Any ideas for a non-traditional Christmas dinner?

Question

I did the Italian theme last year. It was greeeat!!!!!!!!

Answer 1

We had sushi one year - in-laws didn't appreciate it much, but we loved it!

Answer 2

Nut Roast with Mushroom Sauce


Ingredients

packet of nut roast
mushrooms
onions
garlic
salt
pepper

To make a shop bought nut roast more tasty try covering with a delicious mushroom sauce.

Fry some mushrooms,onions and garlic which have been finely chopped until golden brown. Then add some flour to the mixture to form a thick paste.

Then slowly add soya milk until the sauce is the required consistency. Season with salt and pepper and serve piping hot poured over generous slices of nut roast.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

My husband and that i do not many times have a common Christmas dinner. we've my fringe of the kinfolk over and what we do is only serve quite some appetizers. the in common words situation that we continually have turkey quesadillas. another issues we've had are cheese/jalapenos pinwheels, mini quiches, shrimp cocktail, and so on. it really is relaxing and by no skill a lot hardship. of route we've quite some cookies, pies, and frequently a cake. We bypass way overboard with the cakes.

Answer 5

Chicken Fried Steak with Cracked black pepper Gravy

The quality of the beef is what really counts in this dish. Normally this recipe calls for cube steaks or tenderized round steak, but I love London broil for this and normally have more of it on hand than anything else. I slice the cut’s in half so I have a thinner cut of meat. Then normally I cut the steaks into smaller portions then tenderize with the spine of my Chinese cleaver or you can use a mallet. When I wanna show off I just tenderize and cook the whole (1/2 the boil) steak and then slice and plate on a platter then pour some gravy over sprinkled with paprika and cracked black pepper

4 tenderized beef cutlets
1 egg
1/4 cup milk
all-purpose flour
canola oil, enough to fill up to at least a 1/2 inch of the pan
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1/4 teaspoon of cayenne
1/2 teaspoon of garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon cracked black pepper

Beat together the egg and milk and set aside. Mix together the salt, black pepper, paprika, garlic powder and cayenne and season on both sides of beef cutlets then add the remainder to the flour.

Heat the cooking oil in a large cast-iron or other heavy skillet over medium-high heat for a few minutes. Oil should be about a half-inch deep in the pan. Check the temperature with a drop of water, if it pops and spits back at you, it's ready.

Dredge the cutlets in the flour, shaking off the excess. Then dip each cutlet in the egg/milk mixture, and then back in the flour.
Carefully place each cutlet into the hot oil. Fry cutlets on both sides, turning once, until golden brown. Remove from heat. Drain cutlets. You now should have a lovely tender medium chicken fried steak

Cracked black pepper Gravy
After the cutlets are removed from the pan, pour off all but about 2 tablespoons of oil, keeping as many as possible of the browned bits in the pan. Heat the oil over medium heat until hot.
Sprinkle 3 tablespoons flour (use the left-over flour from the chicken fried steak recipe (You weren’t gonna throw that goodness away now were you?) in the hot oil. Stir, quickly, to brown the flour.
Gradually stir in 2 1/2 cups milk and stirring constantly with a whisk and whisking out any lumps. (You can cheat and use a emersion blender if you have one ) Lower heat, and gravy will begin to thicken. Continue cooking and stirring a few minutes until gravy almost reaches desired thickness. It’s gonna thicken more as it sits. Check seasonings and add more salt and cracked pepper according to taste. Add more milk if it gets too thick. Somebody stop me or I'll give you a dessert recipe too

Answer 6

We do not have a traditional Christmas dinner and have not for years. I make potato salad, baked beans, and have ham and turkey slices on rolls, fruit tray, relish tray, and veggies and dip. We have it as a buffet and people can eat when they wish. There are also homemade cookies and candies. People drop in during Christmas Eve and Christmas day.

Answer 7

My mom and I did cioppino one year, it was wonderful! Much lighter than the traditional feast. Once we did a big italian dinner too...the kids had a great time helping to make the ravioli.
Have fun with it!

Answer 8

We are doing a cajun-themed dinner this year: go to cajunturkey.com.....order the bobby deen christmas dinner...that is some of the best food you will ever eat....and all you have to do is cook it for a few hours when you're ready!

Answer 9

Depends on whose tradition you're talking about :)

We do different things...

One year we did all seafood (shrimp three ways, oyster stew, hush puppies, cole slaw etc)

Sometimes we do an Italian feast with a crockpot full of meatballs, lasagna, garlic pasta, good bread with olive oil, chianti and biscotti and coffee for dessert

We've done all tapas/appetizer foods... and just snacked our way through the day...

We've done bread bowls with three soup choices...

We've done a traditional Southern fare of fried chicken, catfish, macaroni and cheese, corn pudding, greens with country ham, cornbread etc... peach cobbler and pecan pie for dessert

If it's a large group you could do a covered dish pot luck...

Whatever you choose, just make it something popular with most of your family/friends/guests :) (That's how we wound up doing the Italian feast!)

Answer 10

Make breakfast! The possibilities are endless and you can make it festive too! pancakes, waffles muffins and biscuts are your bread. quiche, sausage, bacon, eggs, and even steak can be your meats! Fruits galore and fried green and red tomatoes! And do I even need to mention dessert ideas! There are a million recipes online, just type in breakfast!

Answer 11

Lasagna! An italian theme is good.