Christmas Eve family meal

[KimmyKimdoo]

Looking for some inspiration this year. We want a sit down meal with the kids and grandparents this year after a day of events. Nothing too fancy or time consuming and definitely no buffet.

What are you having?

Beef goulash.

Spaghetti bolognaise for lunch. Nice snacks for supper.

I’ve booked to go out 🤞🏻😬 but in previous years we did crusty bread, baked cheese, salad and a charcuterie board?

Just us and one AC so we've decided on fillet steak. I'll make my own chips and mushroom sauce and grill some tomatoes. I'll already have spent time preparing for the family the next day, so something simple but still a treat

Choice of shepherds pie or fish pie suits everyone

We always have fish pie for lunch after a swim (fingers crossed that goes ahead ) and then hot buffet bits for dinner

We're doing DIY pizzas, but in the past we've done meatball lasagne and fish pie.

We're ordering a curry. No cooking for anyone

A cheese board with quince spread and crackers, crisps and dips.

Tartiflette with green salad and crusty bread.

Soup and a few hot canapés and salad. All
shop-bought, and tasty but not too filling before Xmas day

Something cooked in the slow cooker and you just need to cook baby potatoes

So a nice beef casserole or a curry with boiled rice and a few sides

Pulled pork ?

Tons of cooking going on here on Christmas Day and Boxing Day, we're out and about all Christmas Eve so it's a Chinese takeaway for us in the evening.

Our childhood Christmas eve dinner was always Egg, Chips and Peas. In recent years we've gone out for a curry, but we're having takeaway this year.

Also having family meal xmas eve and have decided spaghetti bolognese. Cooked my bolognese already and frozen it so will just take it out the freezer the night before to heat in a pan, boil some spaghetti and couple of garlic breads in the oven

Belgium beef stew with garlic mash and roasted veg and poached pears with dark chocolate and cream plus the tiny Dutch gingerbread

We always do macaroni cheese with crayfish tails(or big prawns) lots of cheese and cream in the sauce, breadcrumbs, little tomatoes and cheese on top. A bit of green salad.

Homemade lasagna. Get a couple ready made fish pies. Chilli. Takeaway.

We will be having a buffet lunch, then a cooked dinner in the evening, which will be big juicy smoked salmon steaks, asparagus spears and potatoes, followed by home made chocolate chestnut log, iced in melted Nutella. I made that last week and froze it, so no extra work on the night.

Christmas burgers.
Bacon, Brie, cranberry sauce, red onion, lettuce, tomatoes and mayonnaise on a brioche bun and onion rings on the side.

Beef casserole done in the slow cooker

Mexican

Chilli
Refried beans
Chicken fajitas

Served with tortillas, guacamole, sour cream and rice

The chilli and refried beans can be made the day before, and I’m buying a pre made chicken and pepper mix

Full English at a cafe in the morning

Chinese takeaway.... we’ve had Chinese on Christmas Eve since I was a teen and still do now... couldn’t have it last year as our local had covid... so had to settle with a kebabs, didn’t feel right...

Veggie spaghetti Bolognaise, we have it every Friday. Everybody still wanted to have it even though it's Christmas Eve.
It's already made in the freezer, so I'll only have to cook the pasta and make a salad.