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Hosting a Christmas breakfast...good idea?
My parents and DHs Mum and Aunt live 10minutes away from each other and 30minutes away from us.
We decided to swap who we have Christmas dinner with because getting everyone together just doesn't gel. So we're having dinner/late lunch with my parents and were going to go visit MIL in the morning.
She mentioned today that the Aunt had said let's do something different this year and maybe go out for Christmas dinner.
So I suggested to DH that we invite them over to ours for a breakfast. They can still go out for dinner, if they want. I figure this way we'll get to see them, won't have to leave our house until we're ready to go to my parents and it will provide them with something "different" if they're bored with the routine.
So a couple of questions because a Christmas breakfast is a little foreign to me so:
a) Is there any aspect to hosting a breakfast that I"m not thinking through. I was thinking around 9-9.30am so not crazy early. We tend to get up around 7-730am so we'd still have some time to ourselves.
b) What food to serve? I was thinking pancakes, muffins and croissants.
Any thoughts?
Thanks
Re: Hosting a Christmas breakfast...good idea?
I wouldn't recommend pancakes, because it's going to take a lot of your time/attention to make them fresh & then keep them warm, whereas with other foods like muffins, croissants, etc you can set them out and be free to enjoy your family
We always do "pigs in a blanket" on Christmas morning, where we roll up the mini sausages in Crescent Rolls from a can... they're yummy, and they're also super-easy and bake up quick. Another big hit is some sort of "fruit salad" - last year we did mango and blackberry, with fresh whipped cream, it was delicious!
I would also suggest having some form of protein - bacon, sausage, eggs, something of the like (and maybe a vegetarian option if you have anyone who doesn't eat meat coming)
Sounds like a lovely morning, I hope you have a wonderful time!
Fantastic idea!
My mom always makes a breakfast casserole for Christmas morning. She makes it the night before and puts in the fridge overnight and puts it in the oven when we get up to open presents. It's usually cooked by the time we're done. And she doesn't have to slave in the kitchen.
I think her recipe has eggs, sausage, cheese and potatoes. I probably have a copy if you're interested.
Breanne -
I'd love the recipe. We're doing Christmas breakfast this Sunday with my family. Could you email it to me? You've got my email - thanks hon!
we always used to do Christmas brunch growing up. they were usually:
spiral honeybaked ham (CostCo sells them)
quiche (or now I do a baked french toast - prep the night before bake for 1 hour that morning)
biscuits and gravy - can do the gravy the night before and heat in crock pot.
if no ham - then bacon - you can bake this so you don't have to "man the stove"
fruit salad - yumm!
and MIMOSAS at our house
Thanks for the ideas. I was already thinking of doing bacon and/or ham to go with the croissants and putting out cream cheese and jam so people have a sweet or savoury option.
Also if people like bacon with their pancakes.
Seeing as it would just be four of us, it would be easy to talk in the dining room while DH cooks pancakes in the open plan kitchen.
I love the idea of a fruit salad too.
Great idea!
A breakfast casserole (eggs, sausage, cheese and potatoes) sounds yummy!
I make a sausage breakfast casserole every year that everyone seems to enjoy.
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Sausage-Brunch-Casserole/Detail.aspx
I like it because it is made with crescent rolls.
FI grandma always does breakfast at her house Christmas morning, usually around 9ish. She makes bacon, ham, eggs, muffins, oats and a few other really simple breakfast items. I love the idea of a Christmas breakfast, its tons of fun celebrating with them in the morning.
I host breakfast every year. We usually have a quiche, frittata, scambled eggs, french toast, bacon, sausage, fresh fruit, juice and coffee.
My menu this year is a spinach & mushroom frittata, scrambled eggs, turkey bacon, homemade turkey sausage, cinnamon twist (similar to rolls), fresh fruit, toast, coffee and orange juice. There will be 5 of us.
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I usually host Christmas brunch, and the menu varies depending on how many people we have coming.
With only four of you and an open kitchen, I think you're fine doing pancakes if you want to. I'm a big fan of some kind of booze with brunch, so I usually make mimosas or Bloody Marys.
We do this with my MIL each year. I love it. I love breakfast, I love Christmas, I love stockings with the kids. She does scrambled eggs, toast, bacon/sausage -- the basics. My mom used to do quiche, egg bake (I loved it), special Christmas bread -- loved it so much
I think pancakes are too casual for a Christmas breakfast, that's a simple Saturday morning thing. And if you combine them with croissants, it's a heavy carbohydrate combination.
Last Christmas my SIL did pancakes, after the kids opened their gifts, and though they had an open kitchen, it wasn't comfortable at all to talk while she stood there doing pancakes. She wanted us to eat while they were warm, so we were eating at the same time she stood there making them.
I think it would have been so much nicer to have just served ourselves some casserole or oven baked stuff and be able to sit together to eat and visit.
There are so many breakfast casserole recipes on the web, and are so simple to do. And you can make them a day ahead and reheat.
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