What do you usually serve at you Christmas dinner or lunch?

Question

I want to have some friends over for like a Christmas lunch/dinner and was wondering what kinds of things should I prepare? Both meat and veggie foods? Recipes to if you have any? Thanks.

Answer 1

Baked Spiral Ham, Cranberry Glaze Sauce, Scalloped Potatoes, Asparagus, Strawberry Jello Salad, Cheesecake......

SUE's CRANBERRY GLAZE SAUCE:
1 (16 oz.) can jellied cranberry sauce
1 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup orange juice
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Mix all ingredients together. Cook in a saucepan on medium heat until smooth and heated thoroughly.

SCALLOPED POTATOES:
5 Tablespoons butter or margarine
5 Tablespoons all-purpose flour
1-1/4 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
5 cups milk
6 cups potatoes, peeled, thinly sliced
1 onion, sliced
In a large saucepan, melt butter; stir in flour, salt and pepper until blended to make a paste. Add milk. Gradually stirring, bring to a boil; cook for 2 minutes or until sauce is thickened.
Place layer of potatoes and onions in a greased 3-qt. baking dish. Pour sauce over potatoes. Repeat layers. Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees for 60-70 minutes or until potatoes are tender and top is lightly browned.

STRAWBERRY JELLO SALAD:
2 (3 ounces) packages Strawberry Flavor Jello
1 cup boiling hot water
2 (10 ounces) packages frozen strawberries
3 Bananas - mashed
1 (16 ounces) can crushed pineapple - drained
1/2 cup walnuts - chopped fine
1 pint (16 ounces) sour cream
Dissolve jello in 1 cup boiling water.
Add frozen strawberries to jello. Stir bananas, pineapple and walnuts into jello. Spread half jello mixture in 8"x8" pan. Cool slightly (it sets up quickly). Spread sour cream over cooled jello. Pour remaining jello on top. Refrigerate.

CHEESECAKE:
Graham cracker crumbs
1 lb. small curd cream-style cottage cheese
(use as dry a cream-style variety as possible)
2 (8 ounces) packages cream cheese, softened
1 1/2 cups sugar
4 eggs, slightly beaten
1/3 cup Argo cornstarch
2 Tablespoons lemon juice
1/2 cup margarine, melted
1 (16 ounces) pint sour cream
Grease 1 (9-inch) spring form pan; dust with graham cracker crumbs. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Sieve cottage cheese into large mixing bowl. Add cream cheese. Beat with high speed of electric mixer until well blended and creamy. Beating at high speed, blend in sugar, then eggs. Reduce speed to low. Add cornstarch, lemon juice and vanilla. Beat until blended. Add melted margarine and sour cream. Blend with low speed. Pour into prepared pan. Bake in 325 degrees (slow) oven about 1 hour and 10 minutes or until firm around edges. Turn off oven. Let cake stand in oven 2 hours. Remove and cool completely on wire rack. Chill. Remove sides of pan. Makes about 12 servings.

Answer 2

Hi there. We typically have a turkey on Thanksgiving, so we make usually prime rib or some sort of beef roast for Christmas. I would make both veggie and meat-a good mixture is best for everyone! Good luck! Food network.com has some great easy recipes.

Answer 3

A lot of times it's been turkey or ham with all the sides, I've even done tamales and chili. Last year I tried a beef tenderloin, a little more upper scale. This year I think I am going to do for an appetizer a Cranberry Pecan Brie, then New York Strip Steaks with a gorgonzola sauce, herbed new potatoes, green beans, maybe a salad, and popovers- with a cranberry cake and apple tart for desserts.

Some of the recipes:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_20965,00.html?rsrc=search

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_31031,00.html?rsrc=search

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_29175,00.html?rsrc=search

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_33625,00.html?rsrc=search

http://www.usaweekend.com/05_issues/051113/051113recipes_milwaukee.html#cake


For more Christmas menu and recipe ideas go to:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/et_hd_christmas/



You can really do pretty much anything.

Answer 4

For dinner we usually get Chinese its the only fast food open on Christmas

Answer 5

We eat ham! or sometimes turkey. and then have the same veggies and stuff that you do at thanksgiving. Or sometimes my mom just cooks a whole bunch of ordorves.

Answer 6

My menu this year is:

Appetizers;
Cocktail smokie wrapped in bacon with brown sugar pineapple glaze
Mushrooms stuffed with crab and provolone
Chilled shrimp with cocktail sauce
Assorted mini quiche
Blueberry and creamcheese in plyllo
Stuffed cherry tomatoes

Main course;
Standing Rib Roast with au jus & horseradish sauce
Asparagus tips with hollandaise
Harvard beets
Garlic country mashed potatoes
Mixed green salad

Dessert;
Tiramisu (home made)

Answer 7

deli meat and cheese, cheddar pepperoni crackers, shrimp,

Answer 8

i make a stuffed turkey with lazagna and some kielbasi on the side.