Christmas Dinner....who's cooking?

[terri33 4]

After many, many months of not eating any beef, I've been persuaded to make a pot roast (talked down from crown rib roast). It's one of the easiest things to put together, so I now have a 4-pound chuck roast in the back of the fridge. That, and I'm making my famous cherry pie the day ahead, so dessert will be out of way. Pot roast is wonderful because it makes it's own sides of veggies (carrots, peas, potatoes and such). I love one-pot cooking.

It will all wash down beautifully with a Chateauneuf du pape from the cellar.

I'm just hoping after the long beef hiatus, that I can still digest the stuff.

Anyone else getting in the kitchen, or are you lucky enough to be going somewhere and being fed?

 

[snowbear115 46]

It’s just two of us so, maybe grilled cheese.


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[jcdeboever]

Not me, thank the Lord.

 

[Gary A.]

I will be cooking. Typically, for most meals, I make the entree and Mary Lou, (my much much better half), whips out the sides. We're having tamales and something else. lol ... We're talking about everything from Chicken Carbonara to either a ham, pork or beef roast, cooked either smoked or sous vide. Of late Gary has been fixin' up a lot of pot roast, foolproof and delish. Gary uses slow cooker bags to make the clean up easier. Most likely homemade ice cream for dessert.

 

[Gary A.]

It’s just two of us so, maybe grilled cheese.


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Gary loves Christmas Grilled Cheese.

 

[Destin]

My dad and I are cooking two giant pots of chili for a family gathering Saturday: one spicy, one not.

Then for Christmas we cook a whole ham and a bunch of sides.

It’s all usually pretty good.

 

[JonA_CT]

I'm not officially cooking either, but holiday dinners are becoming more stressful for my mom, so I usually give a big hand.

Our traditional Christmas day meal is rib roast with roasted potatoes and creamed spinach. I imagine that I'll be responsible for handling the meat and probably dessert, although it hasn't been officially decided.

 

[tirediron]

Chef Boyardee or Mr. Swanson; not sure yet.

 

[limr30 3]

Christmas Eve is spent with my family at my sister's house. I usually make our family's traditional Christmas dish, which is a version of a dish called Bacalhau à Gomes de Sá. It's a casserole of salted cod, potatoes, onions, and hard-boiled egg.

For Christmas Day, I'll be with Buzz and his family. I often make a pie for dessert and sometimes I'll be responsible for the fish and/or mashed potatoes.

 

[smoke665]

Already had the big dinner with family because of schedule conflicts, Christmas Eve will just be my wife and I with finger foods and snacks. Christmas Day we might be at our Son's house assuming everyone is over the flu there, but that's not looking real promising at the moment. Doctors offices are jammed with sick people this week, complaining of flu like symptoms.

 

[SquarePeg37 7]

It’s just two of us so, maybe grilled cheese.


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It’s just two of us so, maybe grilled cheese.


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Gary loves Christmas Grilled Cheese.

Please @snowbear use some Christmas tree cookie cutters on the grilled cheeses! I always make Princess a Christmas tree or gingerbread man shaped grilled cheese this time of year.

Christmas Eve is spent with my family at my sister's house. I usually make our family's traditional Christmas dish, which is a version of a dish called Bacalhau à Gomes de Sá. It's a casserole of salted cod, potatoes, onions, and hard-boiled egg.

For Christmas Day, I'll be with Buzz and his family. I often make a pie for dessert and sometimes I'll be responsible for the fish and/or mashed potatoes.

One of Princess’s bffs is from Portugal (moved here when she was 8) and she just said today that her favorite dish is bacalhau- nice to know how to spell it. I thought she was saying baklava at first.

Already had the big dinner with family because of schedule conflicts, Christmas Eve will just be my wife and I with finger foods and snacks. Christmas Day we might be at our Son's house assuming everyone is over the flu there, but that's not looking real promising at the moment. Doctors offices are jammed with sick people this week, complaining of flu like symptoms.

Hope everyone bounces back for the holiday smoke!

I’m cooking, and cooking, and cooking...

Saturday is our annual cookie bake with our neighbor and her daughter. These days the girls do all the work while we moms have a seasonal cocktail and hang out.

I’m hosting a small family dinner for 8 on Christmas Eve. Making stuffed shells with sauce and meatballs, and garlic bread. I usually make shells or lasagna because I can make it a day ahead and just put it in the oven when we get back from church. Sauce and meatballs go in the crockpot to reheat before we go so we can have dinner on the table an hour after getting home. Cupcakes with chocolate mousse filling and salted caramel sauce for dessert.

Christmas Day we’re having 22 here for dinner! I’m making beef tenderloins (3) with cheesey potatoes and a bunch of veggies. My sister-in-law will do the apps and everyone else will bring desserts so there will be a lot of yummy options. Again most of this gets prepped or cooked ahead of time except for the beef which doesn’t take long so it goes in the oven when the last guest arrives. We serve this meal buffet style. After dinner we’re playing the Saran Wrap ball game instead of our usual Yankee Swap. We did a trial run of this on Thanksgiving and it was really fun.

This year with the weekend being before Christmas there seems to be so much more time to celebrate! Having drinks with friends Friday night and going to a party on Saturday. I’ll be exhausted by Christmas night but I love seeing everyone and wouldn’t change a thing.

 

[rosh4u]

Hello Mates,
My good suggestions for vegetarians which can be cooked for Christmas?

 

[tirediron]

Hello Mates,
My good suggestions for vegetarians which can be cooked for Christmas?

Cooked vegetarians? Doesn't sound very appetizing, but... whatever works I guess.

 

[jcdeboever]

Hello Mates,
My good suggestions for vegetarians which can be cooked for Christmas?

green bean casserole

 

[Destin]

Already had the big dinner with family because of schedule conflicts, Christmas Eve will just be my wife and I with finger foods and snacks. Christmas Day we might be at our Son's house assuming everyone is over the flu there, but that's not looking real promising at the moment. Doctors offices are jammed with sick people this week, complaining of flu like symptoms.

My entire family just got over the flu. It’s been a bad week for it.