Can anyone give us an idea?

Question

My fiance and I are spending christmas day just the two of us, as it is our first christmas in our home. We would like to cook something different on christmas day, rather than the traditonal meal as it is just the two of us. Has anyone got any ideas as to what we can cook? Anything other than a turkey would be nice! Thanks. x

Answer 1

After my mother-in-law died, I began hosting all the family meals at my place...the thought of trying to make the holiday meal different was a welcomed offering, and now, they all want "the new twist". I make lasagne (with a bechmael sauce instead of ricotta). The recipe came from a famouse San Francisco restaurant, and hasn't failed to pleasantly surprise a single diner. A nice antipasti plate (marinated mushrooms, artichoke hearts, various peppers, sliced cheeses and cured meats), crusty Italian bread, fine quality olive oil and balsamic vinegar, a fresh baby greens salad with orgonzola, roasted beets, toasted pine nuts & served with a blood orange vinagrette, fruit and cheese for dessert, or a simple fruit tart. Bon Appetito

Answer 2

You could roast a whole chicken or any parts of it with rosemary and garlic, olive oil. Then make a nice pasta, potato, or rice dish and a simple salad and a fabulous dessert.

Other meat ideas would be cornish hens, pork chops, pork roast, or tenderloin, or a beef roast with all the trimmings, and when you are done, use the leftovers for a soup.

You could make enchiladas or lasagna, or any casserole that you both love, or a pan of scalloped potatos and ham. Or you could spend the day making your own custom weird topping pizzas, with homemade crust! Or you could grill something.

You could go OUT to eat at your fav restaurant, or get something from a place like Boston Market, or grocery deli where you can get prepared dishes, bring them home and style them up by eating with the good dishes, candles and a nice wine.

You can go junky! You can skip the classy food altogether and pig out on popcorn, chex mix, and cookies while you watch holiday movies. Or you can put on a crockpot of chili, or make a big fancy salad, or tacos/burritos, or quesadillas and other appetizer/finger foods and eat in front of the TV.

Dessert doesn't have to be hard either. You can get something from a bakery, or you can make cookies, or you can do something like jello or pudding, or a cake, or a graham crust pie, or maybe just a fresh fruit platter, or ice cream/sherbet/sorbet. There are also a lot of treats you can make with cereal...puppy chow, rice krispie treat recipe can be made from any cereal, and can be used in some cookies. You can try your hand at homemade candy such as fudge or cream cheese mints.

More than anything this year, this is a time to celebrate the time of year, each other, and get some new traditions going for the family you will be creating by getting married. Later if you have kids and spend the holidays as a small family instead of going to relatives, any of these meals and ideas would be great to keep up as a yearly treat. Great memories to look back on...and a great way to welcome children into your life together. "When dad and I first got married, we spent the whole day watching Christmas movies. Each movie had a snack. When A Christmas Story came on we ate popcicles at the part where he freezes his tongue to the swingset. Then we had green grinchy colored sugar cookies when Dr. Seuss came on. We had puppy chow with Charlie Brown and Snoopy, and we had cheese with the mice on Night Before Christmas....that was a fun day! Want to help me get the stuff ready for OUR Christmas together?"

Answer 3

Until recently, the traditional meal in Scotland was a steak pie, which many of the long-gone butchers shop would make for you if you supplied the dish. Pick it up on the morning, put it in the oven and go to the pub.
Elsewhere in Europe, fish is a traditional Xmas food. Why not pick a different country every year? You can come back to the American turkey in a few years if you want.

Answer 4

How about a nice gammon joint? After boiling it, pull off skin, score fat and spread with mustard, then brown sugar and roast in a hot oven, or stick halves of apricot with a cherry in the centre using a cocktail stick then roast - or cook in cider and serve with a roast apple sauce - great cold cuts for sandwiches with english mustard or making soup or diced up and put in an omelette...Happy Christmas, hope you have a lovely holiday together XX

Answer 5

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Answer 6

I'd go for duck. I'd stuff it with a stuffing of apples and prunes and rub the skin with honey and salt. You could serve it with a traditional cherry or orange sauce. Cranberry and orange would be properly festive. Veg could be the traditional ie roast potatoes, mashed potatoes with mashed swede, brussels sprouts.

Answer 7

Get a fresh duck (about six quid in the supermarket). Pour boiling water over its skin and pat dry with paper towels. Smother all over in maple syrup (the darker the syrup the better). Cook at 200 degrees C for two hours. Bloody marvellous.

Serve with roast potatoes, roast parsnips (par-boiled then also coated in maple syrup), seasonal veg. There will be just enough meat on a duck for one good meal.

Answer 8

Vegetable lasagna
Stuffed Acorn Squash
Garden casserole

Answer 9

How about this xmas try loin of lamb (off the bone) with a fesh herb and crumb crust served with a light port and red wine jus in-fused with fresh blackberries served on a potato and stuffing rosti with broccoli mornay vichy carrots and spiced red cabbage braised with redcurrant jelly and nutmeg, dauphinois potatoes.............Enjoy

Answer 10

The first year my sister and her husband and there 1 yr old boy spent in there new home in NC they had "cornish hen's"...YUM-O!

They come in pacakges of 2 and are small but very tasty! They dont take to long to cook. Mabey serve with some green bean casserole (for 2 ppl just divide the original recipe in half!) and some warm roll's. Merry Christmas to you both in your new home!!