a baking Camembert with crusty bread to dup in mmmmmm