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?

Jooox I'm not cooking it . Our son (in a new relationship but she's away on Christmas Day) is cooking. I've supplied the meat and accompaniments. In 41 years of marriage, I've never cooked a Christmas lunch. My husband will be cooking on Boxing Day

My sister is doing the nibbles/starter. Smoked salmon on brown bread, mozzarella and jamon on a wee stick, peppadews stuffed with Boursin, pigs in blankets.

Main meal is:

Sirloin of beef with a mustard crust
Roast potatoes (our own spuds and they are AMAZING this year)
Maple parsnips
Spiced red cabbage
Harissa and pomegranate carrots
Sage and onion stuffing
Gravy

Pudding:

Lemon tart
Spiced praline meringues
Chantilly cream

Ribeye beef
Turkey
Honey and mustard ham
Pigs in blankets
Christmas Stuffing
White wine pancetta sprouts
Honey glazed parsnips
Roasted garlic and Parmesan tenderstem broccoli
Sticky chantenay carrots
Thyme, garlic and Rosemary duck fat roast tatties
Creamy buttered neeps
Yorkshire puddings

We have starters and desserts also but ^ is then best part of Christmas as all the family is around the table (30 of us) and hopefully in a few hours il find out if get discharged from hospital.

Gin cured salmon with buttermilk pancakes to start

Main:
Turkey
Gammon
Roast potatoes
Stuffing
Sprouts
Baby parsnips
Carrots
Broccoli
Cauliflower
Cranberry sauce
Apple sauce
Gravy

Christmas pudding
Yule log

An assortment of cheese, crackers and chutneys

The last course is my favourite

Vegetarian household:
Mary Berry's nut roast
Parsnips
Carrots
Brussels sprouts with walnuts
Roast potatoes
Bread sauce
Gravy
Co-op rice pudding - I've gone right off xmas pudding this year for some reason.

Rib of beef
Pigs in blankets (but larger style, not cocktail size)
Roast Potatoes
Honey Roast Parsnips and Carrots
Sage and onion stuffing
Yorkshire Puddings
Chestnuts
Peas
Gravy

Christmas cake or stollen for desserts. Love Christmas pudding but find it too heavy after all that!

Leg on lamb done in slow cooker with red wine,rosemary and garlic.
Mash potatoes.
cheesy gratin
sprouts with pancetta
minted peas and carrots
spiced red cabbage
pigs in blankets.

I'm veggie but the rest of my lot are meat eaters so I'll just not eat the meat:

Roast Turkey
Pigs in blankets (full size chipolators with bacon)
Roast potatoes
Cauliflower and leek cheese
Roast parsnips
Roast carrots
Yorkshire puddings
Sage and onion stuffing
Butter beans
Peas
Broccoli sprouts with bacon

Only doing so many vegetables so I can make bubble and squeak for the next day to serve with gammon, coleslaw etc.

Honey roast gammon
Chicken
Pigs in blankets
Roasties
Swede
Peas
Sweet corn
Carrots
Honey parsnips
Stuffing
Yorkies
Sausage meat
Broccoli
Gravy
Brussels with bacon (literally take 2 just because it’s Christmas)
Also cooking but I don’t eat
Red cabbage
Cauliflower cheese
Leek
Mash

Still on the food topic I suppose… I tried a baked Camembert as part of Christmas eve platter this evening and have to say I wasn’t impressed! They have such a huge following but I found it way too sickly…😌 I am a fan of some strong cheeses too but that wasn’t for me at all.

We had baked Camembert for supper tonight. Studded with garlic and thyme, walnuts sprinkled on top and a generous drizzle of honey. Had with homemade ciabatta, as well as olives and grapes on the side. Washed down with a Spanish wine. It’s rich, to be sure, but then it is melted cheese...yum.

For me as a vegetarian ..

M&S nut roast
Roast potatoes
Sprouts
Parsnips
Yorkshire's
Veggie gravy
Vegan pigs in blankets

We are veggies and vegans

Linda McCartney country gravy pies
Large Beetroot tart - plant kitchen m & s
Vegan Plant kitchen pigs in blankets - m & s
Plant kitchen gravy m & s
Mashed potatoes
Toast potatoes
Carrots
Brussels sprouts with chestnuts
Roasted vegetables
Mint sauce
Bread sauce
Apple sauce
Yorkshire puddings
Sage and onion stuffing

Vegan Xmas pudding
Chocolate pudding vegan plant kitchen (m&s)
Plant kitchen (m & s) brandy cream
ElmLea vegan cream
Plant kitchen (m & s) vegan mince pies with custard

Wearing elasticated waistband tomorrow !

Starter
Smoked salmon garlic prawns and homemade cocktail sauce
Main
Tomahawk steaks
Daulphinous potoatoes
Stuffed mushrooms with cream and bacon
Stemmed spinach roasted asparagus
And homemade port gravy
Dessert
Our body weight in cheese with homemade pickled cucumber, radish, cabbage and chilli jam

Turkey
Ham
Stuffing
Pigs in blankets
Cocktail sausages
Mash potatoes
Roast potatoes
Carrots
Brussel sprouts
Cabbage
Gravy

It changes from year to year but tomorrow we are having:

Rib of beef
Salmon wellington (for pescatarian family member)
Roast potatoes
Roast Brussels sprouts
Red cabbage
Buttered kale
Horseradish sauce and probably ketchup for the DC
Gravy

Dessert is this chocolate torte.

We totally over indulged on chocolate and mince pies this evening so the thought of any food right now is unappealing although I'm sure I'll be ready for smoked salmon and croissants in the morning :)

Smoked salmon

Turkey breast joint in Parma ham
Red cabbage cooked in the Viennese style
Pigs in blankets
Roast potatoes
Sprouts
Carrots
Cranberry sauce
Gravy

And stuffing! Three types of stuffing! How could I have forgot the stuffing!!!

Sage and onion
Chestnut and leek
Artisanal sawdust stuffing scraps from M&S

Home made chicken, leek and mushroom pie, mashed potato, roast carrots and cauliflower cheese for us. The kids want sausages and mash. Home made brioche bread and butter pudding for afters.

'It’s rich, to be sure, but then it is melted cheese...yum."

I love melted cheese usually just not that one evidently!

Turkey (slightly chewy😣)
2 lots of stuffing
Pigs in blankets
Roasties
Parsnips
Red cabbage
Carrots and sprouts - both cooked fairly plain.

Remembered to snap it before I ate the lot.

@Blackmagicqueen I’m not keen on Camembert in its unmelted state so I do think that maybe I should try baking other, superior cheeses as they’d probably be far nicer (or, if I had a fondue set I’d have a go at that!).

Roast chicken (no one likes turkey)
Chestnut stuffing
Turmeric roast potatoes
Sprouts, broccoli, peas, sweetcorn
Side salads
Onion chutney and other nibbles and condiments
Gravy

Simple but there was a lOt of it!

Venison
Stuffing balls
Pigs in blanket
Red wine jus
Honey roast parsnips
Roast carrots and onions
Roast potatoes
Cauliflower