Christmas eve: Fine Cooking meatball recipe and their spinach lasagna. (Heavenly).

Christmas morning: pastries from breads unlimited and an egg casserole

Christmas dinner: rib roast/prime rib with horseradish sauce and au jus, mashed potatoes, green beans, hummingbird cake.

I love this holiday and my wife’s family has come to love my cooking

Red pozole tonight, Chinese tomorrow. It’s going to be great.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:-Christmas Eve
Crab cakes
Panko shrimp
Beecher’s Mac and cheese
Green beans
Christmas cookies

-Christmas morning
Homemade cinnamon rolls
Breakfast casserole
Fresh fruit

-Christmas dinner
Smoked prime rib with horseradish cream
Potatoes au gratin
Steamed broccoli
Butternut squash with spinach, craisins, and onion
Sourdough bread and butter
Homemade pecan pie
Christmas cookies

How do some of you cook all of this stuff?

I’m not the PP, but I space things out over a few days. I’m making the rolls today, which can be reheated on Christmas Day. I’m also making the desserts today. I will make scalloped potatoes in the morning (again, to be reheated before serving), and my prime rib in the afternoon. I will make the sides (green beans or Brussels sprouts) while the prime rib roasts. For Christmas breakfast, we are having waffles, so I wil make the batter before I go to bed.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where does everyone buy their prime rib and how much are you paying ?

A local butcher to me, it was $75 for 2 lbs.

Local butcher. 6.5 lbs for $170

Cheese, crackers, smoked salmon. Butternut squash soup. Beef bourguignon. Roasted veggies. Cabbage and apples salad. Fennel and orange salad. Yule log, cookies, and sticky toffee pudding.

Ham, turkey, stuffing, potatoes, peas (as a soup) green beans, sarma(Cabbage rolls) etc...

We have a good family chili recipe. The post upthread about chili inspired me.

We were supposed to go away but have a feverish, sick kid so will be home and we need to create a food plan.

For Xmas Eve Dinner:
Might order Chinese or Ethiopian food

For Xmas brunch:
Bahn mi sandwiches and blueberry French toast

For Xmas dinner:
Chili
Roasted sweet potatoes
Roasted brussels sprouts

Boxing day:
Eat leftovers


We are good cookie bakers yet not sure we'll be able to pull them off at this late stage. I think we'll visit the grocery and buy whatever baked goods look tasty.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:-Christmas Eve
Crab cakes
Panko shrimp
Beecher’s Mac and cheese
Green beans
Christmas cookies

-Christmas morning
Homemade cinnamon rolls
Breakfast casserole
Fresh fruit

-Christmas dinner
Smoked prime rib with horseradish cream
Potatoes au gratin
Steamed broccoli
Butternut squash with spinach, craisins, and onion
Sourdough bread and butter
Homemade pecan pie
Christmas cookies

How do some of you cook all of this stuff?

I’m that PP. It’s a combination of buying frozen or pre-made (Wegmans crab cakes, Beecher’s Mac and cheese, Costco panko shrimp, bread from local bakery), pre-cut/cleaned veggies (green beans, butternut squash), DH smoking the prime rib, and just timing out the prep and cook times appropriately. Plus I genuinely enjoy the meal planning and cooking aspect. So that helps too!

Anonymous wrote:-Christmas Eve
Crab cakes
Panko shrimp
Beecher’s Mac and cheese
Green beans
Christmas cookies

-Christmas morning
Homemade cinnamon rolls
Breakfast casserole
Fresh fruit

-Christmas dinner
Smoked prime rib with horseradish cream
Potatoes au gratin
Steamed broccoli
Butternut squash with spinach, craisins, and onion
Sourdough bread and butter
Homemade pecan pie
Christmas cookies

How do some of you cook all of this stuff?

Christmas Eve - probably pizza
Christmas Day - Repeat of Thanksgiving plus beef tenderloin

Ok now I want to do prime rib. Where to buy? How to cook? I’m from a local family in the Midwest and we did ham or turkey at the holidays but this sounds delicious. Would need to add a non red meat main for one eater. Thanks!

Day:
Marinated roasted Prime rib w/ gravy or horseradish
Celery root and potato mash
Leek and mushroom bread pudding
Asparagus
Roasted root vegetables
Roasted chestnuts
Apple tart and cherry pie
Variety of Christmas cookies

Eve:
Baked clams
Shrimp
Oysters
Watercress Salad
Grilled octopus
Cookies
Crème brûlée

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No vegetarians here? I am looking for no meat suggestions if you have them.

We’re doing individual beef wellingtons and mushroom wellingtons.

That is ingenious! Are you making them or buying them?

Christmas Eve- we do seven fishes, including caviar and shrimp cocktail as appetizers. Haven’t figured out rest of fish this year- probably homemade crab ravioli and salmon as the main.

Christmas Day- filet mignon, roast fingerling potatoes, asparagus. Big seasonal salad. And Christmas cookies for dessert.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No vegetarians here? I am looking for no meat suggestions if you have them.

Stuffed shells!

Stuffed shells are a perfect Christmas meal especially if you stuff with spinach and cheese and serve with a red sauce.