What's your Christmas menu?

[crazelion]

Unfortunatley we will be at my MIL's so dinner will probably be:

Overcooked and cold beef tenderloin with ZERO seasoning or sauce (She cooks it in a pan with about 2" of water in it so the bottom is basically boiled meat and plans it so it comes out of the oven an hour before we eat)

Burnt potatoes au gratin made with nothing more than salt, pepper, swiss cheese and way too much milk so it's like potato soup with a burnt swiss cheese crust on top.

corn from the can

crescent rolls


There you go... lol DH tried to get Christmas here this year but she would not budge. I am not a chef or gourmet cook by any means, but I am a decent cook and I put as much effort as I can into my holiday meals.

Okay that that just sounds Nasty LOL

 

[Colleen27]

I only host Christmas eve, and we do a selection of appetizers/small portions rather than a sit down meal. I keep it pretty simple, since there's only the five of us plus my mom, and for part of the evening my brother & his fiancee.

This year, I'm making:
Cranberry glazed meatballs
Crab stuffed mushrooms
Bacon wrapped scallops
City chicken
Assorted pierogi
Deviled eggs
Shrimp cocktail
Veggie tray w/ ranch dip
Cheese, crackers & summer sausage
Crab dip w/ crackers

And for dessert:
Chrusciki
Chocolate fountain w/ orange wedges, strawberries, bananas, raspberries, pretzels
Two-bite chocolate peppermint cupcakes
Two-bite orange cheesecake w/chocolate drizzle
And probably some sort of cookies my mom will bring, usually Russian tea cakes and decorated sugar cookies.

My mom will probably stay the night, and for breakfast we'll have the same Christmas breakfast we've had all my life - fresh kielbasa and egg bread w/raisins.

 

[Colleen27]

Where else good salmon patties and fried green tomato at.

Ooh, now that's some good food! Fried green tomatoes are hard to come by up here this time of year, what with not being able to get green tomatoes at all, but man do I love them during the summer when the green tomatoes are just outside the back door.

 

[Magic Mom]

How bad for do want the collard greens be for you. LOL

First I would get a hammock. The hammock is put in the collard greens. Then I would extra salt, pepper, and red pepper.

I would cook the hammock and the collard greens for about 3 to 5 hours. About the last hour of cooking I like to add hot peppers to mind.

Now that collard greens are done. Get the cornbread and hot sauce and mixed all the together for a meal. I am talking real cornbread and not jiffy. The buttermilk kind. Now I am showing my true southern roots.

Do you mean hamhock?.... I would think a hammock would be sort of chewy.

 

[BC]

MagicMom, I was thinking that must be what she meant. Hamhock, fatback, bacon or whatever seasoning you prefer, but good southern collards have to have something in them.

 

[minnie1012]

Unfortunatley we will be at my MIL's so dinner will probably be:

Overcooked and cold beef tenderloin with ZERO seasoning or sauce (She cooks it in a pan with about 2" of water in it so the bottom is basically boiled meat and plans it so it comes out of the oven an hour before we eat)

Burnt potatoes au gratin made with nothing more than salt, pepper, swiss cheese and way too much milk so it's like potato soup with a burnt swiss cheese crust on top.

corn from the can

crescent rolls


There you go... lol DH tried to get Christmas here this year but she would not budge. I am not a chef or gourmet cook by any means, but I am a decent cook and I put as much effort as I can into my holiday meals.

I can relate! At my inlaws we eat on paper plates with plastic utentils on our laps (if you are lucky enough to find a seat somewhere). usually I am out of luck since I have to get food for my kids first. Its next to impossible to saw through the tough meat with a plastic knife! It usually feels more like a barbecue than Christmas dinner! They just started having vegetables! Oh appetizers are pickles, olives and pretzels!
Dessert is never homemade or even from a bakery for that manner!

 

[crazyme5kids]

Do you mean hamhock?.... I would think a hammock would be sort of chewy.

I just fell off my seat from laughing so hard! I thought maybe the wine I'm drinking was making me a little fuzzy in the head trying to think of what a hammock was. Then I figured it was some sort of cheesecloth type thing .

 

[D L and K's Mom]

Since DD is working Christmas Day we are having a Christmas Breakfast...

Baked French Toast
Cinn Rolls
Bacon
Potato Bake
Quiche
Cold Cereals/granola
Yogurt
Fresh Fruit
Juice
Tea
coffee
hot choc
CHAMPAGNE!!!!!

For dinner later I am just baking a rosemary chicken and having veggies and potatos.......it will only be our family by then.

 

[Hootiss]

Do you mean hamhock?.... I would think a hammock would be sort of chewy.

Sorry, I peed myself laughing so hard.

 

[krcit]

Christmas Eve we are going to my SIL's and will be having the 7 fishes I don't like seafood really so I'll just have linguini with claqm sauce and fill up on appetizers, lol. My 2 girls will be in heaven though. They love seafood and I won't make it for them so Christmas Eve is their favorite. Christmas morning, my DH always makes potatoes and eggs. We do a buffet style at my brothers for dinner. It usually includes a spiral ham, eggplant parmigiana, lemon chicken, some sort of pasta(usually ala vodka) some sort of shrimp dish, salad and my SIL makes some Dominican dishes. If we are very lucky, my SIL's sister will make homemade empanatas. I'll make buffalo shrimp dip, spinach dip and clam dip for apps.

 

[Magic Mom]

Sorry, I peed myself laughing so hard.

It took me a minute to figure out what she meant. I hope the poster isn't offended. I'm really not making fun of her.....more like silly laughing along. We all make word mistakes from time to time.

 

[Magic Mom]

Christmas morning we are having monkey bread ( family tradition) and fruit salad.

 

[starann]

WE have a HUGE dinner at my mom...its me, DH, our 2 DS, my sis, her DH, her 3 kids, my bro, his GF, my mom and step dad, his DS and wife and their 2 DD, and his DD and her hubby.

My fmaily is from the south and my stp dad is Italian....we have a mix of food.


appetizers
italian meats and cheeses
meat pie (a mix of cheese and italian coldcuts in a sweet bread)
beer bread and dips

main course
spiral honey ham
turkey
sweet potatoes
mashed potatoes
green bean casserole
southern potato salad
collards
homemade dinner rolls
manigotti and stuffed shells

Dessert
eclaire cake
homemade Cheesecake (which is better then Cheesecake Factory)
brownies
Magic Cookie Bars
Souther Butter Pecan cake

 

[mrsheppo]

We do non-traditional for Christmas. Because DH has to work Christmas and all the adult kids have been invited to their in laws, we will have our dinner on the 23rd.

We are having a family favorite - Bagna Calda along with rice pilaf, french bread and wine. Desserts will include apple dumplings, cheesecake and we will also have a cookie exchange.

 

[LilyWDW]

My Menu:
Honey Ham
Mashed Potato Casserole
Southern Green Beans
Deviled Eggs
Biscuits
Dessert

I have no idea what to do for dessert though.

 

[crazelion]

Do you mean hamhock?.... I would think a hammock would be sort of chewy.

That is what mint. I can't spell worth darn. LOL

 

[charming23]

We do Christmas eve dinner and are having

Lemon chicken cutlets
rice
glazed carrots
fruit salad
s'mores cheesecake bars

 

[somcgregor]

I have no clue, but a lot of what you have identified sounds delish.

I guess I should get working on my menu. I am probably going to go with a prime rib or turkey. Who knows.

 

[crazelion]

It took me a minute to figure out what she meant. I hope the poster isn't offended. I'm really not making fun of her.....more like silly laughing along. We all make word mistakes from time to time.

I thought it was funny myself. LOL

 

[2Poodles]

Our special Christmas lasagna
Salad

Desserts
Chocolate Rasberry Christmas Log
Lemon Christmas Log
Homemade Cheesecake