Christmas Dinner Suggestions

[honeychile]

For those of y'all who are making Christmas dinner, what's on the menu? Anything new and exciting, or is it the same old-same old? I'm looking for ideas! Oh, no seafood - it doesn't go over well in this house.

[nlauren]

Im making a good old turkey dinner for christmas.

Try some holiday drinks to spruce things up, like hot chocolate and rumblemintz (sp?)

YUMMM

[AKA_Monet]

Have a Christmas Goose... I think you cook it like duck, which means you have a lot of "fat"/oil.

Last year I cooked Alligator Snapping Turtle Stew in the Crockpot. My husband said it was very delicious...

I'm a vegetarian, so I had collard greens, mac and cheese, jiffy pop corn bread and sweet potato pie.

Or have a wild boar. My husband says it tastes really good.

[AOIIalum]

I asked that same question of my guys last night, and we're doing Thanksgiving Dinner plus a small ham for Christmas. Of course, at this rate it will be 70 and sunny here on Christmas day, so we might as well grill out instead!

[RedVelvet]

I am grilling beef tenderloin and lamb chops for Christmas dinner. I am also making griiled asparagus, sauteeed mushrooms, potato gratin, and crab cakes (for starters).

[AGDee]

I'm sort of preparing 3 Christmas dinners.. The first is the fanciest and biggest but will happen on the 23rd with my dad, his wife, my brother and my kids:
Marinated Sirloin Roast
Cheesy Hashbrown Casserole
Green Bean Casserole
Cinnamon Apples
Dessert: Fudgy Volcano Cakes

On the 24th, it's my mom, my brother and the kids and we're having pizza from a local place that my brother loves and MUST HAVE whenever he's in town, so that's my easy one I have to pick it up on the 22nd though.

On the 25th, it's just for my brother, my mom and I and it will be salad, chicken parmesan and egg noodles.

[aephi alum]

DH and I visit my parents for Christmas, as my parents are Catholic.

The menu (usually) is:
Cocktails and those frozen pre-made hors d'oeuvres (beef pigs-in-blankets, cheese pinwheels, potato puffs, etc)
Prime rib
Yorkshire pudding
Some kind of veggie, usually steamed broccoli
Red wine
Fruitcake for dessert
Espresso, after-dinner drinks, and petits fours

This year, I'm thinking of making a pre-emptive strike and bringing an apple pie, so we don't have to suffer through the fruitcake.

[Nikki_DZ]

I wish I knew what we were doing. My mom and I are still in negotiations as to were to HAVE Christmas. I want to have it at my house, and do all the cooking, which she is fundamentally opposed to, as my grandmother lives near my parents and is an invalid. An INVALID. Which means she doesn't leave the house. So they can stop in and drop her off a plate on their way home!

Not only do I not want to haul 2 kids and 2 dogs an hour and half to my parents, I don't want to eat my mom's cooking. We'll just say that her skills have erroded since becoming an empty nester. Blechhhhh.

[honeychile]

I found a recipe for Molten Chocolate Lava Cakes, but at 62 grams of fat EACH, I think we'll be giving them a pass:

Molten Chocolate Lava
Recipe #26237
Recipe from reds bistro & bar, Toronto, Ontario
by Mille® ™

5 servings 29 min 15 min prep

2 1/2 cups dark semi-sweet chocolate
1 1/3 cups unsalted butter, melted
1/3 cup cornstarch, plus
2 tablespoons cornstarch
2 3/4 cups sugar
7 eggs
8 egg yolks
2 tablespoons Grand Marnier

Chop chocolate into small pieces.
Melt butter and pour over chocolate.
Whisk together until the chocolate is completely melted.
Whip eggs and egg yolks together with an electric mixer for 1 minute.
Mix sugar and cornstarch together and add to eggs; whip until frothy (approximately 4 minutes).
Add Grand Marnier liqueur.
Add melted chocolate and blend together.
Fill 5 4-inch ramekins ¾ full and bake at 425°F for 14 minutes.
Serve immediately (any leftover mix will keep in the fridge for 5 days).

Better yet, you can purchase a dozen of lava cakes in various flavors (in the filling) at the dough monkey - at $54 per dozen.

[honeychile]

BTW, I'm leaning towards Beef Tenderloin En Croute. I've made it before, but we'll have so few people, it almost seems a shame to take the time. For those who don't remember, my SIL actually brought her own chicken breast last Christmas dinner!

[AOII_LB93]

Well, I'm doing Christmas eve dinner this year, and it looks like the following:

Prime Rib
Popovers
Green beans
some sort of potato dish
random squash dish? depends how much cooking I really want to do.

dessert: Apple Crisp (the new family favorite...served with Ben and Jerry's vanilla.)

For Christmas day, I'm doing breakfast for my MIL and SIL. We are heading to DH's family for dinner and I have to bring an appetizer, so Spinach artichoke dip it is - easy recipe and really good. I'll probably have to make another Apple Crisp for this one too.

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by AOII_LB93

For Christmas day, I'm doing breakfast for my MIL and SIL. We are heading to DH's family for dinner and I have to bring an appetizer, so Spinach artichoke dip it is - easy recipe and really good. I'll probably have to make another Apple Crisp for this one too.

I'm dying for a great recipe for Spinach Artichoke Dip, if you care to share!