Christmas Eve dinner

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I've searched for threads on this as I'm sure there must be some?

What's everyone planning for Christmas Eve dinner this year?

I am unfortunate that I do not have any takeaways who deliver here, so take away is a no go for us but looking for inspiration?!

We now do a beige food platter every year - party type food like pizza, chips, mini sausage rolls, spring rolls, mozzarella sticks etc.... And looking forward to it already 😂

We do a baked Camembert with crusty bread and cold meet/ pickle platter.
Although this year I'm sorely tempted by the pithivier that was on bake off - essentially dauphinoise pie

We go out for dinner on Christmas eve but when I was a kid my parents always did a ham baked in red wine served with cheesy baked potatos and salad. That's just what I would do if I was cooking on xmas eve.

Salmon fillet

We always have hot pork rolls with stuffing then Panna cotta.

Picky buffet bits

Probably Chinese or indian

Cheeseboard and nibbles

We always do a party tea on Xmas eve

M&S party food, melted Camembert and crusty bread etc

Red wine.

Chinese takeaway. I can't remember how it started but it became tradition somewhere along the way.

That's our Boxing Day tea 🤣

Bloody love it.

Steak pie.

Nachos

Venison casserole, red cabbage cooked in balsamic and demerara, roast potatoes, pigs in blankets, purple broccoli.
Followed by apple crumble and then a cheese plate and some lindt chocolates - I'm more excited about Christmas eve than Christmas day.

Fish pie , it's a family tradition

I alternate, side of salmon one year, baked ham the next.
All done with 'bits', crusty bread and for ham, cheesy baked potatoes, salad, etc., and in the case of salmon, new potatoes and salad etc.,

I always do too much, insisting on quiches etc that no one eats, se determined to cut back this year!

A pot of something tasty that can simmer all day in the slow cooker - chilli or beef with ginger and spring onions probably. Or a Chinese takeaway, but that doesn't help you!

Slow cooked BBQ style beef brisket, mac n cheese, loaded skins - late lunch / early dinner before an evening of games and drinks with DP adult children & their dp. Simple and yummy.

I made this one year and it was gorgeous. If I was cooking this year, I’d do it again. https://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/fish-recipes/sea-bass-in-puff-pastry/
Its quite rich so you don’t need carbs - just a green salad alongside.

Cheese and caramelized onion flan plus a 'massive' (yes, really!!) salad.

My massive salads are legendary... 😘

Bit undecided. We often go out for pizza Christma eve, but it's a Sunday this year, so bit weird for going out. May go out earlier in the week. Got the vegan/ veggie students home, so it's always tricky to find something everyone likes.

I normally do a gammon joint on around the 23rd, we have it hot on that date and then Christmas eve is leftover cold gammon with a nice crusty bread, chutneys, cheese, tomatoes and other salad bits. If it doesn't look like enough I chuck some beige freezer stuff/a pizza or two in the oven and people can help themselves! Plus hot drinks, soft drinks, mulled wine etc. Very relaxed affair.

That sounds delicious, do you use a particular recipe ?