Christmas Dinner Plans?

I'll be spending Christmas Day home alone with the furkids, so no big plans for a dinner. My mother refused to spend Christmas in the kitchen, so our family tradition was waffles for brunch, made by my father. Anything else you wanted to eat, you were on your own to find leftovers in the fridge.

Actually, I may get out the waffle iron and do waffles for myself. The kitties get an extra can of wet food to celebrate.

I have no clue what's being made. I only know that I'm not happy about the hour drive and then an hour and a half drive to my moms from there. Plus the persons house we are going to can't cook and I'm very unsure of the menu because she will probably do what she likes and not take other people into consideration.

Who wants to start the carpool to pams house?? I live really really really close to her so ill drive if you can make it to my house lol. We can leave the kitty munsters all at my house to terrorize franklin lol!!

Going to my parents house, now that my mother finally came to some senses and talked things out. I do look forward to going there for delicious meals.

Christmas dinner will be:
Eye round roast on the rotisserie in a red wine sauce
Green beans
Homemade mashed potatoes
Rolls or crusty bread
Salad
Wine

We thought about doing turkey or ham, but I LOVE eye round roast - my mouth is watering thinking about it!

We're going to my cousin's (dad's side of the family...I just met him for the first time this past May) house and having mexican food then on the 26th we do it all over again (mexican food and all) at my house with my mom and aunt. Taking a break from the inlaws this year They had us the past 2 years so that's ok...lol

Someone please tell me how exactly I got suckered into hosting Christmas day dinner at my apartment?!?! I think it's because it'll be the first year without my Nannie around and I really don't want a repeat of Thanksgiving where half of my family decided to be hermits and sulk- not what my grandmother would have wanted at all! I have no clue how I'm going to fit 20+ people if they all show, but I definitely know that I'll be telling everyone to BYOC!! (bring your own chair ) While I'm sad that my sister Kimmy and her family that I'm super close to won't be around this Christmas (they're going to Pennsylvania to visit her in-laws), I'm happy that the rest of my family will be comming over.

So far my mom is bringing a honey baked ham (I'm already CRAVING this), my aunt is making her grape salad, and I'll be cooking the rest (everyone that comes is supposed to bring a side dish or dessert):

Christmas Dinner Menu:
My traditional meat/cheese lasagna (and a spinach lasagna if I have time!) - normally I would just do potatoes, salad, and bread with that, but since my mom's brining ham, I'll be making more side dishes so people can choose.

-Potato Salad (My Aunt Sylvia's Recipe was a huge hit at Thanksgiving, I'll make it again)
-Deviled Eggs (Maybe this time I'll master them hahahaha!)
-Pumpkin Fluff Dip & Gingersnaps
-Mandarian Walnut Salad w/ fresh fruit
-Homemade Hot Chocolate or Homemade Mulled Cider (not sure which yet)
-Lemon Herbed Garlic Mashed Potatoes
-Buttermilk Cornbread
-Pasta Salad (My preggo nieces practically ripped off my hand to get to the pasta salad I brought over last weekend when we decorated gingerbread houses...guess I'll make it again haha! )
-As far as the rest goes I was thinking maybe some Christmasy finger food snacks- chex mix, peppermint fudge, ranger cookies, who knows!!

As far as other desserts goes, my sister Monica's taking care of that! Her desserts are soooo good!

I'm not quite sure how I'll fit everyone into my tiny apartment, but I'm just happy that I'll get to host and celebrate if all goes well! I will definietly be cooking as much as I can Christmas Eve morning and the day before though since I'll be pressed for time. We're supposed to eat at Jack's grandparent's house after the service at church on Christmas Eve, then his parents are hosting a Christmas Day brunch, so I will be hosting my Christmas dinner after that is over with...the more I can do ahead of time, the better!

Well, it looks like I'll have to change my menu. My s-i-l is serving ham and potato salad on Christmas Day, so it'll be roast pork, homemade spätzle (Swabian noodles) and various salads here Christmas Eve. My f-i-l isn't happy about eating in a house where there are pets, but he'll just have to put up with a bit of cat hair!

Well, that settles it! I'm not making Christmas dinner this year. Instead, I'm going to France to jennyranson's, then to StarryEyedTiGeR's, then to jcat's, then to......

If I leave now, I might make it to everybody's place on time! With a bit of time travel assistance!

jcat, I don't mind cat hair one bit!

Originally Posted by Miss Mew

Wow! Sounds like a great dinner

We aren't having anything too elaborate.

-Turkey
-Stuffing
-veggies (mix)
-mashed potatoes
-all the yummy extras like cranberry sauce and pickles

and for dessert
-cheesecake
-crockpot pumpkin pie pudding

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Thats bout what we have except we also have Christmas pudding and asst pies

This will be at DH parents on the 26th.... on xmas we just have something simple, a normal meal since we have the big one the next day.

We are going to the neighbor's on Xmas eve and I'm taking some slow roasted shortribs in a thick brown gravy. There will be roasted chicken, Iranian eggplant, rice, salad, desserts etc there as well that night.

On Xmas day itself, I will be cooking prime rib, a potato/spinach/artichoke lasagna, salad, peas and carrots, crescent rolls, and a lemon pudding cake for dessert.

I also have a party to cook for at another neighbor's on Sunday night. I'll be making queso with chips and a Kahlua chocolate cake with white chocolate ganache.

I also need to make a few loaves of sourdough bread for gifts.

Busy busy!

If the weather isn't nasty, going to the city to my cousin's for Christmas Eve supper - we don't do Christmas Day dinners, never did (hold-over from German traditions). I dont know what they are cooking, I just eat what is set in front of me, even if it is foul....er fowl food...er turkey. Christmas Day will be whatever hits the crock pot or frying pan.

StarryEyedTiGeR - here's a cheat for devilled eggs: mash the yolks with Kraft Sandwich Spread if you can get it, or with Miracle Whip, sweet relish, chopped celery and chopped onions of you can't. If you do the Miracle Whip, just slowly add the extras and keep tasting until it seems right. Pipe or spoon the mix back into the whites, sprinkle with paprika and serve

Originally Posted by CatMom2Wires

On Xmas day itself, I will be cooking prime rib, a potato/spinach/artichoke lasagna, salad, peas and carrots, crescent rolls, and a lemon pudding cake for dessert.

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What is this?????? It sounds amazing!!

Here ya go. I haven't tried it, but since I'm a vegetarian among carnivores, I wanted something rich and hearty for my Xmas dindin:

http://www.rachaelrayshow.com/food/r...otato-lasagna/

Originally Posted by CatMom2Wires

Here ya go. I haven't tried it, but since I'm a vegetarian among carnivores, I wanted something rich and hearty for my Xmas dindin:

http://www.rachaelrayshow.com/food/r...otato-lasagna/

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Ooh, thanks you! I don't do the meat thing either, that's why it interested me so much! Well, that, plus I love spinach and artichokes. I like the idea of the potatoes as the 'noodles'.. I would probably still add some tomatoes or sauce to it to cut the creaminess though, my tummy gets mad at me when I eat heavy creamy stuff. My tongue sure likes it though! I just may try this instead of the usual tofurky, even though I DO love my tofurkys... Maybe save the lasagna for New Year? That reminds me, I want to try to get some juicy, saucy, slow cooker ideas for cooking a tofurky this time...

It is just the two of us...I would love to cook but DH is so picky that I would basically be cooking for myself..so we are stopping to get Chinese food. We are going to a friends house in the morning for a bit but its about 1.5 hrs away and neither of us want to drive home in the dark so we aren't staying for dinner. This year we ate out both Thanksgiving and we are Christmas....so next year I think I need to cook because I am really missing it.

*we are vegetarians also, and we usually make Quorn roasts for holidays. They are delicious but that lasagna sounds awesome also!*

going to my friend Dad place

I am a scrooge this year so not much of a dinner.

Everyone's menus sound so good! I only know a few things we are having.

Prime Rib instead of ham since we're not big on ham!
Fried Shrimp
Some side dishes
Peach Pie, Chocolate Cream Pie, A Jello Salad, and whatever I get from the company who pays me through the animal shelter that I won.

We'll also be snacking on some stuff like Chex Mix, Fudge, Cookies, etc. before dinner is ready.

Well we had our Christmas today and dad made biscuits and gravy. But I plan to once dad is healed from his cataracts surgery or shortly after Christmas to have a dinner an invite some friends and family over for it and make kind of a belated Christmas dinner. Of ham made with brown sugar and oranges or tangerines which I tried one year and dad loves, mashed potatoes, gravy, and some baked beans, and maybe make a cherry cheese cake and a pinnapple upside down cake.

I'll be going to my Brother's house on Christmas Day. There will be about 12 of us. HUGE!!!

I have no idea who all is coming, but I know it's a blend of our family and my Brother's girl friend's family. I've met some of her brothers and sisters, but from what I understand I'll be meeting some more. She comes from a family of 14 children.

I've been tasked with making meatballs and cabbage rolls. Many of her family can't cook so my brother is relying on those who can, to bring something so he doesn't have to cook everything himself.

It should be fun!!! I'm actually looking forward to it.

I did have a nightmare the other night that suddenly the venue had been moved to my 1 bedroom apartment that has enough seating for 6 people if you take into account the love seat! I woke up when everyone had arrived and it was pretty much standing room only with that number of people!

That dream is funny. My sister's s.o. has a dozen siblings (only one sister), many of them married with several children, so they have to rent a hall for Christmas dinner. They usually have cook-outs at state parks for any other celebrations.