Christmas Dinner

[diablita]

we'll be in South Florida this year on Christmas Eve/Day so will be able to dine anywhere we want, not just at the one or two Chinese restaurants in Asheville that stay open

[merigayle]

Dh ok'ed going to the vegan place, if i can get a reservation

[merigayle]

Reservations made!

[wherestheportojohn]

Christmas Eve at my mom's: grilled tenderloin steaks, lovingly wrapped in bacon. Baked potatoes, onion pie, roasted delicata squash, garden salad, beer, wine, holiday cookies for dessert.

Christmas Day here: low key/not much (long story involving my MIL) I'm advance prepping everything, which will include bbq pulled pork, crusty rolls, some sort of side, holiday cookies.

[Ice Cream]

We are not doing anything different from any other day.

[AmyAmyAmy]

We'll be in the new house so I have to be careful with planning to make sure I have all my kitchen doo-dads in there to make a nice Christmas Eve dinner for my two kids and me. So it will be a simple roasted breast of duck, frisee salad, and some kind of pilaf, maybe some brownies. Breakfast will be the usual mimosa and corned beef hash and biscuits.  DH is coming home from a trip Christmas morning. We might have sliders of left over duck breast. For dinner is prime rib and potatoes au gratin, and a simple sauteed green beans and carrots.

Amy I like the fried chicken idea. I sometimes go to KFC and freeze an 8 piece bucket for one of those just in case I get the "lazies." I pop them in the oven and make a simple side or grab a bag of salad greens to go with a nice bottle of chard.

This is a brilliant idea. 

[RFS]

We traditionally do Raw Oysters, King crab, asparagus and red potatoes with garlic & dill but since we're doing a huge seafood boil for our dog show friends over the New Year weekend, I think we'll stick with Roast turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes & gravy, veggies(?) and rolls. Oh and a chocolate pretzel tart that I found in Food & Wine. 

[rocketgirl]

Ok, NOT steak.  I am making lasagna.

[srsly]

This is a brilliant idea. 

I would make fried chicken every week if I weren't so lazy! It's really good with salad.

BTW, I found a whole duck in Safeway today. It's $2.99 per lb, and I got a 4 lb bird. I hope it's enough for me and the kids. I also bought my 5lb prime rib for our Christmas dinner.

There's so much cooking to do!

[AmyAmyAmy]

I decided to roast a chicken. We'll have risotto green beans, bread and maybe biscuits too cause it's a holiday.

[CheryG]

Not duck.  Ham. 

[RioG]

tonight we're doing homemade pizza.  tomorrow morning homemade cinnamon buns. tomorrow night a happy turkey, boxing day a happy chicken and ham.

so. many. leftovers.   this is all happening at our house.

[merigayle]

We went to the vegan buffet and I ate my money's worth It was soooooooooo good. And so much was GF so i was really happy and well fed. I made cinnamon buns (vegan and GF) and they are rising now on the counter and i will put them in the fridge til tomorrow. I hope they turn out ok.

[siamesedream]

Roasted Pork
Twice baked potatoes
salad

Chocolate Trifle
Non-alcoholic wine(for me)

[merigayle]

Roasted Pork
Twice baked potatoes
salad

Chocolate Trifle
Non-alcoholic wine(for me)

grape juice?

[siamesedream]

grape juice?

Virtually, 

[merigayle]

Grape juice is cheaper I buy the sparkling juices for our parties.

[siamesedream]

Grape juice is cheaper I buy the sparkling juices for our parties.

  

[Bylo Selheigh]

Quaducant, glazed carrots, green salad and a fancy cream pie.

https://www.cajungrocer.com/qua-duc-ant-quail-duck-pheasant-909.html
This product is our Quaducant. It's breast meat of a quail stuffed with breast meat from a duck and then stuffed into a semi-boneless pheasant. We stuff the middle with our delicious creole sausage.

[nadra24]

My brother cooked a turkey on Christmas Eve which was amazing.  On Christmas we made snowman shaped pizzas.