Christmas Eve dinner

[PrincessHoneysuckle]

I'm doing m&s prawn toasts,filo prawns and king prawn selection and mini coquille st Jacques

Going out to a local Chinese restaurant for lunch. Has been our tradition for years.

Although a chippy does sound very appealing!

We have Madhur Jafrey's Prawn and tamarind curry with aromatic yellow rice. We' We've had it every Christmas Eve when we're home for Christmas for the last 35 years!

We have the Christmas ham on Christmas Eve. With the option of potatoes or dhal.

Slow cooked teriyaki beef, rice, prawn crackers and spring rolls

Lasagne, salad and garlic bread, going to make the lasagne tomorrow morning, as taking my dad to a hospital appointment in afternoon, then I can just bung it in oven in evening, while I sit and prepare the veg for Christmas Day.

Roast gammon with DH's amazing four cheese macaroni cheese. Every year that we are at home.

Hairy bikers dry beef and coconut curry with coconut rice - I do it every Xmas eve -

Ham in coke, cauliflower cheese, roast potatoes, greens and sweetcorn. Have been having this for years.

I always do a Christmas Eve buffet for around 4pm as this is requested every year by dcs. We watch National Lampoons Christmas Vacation and The Snowman .
This year we will have
Prawn Cocktail
Pate/Lurpak/Sourdough bread rolls
Cheese board/Crackers
Pork Pie
Sausage Rolls
Pickles
Nice cold meats selection
Pringles
Coca Cola (in glass bottles) for DD and milk for DS. Some bubbles for me and DH.
The Chocolate Log.

Crispy duck and pancakes.

I don't like prawns so your menu would be. No for me op!

Cheese fondue. Always cheese fondue on Christmas Eve no matter where in the world we're living or how warm it is!

I'm making a fish pie. Quick and easy, leftovers easily frozen and all the bits go in the dishwasher ready for Christmas Day cooking.

This is usually our Xmas eve meal as well, but this year we're going out to the local Indian restaurant. I'm cooking for 9 on Xmas day and don't want to cook at all tomorrow.

I often wonder why we don't do this! Christmas Day always feels like such a rush with everything to fit in. I'd far rather have a super leisurely Christmas dinner on Christmas Eve and then all the nice (best bits!) leftovers and presents on Christmas Day, My family won't be swayed though

12 Course Polish Wigilia meal

Like OP were having M&S party food but I have a shellfish allergy so different options 😂

a Korean meal - tofu

either parmigiana or massaman curry and dumplings, can't decide yet

We are having warm camembert, fresh bread, pate and cold meats. With a bottle of Asti of course! So excited for tomorrow night!

Hot turkey rolls with stuffing and cranberry sauce with some ice-cold beers. It was my dad’s tradition and we’ve kept it going.

My fav meal ever is an 1980s style salad.
With chips!

Ham, chips, eggs, peas and pineapple rings. The rest of the ham will be carved up and sliced for xmas day..will be doing a lot of food prep tomorrow and want a simple no frills dinner.

Seafood platter with a couple of different dips and good bread and butter

Always a honey roast ham here for Christmas eve. Eaten warm for lunch with some salad/veg. Then cold cuts with pickles and cheeses in the evening.

It's a textbook cliche I know, but Ham is one of my favourite foods of all time and I'm happy to die on this hill 😂 x

Indian takeaway