Christmas Dinner Menu

manyabugs

I am having Christmas dinner for my family and I need some ideas.  We usually have  a mix of Easter and Thanksgiving food and this year I wanted to change up the menu.  Any suggestions would be much appreciated.  My family is not big on sea food other than that they are open.  Thanks Manya

AMJ6511

What about prime rib, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole? As for Easter foods, our family is Eastern European so it is normally sausage and perogi. 

schuette2

My grandma always makes a crock pot of chicken and noodles for all holidays - it started because I'm not a huge turkey lover, and she wanted to make sure I ate something as a kid. Ham, corn, green bean casserole, assorted pies, brownies, baked beans, and this Thanksgiving there was apparently also roast beef. We went to my inlaw's for turkey day this year, so we missed out on that.

blu-eyedwife

We're doing rack of lamb, mashed potatoes, and roasted broccoli

ShannersLA

Maybe a choice of meat such as ham (can be both Easter & Christmas related) and then a pasta choice like lasagna? You can never go wrong with pasta!  And then do sides of veggies, rolls, a potato, rice or other starch.

Wine Enthusiast

I do not like to repeat the Thanksgiving meal within a month so I totally understand that.  Some ideas my moms H has done - cornish hens, filet steaks, prime rib and beef tenderloin roast.  All have been good. Some side ideas are homemade mac-n-cheese w/peppers, risotto, cheesy potato casserole, balsamic glazed veggies.

H's family always does strictly Italian and that's good too.  Always some sort of pasta in marinara, meatballs, Italian Sausage, french bread and green salad.  Then there is usually a lasagna or stuffed shell type dish.

manyabugs

Thanks for all of the suggestions! I think I'm going to do a beef tenderloin and a roast chicken and some sides.  I'm also going to do lasagna too!  When I mentioned that to my sister she got excited.

harleygirl01

We do our dinner much earlier in the day, it is usually between noon and 1, as my sons go with bio-dad at 3:00 pm on Christmas day.  We always cook a ham, and roasted potatoes and then we do some lunch items and some breakfast items.  That way, people can have a late brunch or a dinner type meal.  On the breakfast side of things we have a couple of egg-bake kind of things, a french toast bake, nisu (Finnish kind of bread) and fruit.  For the dinner side of things we do lasagna, cheesy potatoes, and a vegetable dish of some sort.  Toss in the ham and spuds and it works either way. 

Megan.Swenson

my Mother hosts Day with all the normal holiday food, Ham, potatoes etc.

So when I do Christmas Eve I do Lasagna, Fettucini Alfredo, ceasar and spinach salad and cheesy garlic bread. It is easy. All the food can be made ahead of time and it is something hearty and fun.

madelyn07

The Christmas Dinner that DH and I are having (just the two of us) tomorrow: 

appetizer: baked fontina, bread 

main: lobster mac and cheese 

dessert: chocolate mousse 

drink: wine 

 

Christmas Eve dinner at my dad's: 

appetizer: cheese and crackers, veggie tray with spinach dip 

main: potato soup, broccoli and cheese soup, ham sandwiches on rolls 

dessert: snickerdoodle cookies and peppermint bark 

 

Christmas Day dinner at my dad's: 

appetizers: warm crab dip with grilled bread, veggie tray with spinach dip, fruit tray with coconut lime dip

main: prime rib, garlic mashed potatoes, whiskey glazed carrots, rolls, salad, whatever side my sister-in-law makes, sweet potatoes 

dessert: devils food cake with mint ice cream 

 

Christmas Dinner with my in-laws (we are hosting next week): 

appetizers: baked fontina with bread, caramelized onion dip with crackers and bread 

main: spiral ham, mac and cheese, corn casserole, baked spinach, salad with goat cheese, cranberries and toasted walnuts, rolls 

dessert: red velvet cake 

drink: candy cane martinis (although MIL and myself will probably be the only ones who enjoy the drink!)