Browse Forums Recipes 1 Dec 22, 2009 2:36 pm I thought people might like to share what they're serving up for Christmas dinner, and any favourite recipes. We have a small family group of 18 this year (it's often more like 30 ), and this is the plan: Entree Fresh prawns Smoked salmon roulade (my Mum's specialty) Main course Roast turkey with cranberry & walnut stuffing Roast pork - with crackling, of course. Honey smoked ham - this is a home made ham, hubby smoked it on Sunday Roast potatoes Warm pumpkin & green bean salad Coleslaw Garden salad Plus gravy, apple sauce, cranberry sauce etc.... Desserts Good old plum pud with brandy sauce Mini pavlovas (the kids love these) Something with white chocolate and berries that my sister is making Lisanne's Mars Bar cheescake And I'm making a chocolate/coffee log to serve with coffee. For those showing up for dinner, I'll be dishing up whatever leftovers we have, plus a couple of BBQ chooks, some fresh bread rolls and a mango salad. Then there'll be a fruit platter and a thrown-together peach and raspberry trifle. I found the recipe in this month's BBC Australian Good Food magazine. Boxing Day will be spent in a food coma. I'm not making my traditional Christmas dessert this year, thought I'd try something new, but I highly recommend this one - Raspberry & Frangelico Tiramisu cake Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Christmas menus and recipes 2Dec 22, 2009 2:56 pm We only do cold lunch / tea here. Lunch is oysters - natural / mornay / kilpatrick. Then prawn cocktails followed by cold roast pork / ham off the bone / cold roast turkey along with salads and my MIL's yummy coleslaw. Breadrolls. Don't tend to have dessert at lunch - maybe some of MIL's gorgeous fruit cake. Dinner is pretty much the same with more choices for dessert - trifle, lemon meringue pie and pav. Too hot normally to have too much to eat here. Some things are worth waiting for. Re: Christmas menus and recipes 3Dec 22, 2009 3:44 pm Ohhhh yum kek & kyton, we need a drooling emoticon We always have lunch here and have anywhere from 10-20 people, this year will be 10 adults and our two boys. I do all the food myself (being the control freak that I am ) Our menu is: Roast pork Roast Turkey Roast Lamb done on the Weber Roast taties & pumpkin Green beans pasta salad Baby spinach & sweet potato salad Seafood salad Choc ripple cake covered in strawbs, raspberries & blueberries Plum Pudding & custard and fruit mince pies, macadamia shortbreads and chocs to have with coffee/tea No dinner here, if anyone is hungry usually leftover roast meat in a roll with salad goes down ok. I can't wait, I look forward to Chrissy lunch every year Re: Christmas menus and recipes 4Dec 22, 2009 3:50 pm I'm going to have the following and probably spread it all out between lunch and dinner Entree: Prawn cocktail Oysters kilpatrick (with some chilli!) Main: Turkey scalloped spuds (mmmmm yummy!!!!) roast pumpkin Baked tomatoes and onion thingy in a ramekin Dessert: Pudding with custard! Somewhere in there will probably be cheese and chocolates and whatever else is in the cupboard along with plenty of alcohol! 'A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.' Louis Pasteur Vegie garden: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27637&start=0 My Backyard Adventure Re: Christmas menus and recipes 5Dec 22, 2009 4:45 pm Yum everyone Me:- Champagne Pork Meatballs Very very yummy mexican dip Champagne Roast Pork with mustard apricot relish champagne Honey & Rosemary marinated butterfly leg of lamb - BBQ champagne Cold Ham (decided not to cook one) champagne Roast chickens (for those children who at 23 still hate meat) champagne Chinese Cabbage & Noodle salad (everyone in the world knows this one) Chick pea & mango salad with mustard dressing Paella Greek Salad Stuffed potatoes champagne Pavlova Pudding with brandy sauce *hic* champagne Re: Christmas menus and recipes 7Dec 22, 2009 5:20 pm Xmas Eve: Nibblies (usual stuff) Seafood Paella/Sliced Ham/Sliced Roast Beef/Sliced Pork/BBQ chicken pieces/Fresh prawns/Pasta Salad/Coleslaw/Tossed salad (with 50 ingredients) Chocolate Mud cake/ Pudding/ Mini Pavs/ Custard/ Icecream Xmas Day: As Above, all over again... Boxing Day: We have a HUGE lunch at my dad's with all the salads/marinated fried chicken/3 different Malay curries/fried noodles/fried rice/boiled rice/prawns/sausages (for the kids)/some elaborate and decadent dessert that my cousin the pastry chef creates/icecream and whatever else the flowing through guests bring. It's very multicutural with an Asian twist. I wait ALL year for this magnificent feast, it's a true delight. Maybe UNtraditional to most but to my family it is very traditional and happens every year. My eyes are ALWAYS bigger than my belly. www.themaxbuild.blogspot.com forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=20717&start=300 www.leahspaperpassion.blogspot.com Re: Christmas menus and recipes 8Dec 22, 2009 5:33 pm I take my hat off to you guys Chrissy eve dinner for us is the biggy. Menu later. Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Christmas menus and recipes 9Dec 22, 2009 5:35 pm themax Xmas Eve: Nibblies (usual stuff) Seafood Paella/Sliced Ham/Sliced Roast Beef/Sliced Pork/BBQ chicken pieces/Fresh prawns/Pasta Salad/Coleslaw/Tossed salad (with 50 ingredients) Chocolate Mud cake/ Pudding/ Mini Pavs/ Custard/ Icecream Xmas Day: As Above, all over again... Boxing Day: We have a HUGE lunch at my dad's with all the salads/marinated fried chicken/3 different Malay curries/fried noodles/fried rice/boiled rice/prawns/sausages (for the kids)/some elaborate and decadent dessert that my cousin the pastry chef creates/icecream and whatever else the flowing through guests bring. It's very multicutural with an Asian twist. I wait ALL year for this magnificent feast, it's a true delight. Maybe UNtraditional to most but to my family it is very traditional and happens every year. My eyes are ALWAYS bigger than my belly. Seeing as we are best cyberfriends......am I invited to the BD one Re: Christmas menus and recipes 10Dec 22, 2009 5:35 pm onc_artisan I take my hat off to you guys Chrissy eve dinner for us is the biggy. Menu later. Mine is more due to split families Onc, not my idea of fun having a Trifecta of meals, but it is a good excuse to stuff yourself stupid..... www.themaxbuild.blogspot.com forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=20717&start=300 www.leahspaperpassion.blogspot.com Re: Christmas menus and recipes 11Dec 22, 2009 5:37 pm SuH themax Xmas Eve: Nibblies (usual stuff) Seafood Paella/Sliced Ham/Sliced Roast Beef/Sliced Pork/BBQ chicken pieces/Fresh prawns/Pasta Salad/Coleslaw/Tossed salad (with 50 ingredients) Chocolate Mud cake/ Pudding/ Mini Pavs/ Custard/ Icecream Xmas Day: As Above, all over again... Boxing Day: We have a HUGE lunch at my dad's with all the salads/marinated fried chicken/3 different Malay curries/fried noodles/fried rice/boiled rice/prawns/sausages (for the kids)/some elaborate and decadent dessert that my cousin the pastry chef creates/icecream and whatever else the flowing through guests bring. It's very multicutural with an Asian twist. I wait ALL year for this magnificent feast, it's a true delight. Maybe UNtraditional to most but to my family it is very traditional and happens every year. My eyes are ALWAYS bigger than my belly. Seeing as we are best cyberfriends......am I invited to the BD one You would LOVE it SuH! Hey, that BD is a revolving door, sometimes I go and say "and do I know you? are you related to me?..who cares, let's eat another round...." it's bit like that so you would fit right in, a cast of thousands...you are always welcome food to DIE for. www.themaxbuild.blogspot.com forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=20717&start=300 www.leahspaperpassion.blogspot.com Re: Christmas menus and recipes 14Dec 22, 2009 6:56 pm kyton TheMax not nice tempting a fat pregnant hungry woman with such a gorgeous spread.put my hand up If SuH needs a driver I put my hand up for the job You won't be driving anywhere Kybaby, you are about to drop a load can you still fit behind the wheel any movement at the station luv??? Re: Christmas menus and recipes 16Dec 23, 2009 10:05 am We start with a big BBQ breakfast at my in laws Bacon and Eggs Hash Browns Tomatoes Blueberry pancakes with maple syrup Croissants and Toast Champers, Juice, Tea and Coffee Then we miss lunch as we are far to full - the kids usually want something to eat so they get ham sandwiches, and we have an antipasto platter out to nibble on. Then an early dinner at my parents Prawns Lobster Roast Pork Roast Veges Spinach Salad Eggplant pie (DH favourite) Champers, red and white to keep the Chrissy cheer! This years dessert will be layered Choc mousse with berries and the usual christmas pudding Then we go to SIL Boxing Day and eat all the left overs - usually cold meats and salads, and my MIL makes me a summer berry pudding - my favourite! Can't wait! Still not in. Don't ask!? Re: Christmas menus and recipes 18Dec 23, 2009 10:53 am Baby spinach is what we use - but I suppose it's not a traditional spinach salad, we just call it that. Hmmmm let me try and remember..... Baby spinach Oven baked Tomatoes - usually Roma's Asparagus Spanish Onion Shaved parmesan sometimes avocado depending if I feel like it! Pine nuts Then the dressing is Olive Oil, Lemon juice, salt, pepper, and basil leaves Still not in. Don't ask!? Re: Christmas menus and recipes 20Dec 23, 2009 11:37 am SuH I am making one with spinach in it too, but didn't know which one to choose. Yours sounds yummy Definitely use baby spinach! I'm not a big lettuce fan and will often use baby spinach instead for salads 'A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.' Louis Pasteur Vegie garden: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27637&start=0 My Backyard Adventure Not sure who you're building with, but I moved in recently to a 11month scheduled, 8 month actual build on the South coast/Illawarra NSW 3 4920 I recently went through a similar renovation and move scenario when updating our family home. 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