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Christmas/Winter Holiday dinner?
SIL and I are in charge of Christmas dinner.....we don't normally celebrate the holidays together so have no long standing traditions with DH's family.
I am not crazy about a turkey b/c we just did this for Thanksgiving.
i am sort of intrigued by Yorkshire puddings but that calls for a roast.....
so what do you guys eat?
Re: Christmas/Winter Holiday dinner?
the prime rib i posted last week (and made last christmas) rocked. would only be improved with some yorkshire puddings.
last year our christmas dinner was prime rib, PW's mashed potatoes (you have that recipe already), and green beans with shallots and lemon. it was just us and that was still too much food but it was easy and awesome. dessert was my grandma's chocolate trifle.
Christmas for me = pure decadence. Prime rib, beef tenderloin (one year I did a recipe with shallots and port and bacon and it was AMAZING), maybe something like a seafood risotto.
DH and I are big fans of duck breast, specifically duck au poivre, but that's hard to serve a group because some people get squicked out by rare duck. We were going to have it Christmas Eve, but since we're hosting some unadventurous eaters we've switched the menu to America's Test Kitchen's 5 Cheese White Lasagna with prosciutto and artichoke hearts. It's still decadent but not scary and can be prepared ahead.
I have no idea what we'll do for actual xmas dinner but "our" xmas dinner this year is going to be bangers (with cider gravy) & mash.
We always have rib roast (with an addictive mustard crouton topping) and boozed-up chocolate mousse. The rest varies.
ILs usually do lasagna.
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The ILs always do a ham. When we used to do Christmas Eve with my BFF and her family, we always did a ham and beans.
If we're with my family, it varies. Sometimes ham, sometimes lasagna. Sometimes other stuff. I did this awesome arugula salad with goat cheese and pomegranates a few year ago and I'll do it again this year.
Yorkshire puddings could be good, or popovers! Those would go well with a roast or something. Maybe something comfort food-y, like a pot pie? I saw a recipe in the Williams-Sonoma catalogue for a short ribs pot pie that looked AMAZING.
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My family always does a big roast beef. Yum.
For Christmas Eve, my dad goes totally overboard and does a multiple course seafood dinner: oyster stew, crab cakes, stuffed shrimp, lobster mac and cheese. Then we hang out, groaning we're so full, with our pants unbuttoned, until we all pretend we're still practicing Catholics and go to 10pm Mass.
last year when I hosted Christmas dinner for the whole family, I did a beef tenderloin that was just excellent (if I do say so myself!). (It was actually from last year's December issue of Martha Stewart Living)
There was a grainy mustard/horseradish sauce that went with it that was delicious and I made caramelized acorn squash (also from the issue of the magazine).
I can't remember what veggies I served...maybe asparagus? anyway, it all turned out great. I'll definitely be doing the beef tenderloin again at some point.
We've done a lot of different things. We're doing Honeybaked ham this year, because I loooove it and I kind of insisted upon it. In past years, we've done prime rib, beef tenderloin, and a seafood medley.
One year I want to do the traditional "feast of the seven fishes" on Christmas Eve, but I don't think I can handle all of the work this year.
we have lots of holiday dinners
Ham and crab cakes on Christmas eve
Turkey dinner on Christmas
on the 28th DH and I host dinner and we'll have a standing rib roast. I have one blogged if you want to check it out.
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christmas eve we usually have some kind of beef, if we're with my family. dh's tradition with his mom is more appetizery/snacky stuff all night long rather than a big meal.
christmas day no matter which place is basically a repeat of thanksgiving. one year my parents tried to change it up and my sister and i staged a revolt.
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