Christmas Lunch 2008

[Mother Goose]

Just wondering what everyone is doing for Christmas Lunch this year? Have the IL's coming from SA and looking for ideas which don't include Seafood (MIL is allergic)... I nomrally do a Roast Pork with all the trimmings but DH wants something different...

TIA

MG

[feeb]

We are doing 2 things.

DH family sat before chrissy we r having fish and ham and gourmet sausages.
Cheese platter, cheesecake, pudding.

My family chrissy day Turkey, Ham, cheesecake, pudding

[briggsy's girl]

we're doing roast lamb, prawns (to shut the brother and hubby up!), roast chook, ham, and then baked vegies. doing roast spuds, maybe some sweet potato and onion, but most of it cooked into a vegie bake i made and froze on Thursday - lotsa veg, gently stir fried in garlic butter, then add white sauce and bake it up. mum and i sampled on thursday - divine!

[Lucy]

I am cooking a joint of beef on Christmas Eve and we will have a roast dinner (with all the trimmings) on Christmas Eve night. Then on Christmas Day for lunch will will have cold sliced meats (the beef, ham, turkey and pork pie), jacket potatoes and salads.

And for pudding a Christmas cassata........

[Rach75]

having xmas with my mum, my sister and her crew ... + mums 2 foster kids going to be fantastic

thoughts so far are

roast turkey thigh and breast things
prawns
mum wants roast pork yes we do a big meal in generally 35+c heat LOL
ham
roast chooks ( we cheat here red rooster)
assortment of roast vegies
I would like caeser salad, a mixed salad, pasta and potata salad

followed by xmas cake (homemade), plum pudding (tin), trifle and most likely pavolova

then we will all fall on the floor from over eating

then boxing day we are down to gstone with IL's for a xmas feast wont be as good as mums though

[Tinks]

We always have Turkey on Christmas Day.

I like the idea of a gourmet BBQ with roast vegies for something different. That would take some of the pressure off you too becuase DH could cook the meat.

[Lisa]

Our's sound an awful lot like yours Rach!!

This year we're having;
MEATS
• Roast Lamb
• Roast Pork
• BBQ Chicken
• Cold Ham
• Fresh Prawns

VEGETABLES
• Roast Potatoes
• Roast Pumpkin
• Roasted Sweet Potato
• Roast Beetroot
• Roast Onions

HOT SIDES
• Potato Bake
• Fried Rice

COLD SIDES
• Avocado & Corn Salad
• Prawn & Mango Salad
• Garden Salad

DESSERTS
• Pavlova
• Individual Choc Mousse
• Fruit Cake

There are 18 of us, that is why so much food.

[Rach75]

yummy Lisa

we have 4 adults (5 if BIL turns up in time for lunch)
16 yr old
10 yrold
9 yr old
5 yr old
3 yr old
2 yr old
1 yr old

so xmas will be a very noisy affair

[MrsFabuloso]

What about a bbq? You could do some nice meats- ribs/steaks/gourmet snags, vegies- corn/mushrooms/onions/capsicum/eggplant, portugese chicken butterflied (yum!!), marinated meat and veggie skewers......and soooo much more. And it's cooked outside if it's hot!

[Laranna]

We aren't cooking at all as we are going to visit the families. For breakfast we go to my mum and dads and they do a big brekky on the BBQ - bacon, eggs, little fat sausages, hash browns, tomatoes, muffins, toast, OJ, champers.

For lunch we are going to BIL's place, no idea what he's going to do.

Then for dinner we are going to MIL's place which will be a big spread (she's a great cook), probably seafood, roast meats and yummy veggies etc.

Phew I am stuffed just thinking about it!