What did you have for dinner tonight?

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Just that really. Do you have a special ‘Christmas Eve meal? Takeaway? Buffet?

I’d quite like to have a Christmas Eve tradition regards food... something a little special. am liking the idea of tapas. Ham, egg and chips also sounds good!

Portobello mushroom stuffed with garlic cream cheese, and courgettes with herb butter.

Fillet steak, fries & garlic mushrooms

Cold raised game pie (made by dh) with peas and buttered new potatoes.

New Christmas tradition of Christmas ham, eggs and chips!

A cheese board, crackers and a charcuterie wreath that my family were pretty impressed with.

Salmon fishcakes with a corn on the cob.

We had a big selection of hot and cold canapés, avocado with prawn cocktail, cheese and meat platter, followed by a selection of small desserts 😍 delicious without giving me a takeaway “hangover” so I can enjoy Christmas dinner tomorrow! Plus very minimal cooking!

Moules frites and crusty baguette.
It was to die for.

We have always had a buffet on Christmas Eve from about 2pm , obviously different this year as no friends / extended family so we just scaled it down . This evening we’ve had a baked Camembert with crusty bread which was lovely .

Picky tea all bits from M&S ......FYI the chicken donuts 🤤🤤

We always have steak; sometimes with chips, or dauphinoise, but this year it was with creamy mash, carrots, green beans and peppercorn sauce.

DP made my favourite dinner - Roast duck with red onions, balsamic vinegar and honey, roast potatoes and broccoli

Then cheese, crackers and crisps.

We had Tex Mex pulled pork with flour tortillas, sour cream, home made guacamole, jalapeños and shredded lettuce. It was delicious.

Pork pies and after eights

Nothing special. Chicken kiev, potatoes and veg while watching Bridget Jones Diary.

We had pasta from Scarpetta. I’m not sure I’d recommend it. Pasta Evangelists is a lot nicer

Roast lamb. Not doing the big dinner tomorrow.

Salmon en croute with broccoli. Baked camembert with celery, little gem, cherry toms, gherkins and buttered new potatoes last night.

I like having fish on christmas eve as it's lighter before the pigfest of 25/12.

Turkey and pickles sandwiches. We’re doing the beef tomorrow.

We had bacon & egg pie with salad.

I'd like to have macaroni cheese as the traditional Christmas Eve meal, but two of my children don't like it (the weirdos), so I make whatever I feel like on the day instead.

Roast pheasant with dauphinois potatoes and broccoli. It was lovely and the first time I've cooked pheasant- I think it will become a new Christmas Eve tradition!

Our tradition Christmas Eve was a nice pub tea. Not possible this year (and have two small kids) so we collected pizzas from a lovely local restaurant and had them in front of a film. Bliss and now definitely a new tradition.

Party food - some nice stuff like mini pies and toad in the hole from M&S, cheese, pate, crackers, crisps, garlic bread, sausage rolls, some token cucumber and tomatoes.

DH and I decided to whack on the Waitrose party food we had saved for NYE 😆 we've had that along with baked Camembert and a bottle of white wine.