What do you eat on boxing day, its our first year flying solo (as a unit)

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So I have DH, a 3yo and almost 1yo. Every year we have done christmas dinner ourselves, then gone to mums for boxing day where she'd do a full on salad with cold meat leftovers (plus extra like posh beef and ham). I like it, it's a great day, but not possible this year as my parents are vulnerable. I just cannot replicate the salad at home as for starters my kids will only eat the cucumber the bread rolls and the leftover stuffing... Secondly I just cannot justify filling my fridge with lettuce! It's just not big enough to fit all of Christmas Dinner bits and all of the salad bits in.

So what do you have, so I can poach a new tradition?

Cold turkey and ham, bubble and squeak and tomato chutney.

This is a helpful thread. I had planned to do roast beef, now I’m not so sure. I’ll be cooking so I may leave the beef for New Year and do a big salad with cheese, cold meat and home made chips.

We always have leftover christmas dinner for lunch, but not everyone will want a another full on roast dinner though so there's the option of leftover meat with egg and chips. And for dinner its a picky tea, cold meats, cheese board, bread, chutneys, chocolates etc.

Leftover Christmas dinner. Although I do like the sound of rebranding

Leftover Christmas dinner. Although I do like the idea of rebranding “Turkey Scrap” Day to “Go Forth and Forage” day 😁

Cheese and crackers

Normally we have cheese and biscuits and leftover ham for lunch and bubble and squeak for tea.
This year it’s just the 3 of us on Christmas Day and DS has requested pizza so no bubble and squeak. I might do DH and I steak on Boxing Day.

We have a roast beef dinner. I make just enough on Christmas Day so there are never piles of leftovers to eat Boxing Day.

When it's just us we have turkey, ham and leek pie with any leftover sides from Christmas dinner. I make the pastry the week before and freeze it.

This year there'll be 12 of us so the leftovers won't stretch that far and I'm not sure what to do. Two of my guests don't eat cold meat either which makes things awkward.

We always have cold turkey and cold ham with jacket potato’s, bubble and squeak, red cabbage and pickles. I’m starving now

Meat. Bubble and squeak. Pickles. Crusty bread and picky bits. X

this year we are having sausage rolls, left over pigs in blankets and nice bread. there will be a plate of chopped up veg on the table and I will do one nice salad for me and DH. Other else Christmas Dinner toasted sandwiches (turkey ham stuffing cranberry sauce strong cheddar - yum!)

In the evening we have a re-run of Christmas dinner with left overs. I always make too much!

Party food on Boxing Day!

Day after Boxing Day (and the day after that and the day after that...) is bubble and squeak and leftover meat and party food.

Were having leftover lamb from Christmas day, roast pots and cauliflower cheese, maybe a bit of green veg, for boxing Day tea we have a buffet

I don't think I've ever had bubble and squeak I feel like I'm missing out !

@Mrsjayy

I don't think I've ever had bubble and squeak I feel like I'm missing out !

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Mmmmm bubble & squeak 😋😋

I have recently rediscovered bubble and squeak. I slice and fry onions until they start to go golden, then add the roast potatoes, roast parsnips and sprouts, all chopped small. If I’ve got left over stuffing or yorkshires I chop and add them - then fry it all until there are lots of darkly crispy bits. It is delicious, if I do say so myself.

Dh volunteered to make it once, and once all the veg was frying, he added stock - so no crispy bits, just a sad, wet mess.

I'm going to be looking into bubble and squeak that is sounds right up my street not wet though that sounds rank!

Chips, salad and cold meat etc on Boxing Day.
Bubble and squeak on the day after Boxing Day.

Bubble and squeak here. My mum always did cold turkey and stuffing with proper chips. I preferred it to Christmas dinner. I can't make chips like that, sadly. Cheese toasties for tea.
Oh, and a big home made trifle!
Love the sound of @scentedgeranium's biryani though.

Usually I’m cooking for a crowd so it would be roast beef on Boxing Day followed by bubble and squeak and cold meats the day after. Then turkey, ham and leek pie, turkey fajitas or curry, cold meat and chips for the rest of the week before a fondue and raclette on NYE. This year it’s just us so I’m considering skipping the roast beef (but I probably won’t )

We also have another Xmas dinner. I reheat the turkey in the oven and we have mashed potatoes and left over bits. Leftover pud.
I enjoy it more than Xmas dinner.

Bubble and squeak goes really well with Patak’s aubergine (brinjal) pickle bizarrely!
It’s also nice with a fried egg on top.

Dh volunteered to make it once, and once all the veg was frying, he added stock shock - so no crispy bits, just a sad, wet mess. How is the divorce going?

I’m having bubble & squeak, cold turkey, DH’s home made stuffing and pigs. DH is torn between having the same, but with chips instead of bubble, or making a turkey & gammon pie.