What are you eating for Christmas?

Traditional or non-traditional (or a bit of both?) All out, or casual and relaxed?

We're starting with bbq'd prawns in kaffir-lime and lemongrass with a ginger and mango mayo, followed by chargrilled butterflied lamb leg with a lemon zaatar crust, roast vegies (smashed potatoes, leek, beetroot, parsnip, pumpkin and baby carrot), red wine and roast garlic gravy, and green vegies (baby beans, sugar snap peas and asparagus). And for dessert we've got a mango flan and mince pies from our favourite patisserie.

What about you?

We in the end will have 4 different things LOL.

Sun last week with DH family we did pork on bbq spit with roast potatoes, sweet potatoe, carrot, salad followed by cheescake.

Christmas day Big cook up breaky (eggs, bacon, sausages, croissants, muffins, mushrooms) Dinner BBQ with friends lamb chops, marinated chicken drumsticks, burger pattie things. Some choc desert friend making YUMM

Boxing day My parents and 1 brother Spit roast pork with trimmings and plum pudding or choc pudding

27th Turkey, ham, prawns with trimmings followed by pav or cheesecake with my other brother and his wife (reason 2 things with my family is to break drive up for my dad as they live 6 hrs from my brother and my mum doesn't drive)

Going to need to pace myself LOL

Breakfast- croissants & champagne and orange juice

Lunch- Prawns, avocado& yummy green salad

Dinner- Roast pork & veges

YUMMMMMMMMqw

Got some prawns for DP for lunch.

Dinner: turkey, pork and veggies. And of course a pav lol

Have some croissants for work in the morning

Its only our ittle family for most of the day tomorrow (so me, DH, DD and DS) so it's not going to be a huge thing...

Breaky is at a friends house, She said we will be having croissants, bacon, eggs, champas and juice
Lunch we will probably be too full to eat, so just snacky things like crackers/dip, nuts and a fruit platter
Dinner will be a baked dinner with turkey, lots of potatoes, pumpkin, sweet potato, beans and cauliflower with homemade gravey, followed by a yummy trifle which I have been hanging out for for weeks!!!

Breakfast: Just normal, have to save some room for lunch.

Lunch: Cold turkey and pork, vegetable pasta salad, roast vegetable salad, and a mixed salad. Italian trifle and white choc and berry cheesecake for dessert.

Dinner: Leftovers

My family never did tradition but DP is from the UK and they always had turkey so cooking a roast turkey. I'll be making spuds and veg for the side with a gravy. I was going to make sushi hand rolls and prawns for the side but being UTD screwed that theory. We are probably having a chilled day because only staying home. Almost forgot we're having Pav for dessert :lol: It's going to be 43 here so probably won't be eating too much.

We do breakfast at my parents every year. Snags, bacon, eggs on the barbie with muffins, croissants, OJ, champers.

The inlaws varies each year, this year it's at MIL's for lunch. She usually goes all out (she is a great cook). There'll be a full leg ham done in the BBQ, seafood platters, roast turkey and salads.

We dont really do Xmas but my mum is doing a cold platter... Cold meats, cheeses, Turkish bread etc while we give DD her presents. It's apparently gonna be 38 here tomoro so I plan on lathering myself in sunscreen and spending all day in thier pool

Breakfast: ham and eggs with the DSDs, DH's ex, her DP and their kids.

Lunch: ham sandwiches

Dinner: roast pork in the weber, Parmesan and garlic roast veggies and my SILs famous dessert

Breaky will consist of pancakes, scramble egg, a BUG CUP OF COFFEE or 4 :lol:

Lunch will be later in the day so HUGE..have decided to do chicken and turkey drumsticks with roast vegies, potoato and steamed cauliflower/brocolli.
CHristmas pudding with custard.

Dinner will be left overs...cause i always over cook lol

Breakfast is whatever we have at home. Nothin' spesh.

This year is at my brother's place with our family and extended family, and SIL's family too.
Lunch is usually a selection of cold meats, seafood, salads, etc.
Dessert whatever is made. Ice cream slice stuff, cheesecake, pavlova, etc.

Dinner is leftovers from lunch.

Brekkie - normal breakfast, maybe croissants...maybe croissants will be for Boxing Day.

Lunch - Prawns & scallops done on the barbie in lemon juice & garlic, a cooked chook, a selection of cold meats from the euro-butcher down the road who does yummy smoked meats, cheese platter, coleslaw, potato salad, green salad, fruit salad & chocolate pudding & profiteroles for dessert!

I made cherry ripe balls & apricot balls today so no doubt they'll be out on the table tomorrow too.

Did I mention that its only the 3 of us this year...so dinner will be leftovers!!! :)

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Did I mention that its only the 3 of us this year...so dinner will be leftovers!!! :)

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um not if I find out were you live :nahnah:

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um not if I find out were you live :nahnah:

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Me too :p

All sounds yummy.

We've discovered that our bbq'd prawns won't actually be bbq'd, because mum (who was awesome and did all of the shopping) translated unspecified prawns on the shopping list as cooked prawns rather than green prawns. Oh well. They'll still be good. At least it wasn't like finding out one Christmas Eve that my supposedly turkey buffe was a whole turkey, and what the hell was I going to do with it and would it fit in the oven. Fortunately it did!

Normal brekkie.
Nibblies of dips and crackers, camenbert.
Lunch
Prawns, ham, crusty bread, salads and a lobster (Yum- haven't had lobster for ages) then pudding with brandy cream and custard.

Brekky is yoghurt and fruit salad (treat for the kids, they love yoghurt and Im too lazy to spoon feed them all everyday when they can feed themselves eggs on toast :lol: )
Lunch is at DFs mums so its a surprise
and afternoon tea/ dinner is at my nanas so again surprise :)
I completely get out of cooking yay!

No brekkie here for adults, we graze all day, DS had toast :)

lunch, ham, chicken , two different salads, prawns, antipasto platter, asparagus, baby corn, beetroot etc
Chocolate mousse with cherries for dessert !!, YUMMY and little pickled onions, I've already eaten a jar NOM NOM NOM:)

Dinner leftovers
Tomorrow, leftovers etc ;)

lunch was roast turkey with roast potatoes, sage onion and cranberry stuffing, pigs in blankets (chippolatas wrapped in bacon and roasted in the oven), broccoli and sprouts with a citrus butter, cranberry sauce and gravy. And it was delicious!

Dessert was home made trifle and later on we will have mince pies and cream.

Tomorrow we are having friends over so they are bringing some roast beef and I have made a creamy turkey and cranberry curry, which we will have with roast potatoes or rice (will make both) and veggies. Afterwards I have a Christmas pudding and brandy for setting it alight (love that tradition!) and cream. I am going to be so fat after this weekend :lol:

Cold Ham, prawns & chooky! My famous potato salad with proscuitto & a green salad. Sparkling apple juice. Cherry Pav, Trifle - chocolate. Rumballs, white Christmas... Yummy!