Christmas Dinners

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Whatever meat you're having, make a side dish of stewed red cabbage with apples, onions, red wine, cinnamon, cloves, ginger and star anise. Essentially it's like having mulled wine, cranberry sauce and Brussels sprouts all in one.
 
I will have a festive whatever is in my fridge and probably sugarfree Kool-aid, followed by a seasonal wintergreen wad of dip or maybe a camel crush.
 
We always did Christmas as like Thanksgiving lite. Stuffing, green beans, gravy, sweet potatoes, maybe cranberry sauce? And either ham or turkey.
I've always gone to family for Christmas, so I don't really have any "Christmas specials". I need to come up with something for this year, so I'm glad to see this thread. I'd like to make different stuff than what I grew up with.

I'm tentatively planning on making lamb - I've been meaning to try this recipe where you sous-vide it with grapes. I sort of want to make something with sweet potato or pumpkin but I haven't decided what yet. I might make the sausage stuffing I made for Thanksgiving again. And I want to do some stuff with cranberry sauce, like cranberry meatballs or cranberry brie bites. Maybe some devilled eggs for appetizers.
Roasted brussels sprouts are an easy thing I make a lot already but there's probably no harm throwing them in to make it a bigger meal. If you have a spiralizer, an offbeat thing to do is spiralize the carrots and cook them in butter with garlic (I hate cooked carrots, but found them surprisingly pleasant this way). Also I'd give your guests all the dessert drink options to really impress. Classy menu!

Hongourable Madisha said:
Whatever meat you're having, make a side dish of stewed red cabbage with apples, onions, red wine, cinnamon, cloves, ginger and star anise. Essentially it's like having mulled wine, cranberry sauce and Brussels sprouts all in one.
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This sounds like a really good idea, I think I'm going to steal this.
 
there's an Asian market in my town that has roast Peking ducks for sale. Since paydays the Monday before Christmas I'm debating on buying one but ill have to eat it on that same day and not Christmas itself since the Peking duck is best when it's hot and fresh. otherwise im not sure what to make for christmas proper. Maybe anice thick juicy steak and shrimp with garlic and herb mashed potatoes and steamed asparagus.

Lord of the Large Pants said:
My family has never done much special for Christmas dinner, but for lunch we do steak, eggs, and fancy potatoes. Not exactly traditional, but whatever. It's good times.
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funny thing i read all that in coop's voice...yes even all these years later and with cartoon network refusing to release the show in any format i still remember what the characters sounded like.
 
horrorfan89 said:
there's an Asian market in my town that has roast Peking ducks for sale. Since paydays the Monday before Christmas I'm debating on buying one but ill have to eat it on that same day and not Christmas itself since the Peking duck is best when it's hot and fresh. otherwise im not sure what to make for christmas proper. Maybe anice thick juicy steak and shrimp with garlic and herb mashed potatoes and steamed asparagus.


funny thing i read all that in coop's voice...yes even all these years later and with cartoon network refusing to release the show in any format i still remember what the characters sounded like.
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They never can, for legal reasons. They (allegedly) lost money on it, and wrote it off.
 
We have Christmas brunch instead of Christmas dinner... except it takes place at dinnertime.

Eggs Benedict
Hasselback potatoes
Roasted asparagus
Mimosas
 
for christmas dinner I'm gonna have steamed buns (the chink kind full of cabbage and shit) and a 1.5l bottle of wine. maybe some ancient salted frozen fish
 
was at my mas place she made leg of lamb; steamed green beans, and mashed cauliflower. For dessert almond flour brownies (her and one brother is on the keto diet the others on a fasting diet)
 
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