Christmas Dinner - what's on your plate?!

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I'm cooking this year, we're having:
Turkey
Ham
Pigs in blankets
Sausage meat stuffing
Sage and onion stuffing
Yorkshire pudding (a request from DD)
Roast potatoes,
Roast parsnips
Roast carrots
Sprouts (none of us like them but I still do them)
Bread sauce
Cranberry sauce
Gravy
(Apple sauce, mint sauce and horseradish have also been requested)

Ive got peas and broccoli but I might not bother with them.

How about you?

Mmm this thread making me hungry!

We are having:

Turkey
Apple Pork sage&onion stuffing
Homemade pigs in blankets
Honey glazed parsnips
Roast pots in duck fat
Mashed pot with fried leeks
Carrots
Mashed swede
Tenderstem brocoli
Caramelised onion gravy

Pickled onions, mint sauce, Cranberry and apple sauces.
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Then gingerbread bomb and cream/icecream

Turkey
Roast potatoes
Roast carrots
Roast parsnips
Pigs in blankets
Yorkshire puddings
Cauliflower cheese
Sprouts
Stuffing
Steamed carrots/peas (mainly for DD)
Cranberry sauce
Gravy

Trifle for pud

Chicken
Bread sauce
Yorkshire puddings
Pigs in blankets
Cheesy leeks
Roast potatoes
Stuffing
Red cabbage
Sprouts
Peas
Nut roast
Maybe some parsnips

B- scrambled egg w smoked salmon and caviar

L- Veggie lentil and red pepper thing from Lidl
Sprouts w chestnuts
Hasselback potatoes
Honey roast parsnips
Cranberry sauce

S- Christmas pudding, baileys cream
Port and Stilton

Turkey
Roasted potatoes
Cauliflower cheese
Red cabbage
Carrot and swede mash
Pigs in blankets
Cranberry/gravy
Carrots
Parsnips
Sprouts
Yorkshire pudding

Having it on Christmas Eve:
Goose
Roast potatoes
Pigs in blankets
Red cabbage
Sprouts with chestnuts and pancetta
Stuffing
Cranberry sauce

Pudding: Christmas pud and custard

@growyourown77

We're pescatarian and are having sushi, bao buns, spring rolls, tofu, miso soup, edamame, gyoza...plus apple pie and clotted cream for pudding!

That sounds absolutely delicious😋

For the meat eaters, turkey, sausagemeat stuffing, pigs in blankets and pigs without blankets for 3yo DS2. For the vegetarians, squash stuffed with quinoa and mushrooms and chestnut and cranberry stuffing balls. Then roast potatoes, mashed potatoes (don't ask!), Yorkshire puddings, roast parsnips and carrots, sprouts with bacon/chestnuts, boiled carrots, peas, braised red cabbage, cranberry sauce, bread sauce and 2 gravies (meat and vegetarian). Pudding is Christmas pudding, mince pies or chocolate cupcakes.

Starters-Smoked Salmon/Prawn Cocktail,Brown Bread
Goats Cheese Blinis with chutney( for me I do not like Fish)

Turkey
Honey Roast Ham
Cauliflower Cheese
Carrot and Swede Mash(love it)
Plain Carrots( for son)
Roasties
Yorkshire Puds
Mash
Sprouts with Bacon
Black pudding Bonbons
Gravy
Bread Sauce
Cranberry
Apple Sauce

Homemade Christmas Cake
Churros
Mince Pies
Cheesecake

Cheese and Biscuits and Mulled Wine

2 of us for Xmas dinner:

chicken
a 'posh' tarragon and white wine gravy
small numbers of carrots, beans, broccoli and baby sprouts (served as a medley, most coming out of the freezer but not the sprouts, they are fresh)
Yorkshire pudding
rosemary potatoes

tea (probably similar on Xmas Eve and Boxing Day):
quiche
pickles, chutney and more cranberry sauce
salad leaves
cured meats
various veg-based antipasti
small cheeseboard with hard, soft and blue cheeses
potato salad
coleslaw
ie a little bit of everything

Christmas cake

We have some Bucks Fizz, mulled wine and beer for throughout the day.

Only us and the teens so crempogs late morning with whatever takes our fancy from lemon, sugar, berries, Nutella, creme fraiche

Then goose with
Roast pots
Roast parsnips
Carrots
Sprouts
Yorkshires
Pigs
Stuffing
Bread sauce
Apple sauce
Gravy

Followed by chocolate log

ETA bread sauce and cranberry sauce with the dinner

Forgot Pigs in Blankets

I wouldn't normally do one of these but I am intrigued.
Turkey leg
pigs
chestnut stuffing balls
roasties
honey baked parsnips with sesame seeds
buttered carrots with star anise
cauliflower cheese
mashed swede with ground nutmeg
sprouts with bacon and chestnuts
cranberry and orange sauce
yorkshire puds
gravy

Christmas pud and brandy sauce

Now I've written it down it looks loads - I think we might need bigger plates.

Ours iscan Anglo/Italian mash up!
Tortellini as a starter (non negotiable )
Turkey
Apricot and sausage stuffing
Roast potatoes
Fennel gratin
Sprouts
Cranberry sauce
Bread sauce
Pigs in blankets
Cherry and chocolate Christmas pudding
Tiramisu

Chicken
Gammon
Pigs in blankets
Pork stuffing balls
Sage & onion Stuffing
Mashed potatoes
Roast potatoes
Roast parsnips
Broccoli
Cauliflower
Sprouts
Carrots
Carrot & swede mash
Yorkshire puddings
Gravy

And sadly no parsnips as I can't find them anywhere!!

This year we’re doing three different Christmas dinners and the menu is quite different for each one.

Main roasts will be turkey, Flæskesteg (Traditional Danish pork joint), and duck.

Our Christmas dinner on the day itself will be quite low key:

Turkey from farm shop
Roast potatoes
Two stuffings (sage & onion, and I don’t know which one PIL will be providing)
Roast carrots and parsnips with honey, lemon, thyme and garlic
Sprouts sautéed with pancetta
PIL might bring pigs in blankets
Gravy

Christmas pudding with spiced rum custard for afterwards.

We have long dispensed with traditional fare plus it's summer here and so it makes sense to choose seasonal foods.

We have a lazy brunch spread of French pastries, smoked salmon, avocados, bagels, raspberries, blueberries and yoghurt, eggs and hash browns which does everyone for most of the day.

Later it's platters of cheeses, stuffed olives and peppers, prosciutto and ham, crudités and dips, strawberries and cherries.

Also amazing chocolate cake and meringues for anyone wanting sweet.

Turkey
pigs in blankets
walnut sage, leek and apricot stuffing balls
chestnut and mushroom stuffing loaf
roast carrots with thyme
roast potatoes in garlic and rosemary
roast parsnips with cumin and maple
sprouts
peas for those who don't eat sprouts
cranberry and bread sauces
red wine gravy
veggie wellington for the vegetarian

Christmas pudding

Turkey
Pigs in blankets
Sausage meat stuffing
Roast potatoes
Yorkshire puddings
Carrots and Parsnips in honey and thyme
Sprouts
Cabbage with onions and bacon (because I don't like sprouts!)
Cranberry sauce (for my SIL!)
Gravy

Roast Duck
Spiced red cabbage
Roast parsnips
Roast potatoes
Peas
Sprouts
Yorkshires
Gravy ( duck came with giblets - hooray !)
Homemade Christmas pudding with orange sauce and/or cream
Cheese, crackers and walnuts, homemade panforte

Oh! Forgot cranberry sauce.

Bronze Turkey crown
Kilted sausages
Pork, clementine and cranberry stuffing
Honey and thyme roasted carrots and parsnips
Goose fat tatties
Sprouts with chestnuts and pancetta
Braised red cabbage
Turkey and port gravy
Bread sauce
Cranberry sauce