Christmas Menus!

So far all we have decided is we don't want turkey and do want cabbage rolls

Luckily, MIL is having Christmas dinner at her house (We had Thanksgiving here so it's fair) but I'm still making most of the sides. She's making a ham with the glaze that was posted here by Capt_Jori (I think?). Anyway here's the receipe...

http://www.noblepig.com/2008/03/19/e...the-final.aspx

I'm making cheesy broccoli casserole, a green been and tomato casserole, corn, rolls, pies, ummmm....Oh, and I am cutting the potatos for cheesy potato casserole (many because I still have my MIL's slicer from Easter ).

For Christmas Eve, I'll be making breakfast burrito stuff and pies for Christmas day so dinner will probably be pizza!

Originally Posted by WellingtonCats

Yeah and I guess at Christmas my family sort of cooks heaps of meat and everyone gets leftovers too!

I'm eating my boxing day feast of Lamb chops now - no vegies with them either!

Sam

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Gotta ask..........what is 'Boxing Day' ?

We are just putting this together...for sure, we are making my Sicilian grandmother's recipe for a scfincione for Christmas eve, and I'll also have some Italian sausages with that, and a salad.

Christmas - for the morning, a ham/spinach/gruyere bread pudding that I made minus the bread , main meal the only item I know for sure are homemade swedish meatballs with a peppery cream sauce that my dh wants to make from scratch, in honor of his Swedish heritage.

I'll edit to add on to this once I know...for snacks on Christmas day, probably a spinach dip that I make, with raw veggies, and crab stuffed mushrooms or deviled eggs. Keeping this smaller...weather is so bad for this area, roads are horrendous, the traffic on the horrendous roads is even worse

That's a whole night away. No one but the family I live with will be here, so no reason to both trying to impress.

This thread is making me very, very hungry!

And it made me realize that I don't know what I'm cooking for tomorrow night. Stuffed cabbage rolls sound absolutely yummy, and being of German/Polish decent, I think its a fine tradition to start for Christmas eve!

Originally Posted by PookieBoy

Gotta ask..........what is 'Boxing Day' ?

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The original idea for boxing day is really nice. It's a day when cash and goods are given to the poor. Kind of like you give gifts to family and friends on Christmas and to the poor on the day after Christmas. It's an old holiday but one that never made it to the States. I don't know how much of the original reason for the holiday is still present though.

Boxing day doesn't hold any significant meaning for my family anymore - it's just an extension of Christmas day for my family

We'ss do our big dinner with my family tonight. Here's what I can recall of my mom's menu

Lots of various dips and spreads to start
Beef tenderloin
Turduckhen
Cheesy mashed potatoes
Brussel Sprouts
Corn
Fresh greens salad with blue cheese and other goodies
Some cranberry jello thing and lots of cookies!
I'm sure I'm missing some things but that's all I can remember

Tomorrow we'll be at my in-laws and it's usually the same every year...
Ham
Mashed potatoes
Corn
creen beans
bread/butter
sweet potatoes

Boy, now I can't wait to eat!

Christmas Eve is our big family dinner! We are having:
Prime Rib
Mashed potatoes
cheesy cornflake potatoes (one of my very favorite things!!)
mac 'n cheese
green bean casserole
shrimp cocktail
ham wrapped pickles
spinach dip

I go to my parent's for breakfast on Christmas morning
Scrambled eggs
bacon
left over cheesy cornflake potatoes

Christmas day dinner is very casual
rotini salad
ham sandwiches
all the rest of the leftovers!

no wonder I usually go up a pants size over the holidays

Originally Posted by twstychik

Here's what I can recall of my mom's menu

Turduckhen

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Is your mom actually going to make Turduckhen? From what I know of it, that takes about a day to prepare and it's challenging even for professional chefs! Who ever makes it, please give them my compliments!

Originally Posted by Momofmany

Is your mom actually going to make Turduckhen? From what I know of it, that takes about a day to prepare and it's challenging even for professional chefs! Who ever makes it, please give them my compliments!

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She actually ordered it from a local meat market and is just cooking it at home. She said she wanted a "small" one. I laughed and I guess so did the lady at the counter saying the the smallest they can make the turkey is 18 lbs. I expect it's probably close to a 25 lb. creation once they've all been stuffed. I can't wait to try it.

Buffet at one of the casinos this evening and a Christmas party with finger foods and drinks tonight.

Tomorrow is a potlucky thing and we're bringing ham, sweet potatoes and mashed potatoes.

This ham to be exact:

3 pounds Ham -- fully cooked
3 medium Sweet Potatoes -- unpeeled
6 Thin Carrots;peeled -- chunked
1 cup Ginger Ale
-----FOR THE GLAZE-----
1/2 cup Honey
1/4 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon Ground Cloves
1/2 teaspoon Dry Mustard

Scrub the sweet potatoes, trim.
Peel carrots and slice diagonally in 2" lengths. Place vegetables on
the bottom of the crockpot, place ham on top and pour ginger ale over all.
Cover and cook on LOW for about 9 hours, or until veggies are tender.
Mix about 2 tablespoons of liquid from the pot with the glaze ingredients
in a buttered measuring cup and pour over ham.
Continue cooking on LOW for 1 or 2 hours, basting often.
Slice ham in thin slices, serve with vegetables.

Our family does our big Christmas celebration together at Momâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s house on Christmas Eve (tonight – yay!). We have a big “everybody bring something†dinner. We are a big group so everybody just brings a whole lot of a few things (does that make sense?).

My contributions are in red.

Appetizers: Sausage Balls, Cocktail Weenies, Shrimp Cocktail, Pickle/Olive Tray, Veggie Tray, Fruit Salad, Cajun Chex Mix, Devilled Eggs

Dinner: Honey Ham, Mashed Potatoes, Garden Salad, Sweet Potato Casserole, Green Bean Casserole, Corn, Baked Carrots, Rolls

Dessert: Pumpkin Pies, Chocolate Pecan Pie, Lemon Meringue Pie

And we actually have people assigned just to bring the wine, eggnog, sodas and spirits to accompany the above.

For Christmas day we each do our own thing – I will be making a grits and sausage casserole for breakfast before we go to my boyfriendâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s parentâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s house and who knows what they will have there…

I hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday – Merry Christmas!

mom is cooking

but for Christmas eve:

Pizza at my grandparents--a family tradition since we're all church musicians we eat a quick meal together between the masses

Christmas Day:

Appetizers:

Cheese + Crackers
Italian meats like Sopressta (or how ever its spelled)
Veggies and Dip
Potato Chips
Baked Brie (YUCCCCKK)
Shirmp cocktail.

Dinner:

Goose in an orange sauce with mushrooms and wild rice with a good bottle of red wine.

Dessert:

Christmas cookiees!! Mom makes a ton so we have ruglah, butter cookies pecan sandies...etc. and we have tons of chocolate.

And to wash it all down Egg Nog and My sister makes the world's BEST Candy Cane Martini's!

Tonight it's just DH, my stepson, and I for Christmas Eve so we're going out to dinner somewhere...probably a steak place.

Tomorrow it's Christmas at my parents' house. I believe the menu will be:

Fruit Salad
Roast Duck and Cornish Hens
Stuffing
Mashed Potatoes
Sweet Potatoes
Veggies of some sort (but we ALWAYS forget to make them )
Mom's homemade bread
Pumpkin Pie
Pecan Pie
Dutch Apple Pie

I'm making the pies this afternoon...if I can make it home through the snow after work.

Christmas Dinner:

Prime Rib
Twice Baked potatos
Tossed Salad
Homemade Rolls
Apple Pie

I will also be making big breakfast christmas morning after we open gifts.

Thick Sliced Bacon
Eggs
Hashbrown Casserole
Toast
Fresh Squeezed OJ

DH Hasn't had real eggs or bacon for about 6 months, so he is looking forward to "Real" thing.

We have just moved Christmas Dinner to Boxing Day, to accommodate some upheaval in the life of the friend who was going to join us. We three still want to get together, and it didn't make sense to do the big meal for just two of us, so I'll figure out something for tomorrow, and then on Friday, it will be

Roast Turkey, with Dad's Bread Stuffing
Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Broccoli
(maybe) Carrots
Lots of gravy

Christmas Pudding with
Jubilee Sauce

Christmas Eve we had vodka pasta and crusty bread.

Christmas is turkey, mashed potatoes, green beans, biscuits, gravy, cranberry sauce, stuffing.