Who wants to talk about Holiday Menus/Food?

[Violet2]

DD is 2 and this is her third Xmas and the first one where we've had enough sleep to put up the tree and think about our family traditions. So I've been trying to plan our food and wondered what everyone else was doing?

I want to make the following:

-A decadent bread pudding

-candied almonds for snacking

-My famous (to friends and family only) molasses cookies

-Kielbasa quiche (it's a E. European thing) or some kind of egg/bfast casserole for Christmas day bfast (if you have a recipe, hit me! I'm looking!)

-Maybe some cinnamon rolls or pumpkin bread for Christmas day bfast

Christmas Eve dinner is the E. European traditional thing which is:

-fried fish
-red kidney beans and sour cream
-split peas with garlic
-potato salad
-mushroom sauerkraut soup

What is your family eating this holiday season?

V

[Alyantavid]

We're big on traditions here so everything is almost exactly the same every year.

Christmas Eve, we go to my grandma's and she serves clam chowder, rolls, crackers, etc.

Christmas morning, we have bagels, oj, coffee.

Christmas lunch, we go to my dad's and have ham, mashed potatoes, green beans and rolls. And some kind of pie.

Christmas evening, I cook prime rib, some type of potatoes (this does change depending on what I feel like), bacon green beans, pumpkin cheesecake.

[Violet2]

Sounds yummy. What's your pumpkin cheesecake recipe?
V

[jeanine123]

Christmas Eve we have crab legs and steak along with baked potatoes and some kind of veggie or salad. Not sure yet on a dessert, maybe Brownie Pudding.

Christmas Day is ham, mashed potatoes, some kind of veggies and fresh rolls.

[mommariffic]

All the days leading up to Christmas are filled with sweets

Peppermint bark, ginger bread, fudge, peppermint brownies etc.

Christmas Eve we go to DH's Father's side for appetizers and gift exchanging. It's normally dips and veggies and other types of finger foods and it's a good time. I LOVE finger foods so I'm all about this, and his Aunt makes a fantastic clam baked dip that I dream about.

Christmas Day we have the holiday here; I make a basic breakfast of bagels, cream cheeses with jam and juices. When family comes we have snacks [baked brie, veggies and hummus, etc] and for dinner I do mashed maple sweet potatoes, ham and steaks, and a veggie.

[cristeen]

Nana's Xmas Eve tradition is fondue, and we'll be over there this year and years in the forseeable future.

My Xmas morning tradition growing up was always steak and eggs, biscuits and gravy... we've continued that since we've been married, and I plan to keep on with it.

[425lisamarie]

we have traditional thanksgiving stuff, plus a couple sides I like to make because I eat a bit lighter than some of the things. Our Christmas tradition has and always will be finger foods!

[sewchris2642]

Thanksgiving is turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, yams, gravy, corn pudding, cranberry relish, green bean casserole, carrots with horseradish, rolls, green salad, pumpkin pie, mince pie, gingerbread with real whipped cream, lemon bars, date bread and whatever new dessert recipe my mom wants to try out. Everyone is assigned a dish to bring.

Christmas Eve is sandwich makings (turkey, roast beef, or ham; swiss, provolone, and cheddar cheese; rye, whole wheat, and sourdough rolls/bread with condiments and greens), baked beans, green salad, and desserts! Usually, but not limited to (my mom loves to bake and starts before Halloween for the holidays), date bread, lemon bars, candied nuts, fudge, bon bons, brown eyed susans (shortbread cookie), sugar cookies with buttercream frosting, gingerbread with real whipped cream. Christmas morning, I make coffee cake and scrambled eggs.

Christmas day is an open house at our house with sandwich makings, cranberry relish, pumpkin bread and cream cheese, and cookies (brown eyed susans, sugar cookies, snickerdoddles, chocolate, Russian tea cakes--also called Mexican wedding cakes) with hot chocolate, hot apple cider, and egg nog to drink.

[mamatoablessing]

Christmas Eve is always heavy appetizers and hors d'oeuvres, such as homemade hot crab dip, bruschetta, gourmet cheeses and crackers, spiral ham, stuffed dates, etc. We've done this ever since I can remember because of the way our Christmas Eve church service is timed. We can go to church and then come home and snack and let the kids open a few presents. It's very laid back.

On Christmas morning, we have an egg and sausage casserole, along with a large dish of baked french toast covered with candied pecans. It's my most favorite meal of the whole year!

Christmas dinner is a little more fromal. We usually do a huge, stuffed beef tenerderloin, garlic and cheese mashed potatoes of some kind, roasted asparagus, a salad and fresh baked bread. For dessert I always make an amazing Bailey's Irish Creme Cake.

[Alyantavid]

Originally Posted by Violet2

Sounds yummy. What's your pumpkin cheesecake recipe?
V

Pumpkin cheesecake

2 pkg cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
1/2 cup pumpkin
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
dash cloves and nutmeg
9 in graham cracker crust

Mix first three ingredients. Add eggs, mix. Remove one cup of batter and set aside. Stir in pumpkin and spices. Pour batter into pie crust. Top with pumpkin mix. Bake at 350 for 40 minutes or until center is almost set. Refrigerate at least 3 hours before serving.

[jessieann]

I'll be cooking a very traditional thanksgiving this year.. Turkey, stuffing, mashed potstoes, sweetpotatoes, green beans, mac and cheese, and Ill be trying a new cranberry and Pomegranate sacue recipe this year. It looks amazing: http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/holi...deos/index.php

[Violet2]

Thanks for the recipe Allyson.

I've been cooking up a storm today.

Caramelized the sweet potatoes in the oven and mashed them up.

Put 2.5 dozen cookies in the freezer to be baked on Friday.

Made the cranberry sauce and a pumpkin pie.

And getting ready to start on the cranberry pumpking cheesecake bread.



V

[BetsyS]

Our Christmas Eve is oyster stew. Yum!

For Christmas, it varies, but often, we do barbecue pork and Brunswick stew.

[inkedmamajama]

i hope to make a beef wellington this xmas.

i miss living in the northeast, we used to always do lobsters.

[mumkimum]

Well, the only things I've committed myself to this year so far is a gingerbread cheesecake and peppermint-chocolate trifle.

Dh is thinking about a pork shoulder with a cocoa-spice rub we found a recipe for, and I'm thinking about double stuffed twice baked potatoes (with sweet and white mashed together). Then I need to figure out something else veggie for myself.

Oh - and I might try doing some homemade stollen, which I'm pretty excited about. I've only ever had store-bought stuff and I always kinda liked that anyway. I'm sure homemade is way better.

[Violet2]

Originally Posted by mumkimum

Well, the only things I've committed myself to this year so far is a gingerbread cheesecake and peppermint-chocolate trifle.

Dh is thinking about a pork shoulder with a cocoa-spice rub we found a recipe .

Recipes??? Please?

[mumkimum]

Well, it's this gingerbread cheesecake (unless I find something that looks better) and I think this is the same chocolate-peppermint trifle recipe (I am most excited about this one).

And here is the cocoa-spice pork.

[hykkim]

let's enjoy

Ingredients:
• 1 1/2 tbsp. butter
• 1 tbsp. corn starch
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 oz. cream cheese,
• cubed 1 cup sharp cheddar cheese,
• shredded 1/8 cup monterey jack,
• shredded 1/2 tsp. Busha Browne's Pukka Hot Pepper Sauce. (Any habanero/scotch bonnet pepper sauce will do. We recommend anything with a "use with descretion" warning on the bottle.)
• 1/2 tsp. chili powder
• 1/4 tsp. paprika
Directions:
1. In a small saucepan over low-medium heat, melt butter and stir in corn starch.
2. Pour in the milk, add cream cheese, and continue to stir until mixture is fully incorporated.
3. While stirring mix in cheddar and jack cheeses, chili powder, paprika, and hot pepper sauce.
4. Continue to stir until cheese has melted and all ingredients are well blended.
5. Pour over tortilla chips.
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[*Aimee*]

I don't know what I'm doing for Christmas!

For Christmas Eve we usually take a pot luck dish to my grandparents but there is talk of that not happening this year. So we'll see. I'm due Feb. 16th but both of my boys have been 4 weeks early so I'm trying to really take it easy in case this one tries to come early too. So the name of the game is EASY!

Christmas morning I'm supposed to make a breakfast casserole for my family and my mom and her boyfriend who are coming over to watch the boys open gifts. Any ideas? I need something savory.

Then we do a pineapple upside down cake for Baby Jesus' birthday cake.

I'm thinking maybe soup? or take and bake pizza's for dinner.

[maciascl]

Xmas Eve: We have a potluck meal so it is always a little different, but there is always tamales (cheese w/ chili & sweet ones too), rice, beans, & vegetable lasagna.

Xmas morning: Soyrizo & eggs, fried potatoes, beans, and tortillas.

Xmas day: Tofurkey & the usual sides (veggies, mashed potatoes, rolls etc)

I didn't think about it until posting here but these have become our regular 'traditional' things.