Christmas Dinner - what's on your plate?

[Hetyanni]

For us:
Turkey, pigs in blankets, sage & onion stuffing, roast potatoes, honey roast carrots and parsnips, brussel sprouts, steamed broccoli, peas or green beans, gravy, cranberry sauce, bread sauce.

[quote KatherineJaneway]@NadiaVulvokov

kilties, skirlie

What are they?[/quote]
Kilties are like pigs in blankets and skirlie is oatmeal fried with onions in dripping.

Roast pork, roast potatoes, at least 3 veg, gravy, cranberry sauce, apple sauce.

I absolutely love making Christmas dinner. I usually cook it all on Christmas Eve morning and then we just plate up for dinner each day as wanted so we have a full dinner for several days running. I do it all in take away size foil trays (don't shoot me) and so certain elements are cooked fresh each day but are prepared in the freezer, it's just to transfer to the oven.
Boxing Day is always a Moist maker sandwich a la Friends.

Turkey - cooked in cider
Ham - slow cooked in cider and finished off in the oven
Gravy - made from the pre mentioned cider and port

Pigs in blankets
Stuffing - breadcrumbs, sausage meat, brambly apples and a jar of whole cranberry sauce and some apricots

Chanteney carrots in orange and roasted in honey
Honey roasted parsnips
Sprouts with bacon and chestnuts - roasted
Cauliflower cheese

Childhood traditions
Mine:
Tin of processed peas - fried in butter
Fried egg 🥚

My partners:
Onion rings

Roast potatoes
Mash with cheese
Carrot and swede mash

Yorkshire puddings
Cranberry sauce

So for some parts of it, there is only enough in the trays for 1 ladel full (small tray) as need to leave room for everything else.

Turkey
Pigs in blankets
Sausage meat stuffing
Sage and onion bread stuffing
Roast potatoes
Honey glazed carrots
Braised red cabbage
Buttery Savoy cabbage
Shredded Brussels with panchetta
Gravy

Turkey, pigs in blankets, sausage & leek stuffing, Italian stuffing, gingerbread stuffing, roast potatoes, mashed potatoes, carrots, peas, parmesan parsnips, sprout gratin, red cabbage, cauliflower cheese, Yorkshire pudding, gravy, cranberry sauce.

@ApplesAreTheBaneOfMyLife

Ours seems quite lame and not at all Christmassy.

Rib of beef
Yorkshire puddings
Roast potatoes
Broccoli
Carrots
Parsnips
Gravy

Trifle for pudding

It sounds fabulous!

Turkey crown
Pigs in blankets
Roast potatoes
Roast parsnips
Stuffing
Carrots
Peas
Cauliflower/broccoli
Cranberry sauce
Gravy

Don’t generally have starter (same as the rest of the year) and normally nit enough room for dessert so, for supper, we’ll have cheesecake, meringue roulade, trifle, cheese & biscuits all available.

Normally it's

Turkey and PIBs for meat eaters
Nut roast or similar for me
Roast pots
Mashed pots
Parsnips
Brussels sprouts
Carrots
Peas
Two kinds of stuffing
Cranberry sauce
Turkey and veggie gravy

We don't have a starter.

This year however , we are going out for Christmas lunch and it appears we eat canapés, starter and sorbet before we even get to our Christmas lunch . I'm considering going for a non-traditional lunch choice (fish) as I am not sure I can eat a full Christmas meal when I've already eaten 3 types of starter . That's the definition of a first world problem I think !

Turkey
Sausage rounds wrapped in bacon
Roast potatoes
Sprouts
Delia's Parmesan parsnips
Carrot batons
Mashed swede
Delia's red cabbage
Homemade stuffing balls
Homemade bread sauce
Homemade cranberry sauce
Gravy

Pasta

Beef/lamb/chicken and pork (used for Boxing Day too)

Carrots
Cauliflower with cheese sauce
Leeks and cheese
Peas
Broccoli
Mashed Swede
Mash potato
Roast potato's in goose fat
Parsnips
Pigs in blankets
Yorkshire puddings

Last year I had spicy parsnip soup for starter, pasta for main course and a chocolate mousse for dessert

Turkey
Stuffing
Pigs in blankets
Roast potatoes
Sprouts
Parsnips
Swede & carrot mash
Red cabbage (sometimes)
Gravy
Cranberry sauce

DH cooks it all 😀

Turkey
Chipolata sausages (no blankets)
Sausage meat and sage & onion stuffing
Sprouts
Baby carrots
Peas
Honey roast parnips
Mashed potato
Roast potato

Homemade cranberry sauce and gravy on the side

Mushrooms stuffed with goats cheese and sage & onion stuffing with a vegetarian gravy for veggie DH

Plus starters and deserts.

@youvegottenminuteslynn

I'm a non Christmassy person and last year had THE best Christmas ever because I had a delicious spaghetti bolognese using my favourite recipe. I know, I know - sacrilege on here but after years of battling PTSD for various reasons during Christmas time my counsellor suggested a me day and I bloody loved it! Favourite films and shows, favourite music, favourite meal, longest bath ever and no triggers. GLORIOUS it was!

that sounds fabulous!

If Christmas was just an oven tray of sausage rolls I would be happy as a pig in a blanket . Ready rolled all butter puff pastry and some sausages from the butchers laid end to end and flip over the pastry. 40mins oven.

Ping! Christmas dinner is served. It's heaven.

Turkey
Potatoes dauphinoise
Roast potatoes
Cauliflower cheese
Honey roast parsnips
Steamed peas/carrots/broccoli
Sage & Onion stuffing
Loads of gravy
Sometimes mashed potatoes as well

Turkey
Pigs in Blankets
Naked Pigs
Sage and Onion Stuffing
Chestnut Stuffing
Roast Potatoes
Sprouts
Peas
Braised Red cabbage
Roasted Carrots and Parsnips
Cranberry Sauce
Gravy

Then
Christmas Pud with Brandy Butter and Rum Sauce
Yule Log
Trifle

Can't wait

Turkey crown with stuffing
Sprouts
French beans
Carrots
Parsnips
Roast potatoes
Sweet potatoes
Cranberry sauce
Bread sauce
Pigs in blankets
I may have ordered red cabbage
For dessert Christmas cake and something lighter haven't decided.
Decided against a starter this year.

Roast potatoes, goose, Yorkshires, red cabbage, sprouts with chestnuts and pancetta, roast carrots and parsnip, pigs in blankets, stuffing, gravy, cranberry sauce. Thinking of doing devils on horseback too this year.

We have it in Xmas Eve though, and have picky bits Xmas Day.

Turkey
Pork, sage and onion stuffing balls
Pigs in blankets
Roast potatoes
Parsnips
Carrots
Broccoli
Cauliflower cheese
Gravy
Cranberry sauce

Yule log and vanilla cream
Trifle

Start on the Christmas cake in the evening.

Turkey crown - with the best will in the world, no one in my family likes turkey enough to give over 3/4 of the oven for a whole bird, or to be eating it in curry for weeks afterwards. If only a few meat eaters, possibly spatchcocked chicken or quails instead.

Vegetarian Wellington/nut roast - whatever recipe I fancy experimenting with each year

Gammon joint slow cooked with cider & cloves - leftovers end up as Boxing Day buffet

PIBs/vegetarian sausages

Roast potatoes with rosemary & garlic salt

Roast parsnips glazed with honey

Carrots & sprouts - usually just steamed (in different layers) as no one except me really likes them faffed with. Frozen peas &/or fresh broccoli also steamed for the sad sprout refusers.

Red cabbage, slow cooked with apple, port & onions.

Stuffing

Gravy - a vegan version & another jug with the turkey juices added

Cranberry sauce

(No cauliflower cheese as we usually serve that as a meal in itself quite regularly & it really doesn't go with gravy. Also no yorkies unless I'm serving beef/lamb/venison as the meat - I'm quite trad in that respect).

[quote NadiaVulvokov]@KatherineJaneway

Hello Red

Kilties are chipolatas wrapped in bacon, skirlie is pinhead oatmeal stuffing.

Love, Nicky[/quote]
Thanks

Goose, loads of pigs in blankets, our butchers sausage meat and cranberry stuffing, roast and mashed potatoes (daughter makes heavenly roast spuds), roast parsnips, broccoli and cauliflower cheese, peas, Brussels, carrots. Onion gravy.

Generally no room for pudding, but have Christmas tea of gammon sandwiches, smoked salmon sandwiches, sausage rolls, cheese board and Christmas cake....

Turkey
Ginger ham
Some sort of vegan pie
Roast potatoes
Mash
Pigs in blankets and vegan version.
Sprouts (stir fried)
Carrots and parsnips (roasted)
Sage and onion stuffing
Home made cranberry and port sauce.
Jar of kimchi

I accept this makes me sound like a right wanker, but, if I can’t boast anonymously on mumsnet, where can I..?!
We are having sprouts, potatoes, carrots, parsnips, red cabbage and roasted onion gravy all from the garden (my first year of growing veg!) and I’ve been foraging massive wanker bit nuts all September and October for a home made nut roast - hazelnuts, walnuts and sweet chestnuts.

I’m not making my own wine… maybe next year