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Christmas dinner menu *long*
This year (I think) DH & I are spending Christmas dinner with my parents. I believe it will just be the 4 of us, usually my brother & his girlfriend spend it with her family.
The only way we won't be spending it just the 4 of us is if my BIL invites my parents to spend Christmas with them, because he & my SIL host Christmas dinner, but it's more for her family. My parents used to spend the holidays with some family friends, but they had a falling out, and I refuse to let my parents spend Christmas by themselves since we live so close.
So here's the menu I've come up with:
hors d'oeuvres - stuffed mushrooms #1 or #2
salad - spinach salad
dinner - boeuf en croute , potatoes au gratin, and roasted asparagus (something simple)
dessert - flourless chocolate cake
I was thinking about making a festive cocktail, but I'm really the only one who would drink them. My dad & H are beer drinkers, maybe they'll have wine with dinner - but def. not a cocktail. My mom is a light drinker, she might have 2 drinks the whole night. I'm the one who will be cooking, so I don't want to get all wasted & ruin dinner.
Also, for the boeuf en croute (aka beef wellington) I am probably going to do them individually because my dad likes his meat rare, H like his medium-rare to medium, I like mine medium, and mom likes her medium-well. ::sigh:: I'm going to try to please everyone 
lol. I'll b!tch & moan, but I love it. Hopefully it all comes out yummy.
Thoughts, advice, tips, sanity, or suggestions??? 
Re: Christmas dinner menu *long*
I think your meal sounds fantastic and making the boeuf en croute separate is a great idea.
I have made that cake before and you will love it. Might I suggest homemade whipped cream for the cake and some strawberries and rasberries?
You may!
I'm definitely going to go ahead and make the whipped cream, no sense in home-making everything but that. Raspberries sound amazing to have with it! Thanks.
it sounds great & I'm glad your going to be w/ them, I think your going to end up having a very relaxing day that will be a favorite Christmas of your because it will be so intimate.
I saw a yummy Cocktail in a magazine- can't remember which one-
Champagne w/ Pomegranate juice to taste, add pomegranate seeds in bottom of flute for garnish. I'm sure you could convince every one to have a small serving as a toast at dinner, and it's just champagne, so It wont cause any meltdowns if mixed w/ a beer or two.
K+S 9.18.9 | DD #1 age 2 | PG # 5 EDD 9.17.12
Thanks Krissie! You crack me up - no meltdowns over dinner, haha. That cocktail sounds yummy, I may make that even if it's just for me.
The brie mushrooms sound amazing!
Everything else sounds so delish too.