Christmas menu ideas 2012

[Rowellen]

LOL. I would just say MIL for ease. All these steps get way too confusing and since they are family now it doesn't really matter.

Sounds like you'll have your hands full. Don't forget to delegate

[Cass72]

LOL. I would just say MIL for ease. All these steps get way too confusing and since they are family now it doesn't really matter.

Sounds like you'll have your hands full. Don't forget to delegate

I can't delegate.... I'm anal!

[Rowellen]

Lucky you are so organised then

In my house it's more like - Christmas? Isn't that like 6 months away .

[Jaycee]

That sounds awesome Cass!

This year we are heading to my brother's place for christmas lunch so I have no idea what's on the menu, it should be interesting

[MrsFabuloso]

Some home made dips (mexican layered dip, spinach cobb loaf dip and tuna dip) with some corn chips, bread and vege sticks to dip.

Fruit platter with all of the yummy summer fruits on it (cherries, mangoes, melons...)

cheese platter

lamb and chicken on the barbie (butterflied and marinated, I haven't decided on the marinades), and probably some snags for the kids!

salads- coleslaw, potato salad, spinach and feta, crunchy noodle salad

pavlova and fruit cake with custard

[Phteven]

We'll be putting the crab traps out every day for the week leading up to Christmas by Christmas day they will have vomited all their sand and we'll boil them to death and eat them. Glad I'm not a turkey or seafood.
Beyond killing crabs we have a no cooking rule for Christmas so it will be other cold seafood, some sashimi if it looks good at the fish co-op or we have caught a good sashimi fish, salads and we might let my sister bake some bread to eat it with. Or we might not.
Pavlova.

And an afternoon playing croquet.

[AnyDream]

I'm inventing a layered frozen icecream dessert, involving rum-soaked raisins, almonds, coffee, hmmmm what else... Still inventing...

And that's it. Someone else can cook this year. I will be busy "having a colour scheme".

[LionsandBears]

I'm inventing a layered frozen icecream dessert, involving rum-soaked raisins, almonds, coffee, hmmmm what else... Still inventing...
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Have you finalised the recipe MD? I need ideas. We're doing separate menus for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. I have a bit of soaked fruit I could make into an ice-cream thingy. Or do a summer berry type pudding.

menu so far:
Christmas Eve:
entree: ?? May just do dips and nibblies

Main: slow cooked roast lamb, gravy, mint sauce, with roast potatoes & salad

Dessert: ?? I want to do something light.

Christmas Day:
entree: Snapper and prawns with salad

Main: Turkey, gravy, cranberry sauce with roast veggies and greens

Dessert: Christmas pudding; profiteroles with chocolate Cointreau sauce