Festive meal planning

[NeonLover]

Doing my meal plan for the ten days over Christmas. Got Christmas Day and Boxing Day covered but lacking inspiration for the rest.

what’s on your festive meal plan?

Love a bit of meal planning!

To keep Christmas Eve relatively easy and free up time/space for Christmas Day prep, we are doing pulled pork in the slow cooker, with slaw and crisps on the side for the meal. Extras can then go in the freezer for meals in early January I don't have to think about, and its a meal we all enjoy.

Last year we did venison steaks on Christmas Eve which were really nice, but the extra planning/doing of a more 'formal' dinner was kind of a pain so I canned that for this year. Also, no one seemed to want the leftovers once we got through the main meal on the 25th, which made for waste.

We've done Brazilian fish stew (moqueca) on the Eve in the past, which is a nice twist on your normal fish stew, served over rice. BBC Good Food have a spiced salmon coulibac which looked nice (salmon and fish wrapped in pastry - can be premade) and I would have made this year if we hadn't decided on beef wellington. Anything spicy is a nice change to cut heavy meals!

Venison sausage, bacon and chestnut casserole
Spiced parsnip soup
Baked potatoes with sprout, leek and hazelnut gratin
Mushroom wellington
Stuffed squash
Sausage plait
Seafood lasagne
Goat’s cheese tart

Great suggestions thanks particularly like the pulled pork and the goats cheese tart as I have some time off work so happy to spend a bit more time cooking

Bump. Any other suggestions?

Gammon & Leek pie
Spicey Tomato and Lentil soup
smoked paprika sausage casserole
mixed seafood pasta bake
Prawn curry
Moroccan chickpea stew.

French dip sandwiches
Buffet for xmas day at kids request
Ham, duck egg and beef dripping chips
Butter chicken
Out for dinner
Pizza and salad
Out for dinner
Crispy pork pho
Something with left over ham - pie or fried rice maybe
Chicken fajitas

This is our meal plan until after Christmas

Gyozas and dumplings

Beef and venison casserole with dumplings , cabbage and mash

Leek and pumpkin risotto

Lasagna and salad

Miso cod and pak Choi

Vegetable soup , cheese and bread

Cottage pie , tenderstem broccoli and green beans

Thai massaman chicken curry

Sausage and red onion plait with wedges and baked beans

Pesto pasta with green beans and peas

23- Fish and prawn platter and champagne

Christmas Eve-Smoked salmon fillets , new potatoes and asparagus with dill mayo

Christmas Day - epic roast turkey etc

Boxing Day- leftovers

27 th -large Family party - turkey, leek and ham pie, buttered new potatoes and mixed green veg.

Blimey, I don't have one apart from Christmas dinner and leftovers next day! I'm panicking now....

Salmon en croute, radicchio (Christmas Eve)
Cold Turkey (thumb bits), baked beans, roast potatoes (traditional Boxing Day dinner)
Steak and oven chips
Turkey bastilla
Pork belly ramen
Squash and lentil dhal
Chicken and chorizo tray bake
Beef pho, Vietnamese spring rolls (NYE)
Beef stew, crusty bread, sprouts with pancetta, pickled cabbage (NYD)
Salmon burgers
Boston baked beans, jacket potatoes
Korean chicken hot pot

Puddings are baked cherry cheesecake and smoked sea salt chocolate tart.

This meal plan takes us upto 3rd Jan, with me working away a couple of days (DH sorts himself) and includes two days away in the UK Christmas/new year week.

Great suggestions thanks.

do you have a recipe for the miso cod?

Of course - full Christmas dinner Christmas Day

@NeonLover
It's the bbc good food one for black miso cod and clams but I leave off the clams as we're not fans .

Great thanks @changer121

HelloFresh have an amazing recipe for ‘Christmas burgers’! They’re my favourite, perfect for Christmas Eve as they make you feel all Christmassy. They also have different Christmas burger recipes, but these are the best imo.

www.hellofresh.co.uk/recipes/oregano-and-cranberry-sausage-burger-61839f3a732fff6edf0157b9?amp=true

@AriettyHomily please can you share recipe for crispy pork pho?

salmon, new potatoes, dill mayo, greens on 23rd
ham, cauli cheese & mash on Christmas Eve
chicken etc Christmas Day ( for supper - at lunchtime will have smoked salmon & champagne )
sausage rolls, baguette, cheeses etc Boxing Day

big family party between Xmas & NY and not sure if I should go regular eg salmon, ham, potatoes, salads, cheeses or mix it up a bit with laksa and curries. Have a GF veg, teens young adults and primary kids - 14 people total……ideas welcomed!!!!

Leftover turkey and leek pie
Turkey curry
Leftover vegetable soup
Omelette and pigs in blankets

(Yes, I will probably over cater as usual but nothing will go to waste).