Christmas Dinner menus

rona118

Hey ladies.... so trying to get my christmas day menu today. I like to try and mix up my dishes from year to year. We always do a ham and DH is talking about smoking a prime rib (ok then). Just love to read what others are having. I think I might try a potato dish I saw on the Chew around thanksgiving. Hasselbeck potatoes. Yum.

 

rona118

Ok ignore that TODAY part. I think I was thinking one thing and typed another. Ha.

egpitt22

mmm....what's this potato dish you speak of?  Potatoes are one of my favorite parts of any holiday meal.

we stick to traditional stuff and pretty much do the same thing every year.  I change up the appetizers (I don't serve lunch and we don't eat dinner until 4:30 or so, so I just throw stuff out for people to pick on throughout the day)...I think this year I'm going to put those little meatballs made with jelly into the mix for lunch time snacks.

Our dinner menu is always turkey, ham, potatoes of some sort, 2 veggies, rolls/biscuits, stuffing

rona118

Oh that is smart Emmy!! Here is the recipe.... although I am not sure since this recipe is just for 4 servings.....I have about 12 that eat and wondering if I can more than double the recipe. Ha

http://abc.go.com/shows/the-chew/recipes/cheesy-hasselback-potatoes-mario-batali

amyjoy18

I've been struggling with a menu this year.  My parents aren't coming down and it really bummed me out and makes me not want to cook and to just chill with the kiddos all day.   

But, we'll likely do:
Ham
Creamy Rosemary Potatoes
Brown Sugar and Bacon Green Beans
And I want to try this Magic Custard Cake for dessert

Layer in some corn, rolls and we're good to go.

gwennythepooh

I was just discussing this with DH. Last year I went non-traditional (because I enjoy doing that with holiday meals ) and did spinach lasagna rolls, salad with homemade dressing and garlic bread. I'm kind of thinking the same thing for this year, but it seems to change day to day.

Meghan&Rich

Last year, I made homemade sauce and meatballs with spaghetti and it ended up being a really easy meal with minimal dishes/clean up.  I made the sauce and meatballs on Christmas Eve, and just heated it up (it tastes better the next day anyway!) and made the spaghetti on Christmas Day.  My mom brought a salad and rolls, my MIL brought dessert, and my brother's GF brought an appetizer. 

I'm thinking I'll do the same this year, if not, we'll stick to the traditional meal of turkey, ham, potato dish, veggie dish, etc.

kris356

We do a buffet at my mom's. She buys a Honeybaked Ham (she deviated one year and my dad was not impressed), a standing rib roast, shrimp, veggies w/dip, gourmet potatoes that she buys at a local deli (T-Bones in Wexford) and she just has to throw them in the oven. She also gets bread and cheese so you can have a sandwich if you want. Nice and easy. 

She also does brunch on Christmas, but we just eat the leftovers from the night before and she makes eggs.

For Christmas dinner, we go to Nathan's grandmother's. That it a production: ham, turkey, stuffed cabbage (my favorite part), stuffing, mashed potatoes, coleslaw, sweet potatoes, green bean casserole. It is slightly ridiculous especially since she is 93 but his aunts do most of the work but she "directs". My husband goes over and helps too but he usually just ends up getting yelled at for eating things.

I will take dessert, usually cheesecake cookies since a couple of years ago she stopped making them and everyone was sad.

Luckystar2

We make traditional and same each year. Christmas Eve will be ham and probably deep fry a smal turkey, salad, rolls, mashed potatoes, corn. I may make sweet potato casserole. I usually make in on Tday if we host but we didn't and I missed it!

Appetizers will be buffalo chicken dip, fiesta dip, cheese and crackers.
Desserts: somebody bringing Apple pie, we will have some cookies probably cake balls and I may make some mini cheesecakes.

Christmas will probably be stuffed shells or lasagna

MrsAmers

I don't make Christmas dinner - we will be at DH's cousin's house. I'll probably bring fruit salad and a veggie dish. They usually go traditional.

Christmas Eve dinner will be Chicken & Noodles, mashed potatoes, Brussel sprouts, applesauce and salad.

Christmas morning will be an egg casserole, fruit salad and coffee cake.

rona118

All this sounds so good!!! I am hungry.

rona118

Gwen-- last year I made a copycat recipe of Buca's apple gorgonzola salad minus the apples. The dressing was spot on!! and rather easy. I can dig out the recipe if interested.  I thought you were a non salad person? Haha.

sarahandtim

We do a deep fried turkey, mashed potatoes, green beans, rolls, homemade stuffing, yams, and cranberry.

For breakfast we're doing snicker doodle monkey bread (http://mixandmatchmama.blogspot.com/2014/09/snickerdoodle-monkey-bread.html?m=1)

For apps I'm definitely doing this caramel apple dip (http://shewearsmanyhats.com/easy-caramel-apple-cream-cheese-spread/) and maybe a tastefully simple dip.

gwennythepooh

rona118 said:

Gwen-- last year I made a copycat recipe of Buca's apple gorgonzola salad minus the apples. The dressing was spot on!! and rather easy. I can dig out the recipe if interested.  I thought you were a non salad person? Haha.

I'll definitely take you up on it! And I've matured and am now a picky salad person I love a good spinach salad, but most other lettuce types I'm still bleh over. Lol

csuave

rona118 said:

Gwen-- last year I made a copycat recipe of Buca's apple gorgonzola salad minus the apples. The dressing was spot on!! and rather easy. I can dig out the recipe if interested.  I thought you were a non salad person? Haha.

That is a great salad.  Please post the recipe!  My mom does the same every year and it includes ham, cheesy potatoes, rolls and vegetable.  Most years there is a spiced cranberry jello which I really like.

AmandaJLewis

I have done spaghetti and meatballs with homemade bread one year, a more traditional ham dinner, or a good piece of roast beef and sides. But this year I am going super simple.  Like one step above inviting people over just to drop off presents and leaving hungry.

lishie

The only for sure items on my list right now are ham and corn pudding.

The rest is still up in the air. It's only my parents, my sister and her husband and the four of us on Christmas Eve. I'm hosting and I'm still not sure if I'm off that day. We leave the next morning for a holiday trip, so I don't want to do a lot or do anything too complicated.

4EvR&4AlWz

Since I have to go into work on Christmas and the first year in our new house, we are just doing low key in our house....whatever the girls want,,,,tacos!

On Sunday, we will go to my parents house and DH cooks Christmas dinner there with a Crown rib roast or prime rib m, asparagus or green beans, homemade fettuccine Alfredo.