Christmas recipes and Christmas Menus for everyone!! Whether you’re having a summery Aussie Christmas lunch, a cosy White Christmas, a traditional Christmas dinner, or need speedy recipes that still have the wow factor, here’s a collection of my very best Christmas food ideas!
Prefer to help yourself? Browse the new Christmas Recipe Index!
I started this guided walk through of my very best Christmas recipes back in 2017. Each year, I update the post with my latest recipes and add more suggested menus. I hope you find some inspiration! – Nagi x
Christmas Recipes and Menus
The RecipeTin Family is notorious for leaving our Christmas menu until the last minute. We like to toss ideas around, offering up suggestions, “debating”*, looking around to see what looks good this year.
There’s a big build up until 3 days before – then bam! The Menu is Set, tasks are allocated, and everyone is dispatched to source the required ingredients.
It’s all part of our annual Christmas ritual.
And now, it’s your turn. I hope this Christmas Recipe Index and Menu Ideas helps you to plan your Christmas Menu!
* This is code for heated arguments and requests being shot down. Such as scoffing at mum’s request for Crackling Roast Pork as well as ham (“double pork is a no no!” we declare), mocking my request for Fried Chicken (“it’s Christmas, don’t be so bogan!”), and experimental ideas like Turdukin shot down as “noooo, it’s just a hack, it isn’t that tasty!”. As far as I’m concerned, there are no rules for Christmas and the opinions of the RecipeTin Family should be disregarded. And Fried Chicken is the perfect main for any occasion!😂
Christmas Mains
What will be your centrepiece this year?? A perfectly cooked Prime Rib, the juiciest ever Roast Turkey, a sticky Glazed Ham or the most incredible simple Herb and Garlic Butter Slow Cooker Turkey Breast?
Reader favourite: Christmas Baked Salmon. Looks festive, easy to make, exceptional flavour!
Warm & Hearty Sides
Warm and cosy, many of these are great for making ahead! My picks:
Potatoes au Gratin – indulgent, tastes outrageously good (it’s French, you can’t go wrong) and it’s 100% perfect for make ahead;
Baked Mac & Cheese – best made fresh for optimal eating experience but I have tips for near perfect make-ahead! This is a regular at the RecipeTi Family Christmas – we splurge on very good gruyere cheese and it is outrageously to die for!
Salads & Summery Sides
Never under estimate the power of a really great fresh, crunchy salad. And for those of us who have a Summer Christmas, fill your festive table with these colourful, a little-bit-show-off salads and side dishes!
Breads
It might not be traditional, but for years Corn Bread has remained as a firm favourite in our family! We love how soft and moist it is, that it’s so tasty you could eat it plain but when you use it to mop your Christmas plate clean? Swooon…
Starters & Snacks
Things to nibble before the feast are mandatory. Full stop!
To Finish
There is ALWAYS room for dessert. Always!!! This year, I present my Pavlova Christmas Tree, featured as part of a Christmas special I did for The Sydney Morning Herald’s Sunday Life pull-out, as well as on the Good Food website.
And here are some more dessert suggestions to steal the show at your Christmas dinner this year!
CHRISTMAS MENUS
Just a few suggestions for Christmas Menus……
🦃 🎄My Perfect Traditional Christmas Menu (ignoring all practical logistics like oven space and sleeping!)
☀️ Aussie Summer Christmas Lunch!
🥩 Prime Rib Christmas Dinner
❄️ Cosy White Christmas Dinner
💵 Thrifty but Nifty – Budget conscious Christmas dinner (For Australia)
😇 Super Easy Christmas Menu – low effort, forgiving, make ahead recipes
Menu 1: Nagi’s Perfect Menu
Ignoring weather, the opinions of the RecipeTin Family, sleep, oven logistics and of course, calorie counting. In my perfect world, this is what I’d make you for Christmas:
To Start
Fresh Prawns/Shrimp with Seafood Sauces for dipping
Mains
Sides
Duck Fat Potatoes – Crispiest, Best Roast Potatoes EVER!
Baked Mac and Cheese – no compromise on the cheese, gruyere all the way!
Apple Salad with Cranberries and Candied Walnuts
Leafy greens with Balsamic Dressing
Cornbread – because it’s my favourite bread ever, full stop!
Dessert
I always like to make 2 desserts because I like to have at least one chocolate / rich dessert and one non chocolate / “lighter” option eg with fruit. These are the dessert combinations I’ve done in the past for various gatherings.
Chocolate Mirror Glaze Cake and Pavlova Christmas Tree – I just served these two at a Christmas lunch on the weekend!
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Menu 2: 🇦🇺Aussie Summer Christmas Lunch!🇦🇺
It’s un-Australian to spend Christmas Day holed up in the kitchen with the oven going all day! Here’s a suggested summer Christmas Lunch Menu – Aussie style!
Tasty Snacks to start – suggestions
Sausage Rolls (very Aussie!) or Holiday Crostini (8 different ways!)
A dip like Smoked Salmon Dip or Guacamole with crudités (that’s a fancy word for veggie sticks 😂), chips or crackers.
Mains
Prawns (shrimp) with dipping sauces – An Aussie Christmas just ain’t an Aussie Christmas unless there are prawns on offer! Those sauces are also ideal for other shellfish: Crab, lobster, Morton Bay / Balman bugs, seafood sticks, and other cold seafoods.
Fresh Oysters with lemon wedges
Glazed Ham – You can’t get more classic than a Brown Sugar Glazed Ham or Maple Glazed Ham for your Christmas main! The impressive presentation and irresistible wafts of spice and sugar will turn heads and set tongues wagging as you ceremoniously deliver this glorious centrepiece to the table!
Turkey Breast – Because ham is so big, turkey breast is a popular option here in Australia. This Slow Cooker Garlic Herb Turkey Breast is really popular this year, and this classic Juicy Slow Cooker Turkey Breast with Gravy is a sure thing! I opt for slow cooker turkey as the oven is used for the ham.
Alternative Fish Main: This fabulously festive-looking and tasting Christmas Baked Salmon. It’s dead easy, and can be made ahead!!
Sides
Carby Sides – a Lemon Potato Salad (great at room temp) and Marinated Vegetarian Pasta Salad.
Fresh Salads, a bit fancy – lots of festive salads are ideal for hot weather Christmas Feasting! Peaches are at their peak so this Peach Salad is perfect. Otherwise, this little-bit-fancy Apple Salad with Cranberries and Candied Nuts, a Roast Pumpkin Spinach Feta Salad or this Pomegranate Salad shot through with Christmas colours! But if you want to truly go big, you cannot beat my Hot Smoked Salmon Celebration Salad!
Simple leafy salad – I always like to add a leafy salad like this French Bistro Salad, or simply dressed mixed leaves with Balsamic Dressing, French Dressing, Italian Dressing. Coleslaws are always great too for summer – or try this lighter No-Mayo Slaw for a change up. Also popular over the last years is this Cucumber Salad with Herb and Garlic Dressing!
Good Bread – buy some good quality bread and serve with bowls of quality extra virgin olive oil for dunking. Bread is also essential to mop the plate clean!
Dessert
Pavlova (or go big and show-stealing with Pavlova Christmas Tree!) and Trifle are firm favourites Down Under!
No Bake Mango Cheesecake is colourful, easy and always a hit in hot weather.
For a truly show-stopping, patisserie-quality dessert, you can’t go past Chocolate Mirror Glaze Cake!
Also see the 2017 Very (Easy) Aussie Christmas Feast menu!
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Menu 3: Prime Rib Christmas Dinner
Prime Rib with Red Wine Sauce – the star!
Potato Side – Paris Mash for a real steakhouse experience, or Creamy Cauliflower Mash for a low carb option. Or Seriously Crunchy Roast Potatoes or Duck Fat Potatoes (get the oil/duck fat heating started while beef is in the oven, then roast potatoes while beef is resting). Potato Rosti is another excellent option since you don’t need the oven. For a terrific make ahead option, you can’t beat this luxurious Potatoes au Gratin, Fondant Sweet Potatoes – or try Mini Potato Gratin Stacks! See all Potato Recipes.
Baked Mac and Cheese is always welcome alongside Prime Rib….
Vegetables – Green Beans in Creamy Parmesan Sauce or Garlic Sautéed Spinach for steakhouse style. If you are a Brussels Sprouts lover, then Roasted Brussels Sprouts or Sauteed Brussels Sprouts in Carbonara Sauce. Otherwise try these ever-popular Brown Sugar Glazed Roasted Carrots or Broccoli au Gratin.
Dessert – Personally, I would go for something indulgent like Sticky Date Pudding with Toffee Sauce or Salted Caramel Tart or Peanut Butter Caramel Tart (this is to die for!!!). Cake options: Strawberry Cake, Chocolate Fudge Cake or my new Very Best Vanilla Cake that offers endless possibilities. For something elegant, I’d choose Chocolate Mousse, Creme Brûlée or chocolate sauce-drenched Profiteroles.
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Menu 4: Cosy White Christmas Dinner
If you’re having a White Christmas, you’ll love this cosy menu! The number of mains you have will depend on how many people you’re serving. If you’ve got a small group, perhaps just opt for one main.
Juicy Roast Turkey. Dry brining is the secret to the juiciest roast turkey you’ve ever had. Complete with a gorgeous turkey gravy! (Even got you covered for turkey leftovers: Garlic Bread Leftover Turkey Pot Pie!). OR consider a Slow Roasted Pork with perfect crackling! Otherwise, make a splash with this Rosemary Crumbed Lamb Rack.
Brown Sugar Glazed Ham or Maple Glazed Ham. Make this before the turkey – it will be fine at room temp! OR make either this Slow Cooker Garlic Herb Turkey Breast or this classic Juicy Slow Cooker Turkey Breast with Gravy to keep the oven free for the ham.
Stuffing – I always bake my stuffing in a pan separate from turkey for 2 reasons: 1) the extra flavour from the browning; and 2) raw stuffing inside turkey = overcooked turkey meat (because by the time the stuffing is cooked, the turkey is overcooked). Here’s my all time favourite Sausage stuffing recipe – and for something different, turn it into Pancetta Stuffing Cups.
Cosy, bubbling sides – Potatoes au Gratin (also see other Potato Recipes), Baked Mac and Cheese, a savoury Brown Butter Sweet Potato Casserole or a creamy Broccoli au Gratin.
Warm Vegetable Sides – Too many to list, but some suggestions your guests will love: Roasted Pumpkin with Yogurt Sauce and Pine Nuts for something a bit different; Brown Sugar Glazed Roasted Carrots are ever popular; Roasted Mushrooms; Baked Zucchini for some tasty greens; Lentil and Roasted Eggplant is a wickedly delicious combo; Magic Broccoli is so easy yet so tasty it’s, well, magic!
Dessert – Anything warm will go down a treat! Pudding is a great option: Bread and Butter Pudding; Sticky Date Pudding or Creamy Cinnamon Rice Pudding. Else who can resist Apple Crumble?
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Menu 5: 2020 Sydney Morning Herald $20pp Menu
This is the menu that I did for the Good Food section of the Sydney Morning Herald’s Sunday Life Magazine which was published on Sunday 6 December 2020! My challenge was to come up with the most amazing menu possible on a budget of $20 per head, mindful of the challenging times we’ve experienced this year.
Here’s a link to the menu on the Good Food website. This is what’s included – the budget was for 8 adults at $20 pp, total of A$160.
Prawn Crostini with Minted Pea Puree – because what’s an Aussie Christmas without prawns?? Here’s the recipe on the Good Food website;
Crackling Roast Pork – an existing recipe on my website where I share my game changing (simple!) tips for the best crispy crackling of your life, guaranteed!
Sticky Christmas Glazed Chicken – when you take a classic Brown Sugar Ham Glaze and use it for chicken, very, very good things happen….
Smushed Potato Salad – when you gently crushed potatoes then toss in a Honey Mustard Dressing, all those delish flavours seeps into the fluffy insides… Here’s the recipe on the Good Food website;
Charred Corn Salad with Creamy Parmesan Dressing – an adaptation of this very popular Mexican Corn Salad! Here’s the recipe on the Good Food website;
Pavlova Christmas Tree – which made the front cover of the Sunday Life Magazine! 🙌🏻 Here’s the recipe on the Good Food website, but the version published here on this site has much more detail which I advise you read to get it just right.
PS Ahead of Monday, here’s a little preview of the Pavlova Christmas Tree!
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Menu 6: Thrifty but Nifty Christmas Dinner
You absolutely CAN make an amazing feast on a budget!
This menu is catered to an Australian audience, as it reflects the prices of produce here. For example, turkey is quite expensive here compared to other proteins – whereas in the States, you can buy turkey for less than $2/kg!
Starter – Italian Cheese Log. This makes loads, lasts for ages and a little goes a long way. You can fill it with economical antipasto type things!
Main Option 1: Garlic Herb Butter Roast Chicken. It’s AMAZING, less stress than turkey and definitely far more economical! Make multiple needed, and fancy up the presentation by placing it on a bed of green fluffage – see the photos in this Roast Turkey for presentation idea! Alternatively, Sticky Christmas Glazed Chicken for an easy ham-glaze-meets-chicken mashup that easily caters for any number of guests!
Main Option 2: Fish doesn’t have to break the bank. Cheaper fish are often overlooked but are rarely inferior in eating quality compared to more popular fish like salmon or snapper. Tailor, morwong, gurnard, leatherjacket, flake and basa, for example are all delicious and economical fish. Try them in this Fish Pie that’s inexpensive but absolutely worthy of gracing a Christmas table.
Prawns – While you’ll find prawns from quality seafood stores and the fish market are juicier, sweeter and with a better flavour, nowadays, I find the prawns from supermarkets (over the counter, not pre-packed or frozen) are far better quality than they used to be and they’re usually 30 – 40% cheaper. TIP: To add a wow factor, skip the jarred sauce and make on of these simple Seafood Sauces!
Salads – This Baby Potato Salad with Butter and Herbs or Macaroni Salad are great options because they keep for days. Plus one simple salad (eg just leafy greens, a garden salad or halved cherry tomatoes with torn basil) with Balsamic Dressing, French Dressing, Italian Dressing or my go-to simple Vinaigrette in this Cabbage Salad recipe.
Bread – Nowadays, there are terrific breads even sold at our supermarkets! It’s really worth spending a couple of extra dollars to get a good artisan style bread – sourdough, ciabatta or even the stone baked range sold at Woolies. Or make a loaf of No Knead Artisan Bread yourself for less than $1! TIP: Fancy bread up with flavoured butter! Mix softened salted butter with a little parmesan or chopped herbs to fancy it up! Roll up in cling wrap and twist ends to form a log, refrigerate until firm (shape if needed) then soft a bit before serving with bread.
Dessert – With bargain summer fruit around, the Great Aussie Pav is actually a very economical dessert option. The only catch is that leftovers aren’t great. So my other suggestion is Chocolate Fudge Cake which is also a terrific easy economical option (at least one brand of baking chocolate is almost always on sale). And this keeps for days and days!
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Menu 7: Super Easy Christmas Menu
Low effort, forgiving recipes – and still looks so impressive! All can be prepped ahead with minimal work required prior to serving!
3 Minute Festive “Baked” Brie to start. So pretty, and totally effortless.
Juicy Slow Cooker Turkey Breast with Gravy OR Garlic Herb Butter Turkey Breast – very quick prep, forgiving recipe
Brown Sugar Glazed Ham or Maple Glazed Ham. HAM IS EASY, it looks amazing, it can be entirely prepped or even baked ahead! Terrific centrepiece, leftovers keeps for days and can be frozen.
For a fish option, Christmas Baked Salmon is as simple to make as it gets, yet looks so impressive!
Easy creamy cheesy Potato Bake – just diced potato baked with cream and cheese. A simpler version of Potatoes au Gratin! OR Lemon Potato Salad – easy, and great make ahead!
Wild Rice Salad – easy to make, looks festive, tastes amazing (firm reader favourite!). Prep all ingredients ahead then toss to serve.
Simple salad – One or two quick and easy salads to add freshness into the menu like this Bitter Leaf and Orange Salad. Leafy greens, a garden salad or halved cherry tomatoes (+ torn up basil) with Balsamic Dressing, French Dressing or Italian Dressing. Or browse the Side Salad collection, sorted by primary ingredients;
Bread with butter or olive oil for dipping. Just buy some good bread!
Dessert – Easy Chocolate Fudge Cake. Low effort, low risk, big impact, crowd pleaser!
There will never be a single menu that will work for everyone, but I hope these give you some ideas for different combinations that you might want to try!
Merry Christmas and Happy Feasting! ~ Nagi x
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Super Easy Christmas Menu
Ingredients
Starter:
- 3 Minute Festive Brie
- Crackers for dipping
Mains:
Sides:
- Easy creamy cheesy Potato Bake
- OR Lemon Potato Salad – easy , and great make ahead!
- Wild Rice Salad
Simple Salad (make one or two):
- Choose a side salad OR
- Leafy greens, a garden salad or halved cherry tomatoes (+ torn up basil) with one of these dressings:
- Balsamic Dressing or
- French Dressing or
- Italian Dressing
Bread:
- Store bought bread
- Butter or olive oil for dipping
Dessert:
Instructions
3 Minute Festive “Baked” Brie:
- Prepare components ahead, then takes minutes to assemble on the day.
Juicy Slow Cooker Turkey Breast with Gravy:
- Prepare rub ahead, then slow cook first thing in the morning.
Brown Sugar Glazed Ham or Maple Glazed Ham:
- Can be entirely prepped ahead, or even baked ahead!
Christmas Baked Salmom:
- All components can be prepared ahead, then salmon is baked in foil on the day of for simple clean up!
Easy creamy cheesy Potato Bake:
- A simpler version of Potatoes au Gratin! Prepare ingredients ahead then bake on the day. OR bake ahead then reheat in the oven, covered.
Lemon Potato Salad (alternative):
- Is best made the day before!
Wild Rice Salad:
- Prep all ingredients ahead then toss to serve on the day.
Simple salads:
- Make dressings the up to 2 days ahead.
Easy Chocolate Fudge Cake:
- Can be made days in advance!
Originally published in December 2017. This post gets updated each year with the latest additions to holiday recipes and new menu suggestions!
Life of Dozer
More photos from the weekend when our local dog photographer (Kevin from Unleashed Northern Beaches) was down at the dog beach doing a Christmas photo day!
I might be smiling, but Dozer is never impressed…😂
And Life of Dozer from 2019:
When a gingerbread man’s arm goes missing, everyone is so quick to blame Dozer…. but in this case, it was me that was the cause of the amputation!
Hi Nagi, we will be having loin pork, prime beef, and all the goodies. But our biggest time is New’s Years. With ozoni, nishime, oden, noodles, sushi etc. Can’t hardly wait! Year of the rat next year. Loves to you and Dozier! Merry Christmas and have a fantastic New Year. 🙂
Hi Nagi,
For Christmas this year we’re doing the whole traditional English. Roast turkey, roast potatoes and even sprouts!! We’ll be starting the day with your fabulous clumpy granola though. Love all your recipies, and so easy to follow. Thankyou from all the family. Margaret 😀
Hi Nagi,
this year we are a group of nine for Christmas lunch. When we were planning our menu we joked about having desserts only.🙂
We will be having roast pork, roast turkey, baked salmon, zucchini bake and a Greek spinach and feta pie. Potato salad, coleslaw and a green salad instead of roast vegies.
In the end only three desserts were chosen. Christmas cake, Summer Pudding and Trifle. My daughter is making your Christmas Trifle and I am really looking forward to it.
Thank you Nagi for sharing your great recipes with us and for all the work that goes into the posts and videos. I can’t wait for your cookbook.
Best wishes for a lovely festive season to you and Dozer xx.
We will be having a smaller version of a traditional Christmas dinner – brined chicken, roast potatoes, Brussels sprouts with celeriac & bacon, and of course your Pork Sausage Apple dressing
Merry Christmas to you Nagi and Dozer (and can’t forget your Mom Yumiko). Every Thanksgiving my little sister does it up pretty big with Turkey and all the trimmings, especially last year, which all but one sibling of mine showed up, (there’s six of us all together), It was also my Moms last. She past away just a couple of days before Christmas last year. So…Christmas time is pretty low key where most everyone has their own family celebrations. I have spent so many holidays alone because it’s just me. I have been battling Pancreatic Cancer the last couple of years so it was best to just take it easy. This year however, I have been invited to celebrate Christmas with an old friend who I’ve called my other little sister from another family. I wanted to contribute something to the celebration without a lot of work so I’ve chosen to make your “Smoked Salmon Appetizer Bites”. They look and sound delicious.😀 I figured that I could make these without to much trouble but still be something special I would like to plate them, after they are cut up, maybe with miniature green and red Christmas balls and some fresh herbs. The question that I have though, what would be the best way to travel with this. I figured it will be a couple hours drive and I plan on visiting for 5 or 6 days. So I have to pack my clothes an other important necessities and I don’t have a lot of room inside my little 2 seater. Would it be ok to put this in a secured box in the back of my truck? It is cold here, living in Wisconsin very cold winters, I’d say middle 20’s, for a two hour drive. So I’m not sure how they will handle the cold, possibly even colder than that. I will plan on cutting them up once I arrive, I just want to make sure that they will still be edible. Or should I just prepare after arriving?? What would the best way to accomplish this?? 🐾🎉🎅💖🎶💝 🐨🎄🎀 📬⛄
Thanks so much for your delicious recipes through out the year, I believe that its fair to say that I have become a better cook for such great food and videos!
(Oh! I just saw the weather from your location, sorry to see all the fires and high temperatures there. We need to exchange some of the cold and snow that we have here for some of the high temperatures that you have)!! 😯
Yah! I knew this was to long, sorry about that!
Thank you Nagi for all of your recipes. I really enjoy them and use one of them at least every week. This year for Xmas will be Japanese crispy noodle salad, smoked baked ham on the Webber, scalloped potatoes, Japanese style green beans, and chow mein. A very unique mix.
My family has a very similar history as your. That’s why we have a Japanese influence.
Thanks again.
For Christmas my husband and I will be having glazed ham, scalloped potatoes, crock pot creamed corn, green beans and your no knead dinner rolls.
Traditional polish breakfast of ham,hard boiled eggs ,beet horse radish and poppy seed bread. Traditional Canadian dinner of turkey, dressing mashed potatoes, rivers of gravy, rutabaga, green veggie, cole slaw, mincemeat pie and Christmas pudding with brown sugar,butter and rum sauce.
Merry Christmas.
Our family has all the trimmings Ham, Pork, Turkey and Chicken along with various side salads. This year its my turn to cook the ham so Maple Glazed Ham it will be.
Hope everyone has a great Christmas and safe New Year.
I will be putting on a traditional British Christmas turkey lunch for my entire family on Christmas Day
We always have a late lunch with baked ham, seafood and lots of salad as it is always hot. Your apple candied walnut and cranberry salad has become the new favourite! This is followed by a very excessive dessert (as it should be!) usually with pav or meringue and a variety of other yummies 🙂
My family consists of me and my cat, Princess. We will be having ham, pineapple stuffing and some other vegetables. Love all of your recipes. I tried making your Christmas cake but it got a little burnt. 🙁
The unburnt parts were delicious though!!!
Our family Christmas dinner will have a prime rib roast along with hash brown casserole, and corn pudding. I’m going to try your Christmas cake so I’m learning all about fondant which I’ve never used.
We are having our first Kiwi Xmas after moving over from the UK. To avoid the temptation of producing a big hot Xmas meal, just like before, we are going camping! So it will be cold ham, seafood and salads with a swim at the beach after. How different it will be!
Our Christmas feasting began with our caravan christmas get together. I made the Christmas trifle and it was a big hit.
I am going to try the crostinis four favourites at our street party on Sunday night.
Christmas Eve is when we do all the preperation for the big day.
We always serve Turkey, heatwave or not, Roast potatos that have been par boiled and then roughed up, and baked in oven with duck fat. Oh yeah, a once a year treat. pumpkin, and this year I will also make the Glazed Carrots for some hungry vegetarians in our family.
Desert is Christmas pudding and also this year a repeat of the Christmas trifle. We have 11 of us, and it takes all day to finish up the meal, do the presents and just make memories together, ages 7 through to 67.
Hi! My name is Edward. We live in Spain but spend Xmas at my mother-in-law’s house in a small village in northwest France. The typical Xmas dinner or Réveillon:
(8pm) We start with an “apéro” (pronounced with a near double “r” from the throat!), consisting of champagne/kir royale/whisky (yes, whisky with starters!) in the living room with dry nuts, fish rillettes (pâté made of minced minced tuna /mackerel /salmon), garlic shrimp, Spanish Jamon and lomo Iberico de jabugo (cured ham and loin – my contribution from Spain).
9:30pm – We then move to the dinning room for a 6 course dinner:
1) oysters; 2) smoked salmon; 3) foie gras with rose pepper and mango chutney or truffle infused honey on pain d’épices; 4) scallops Breton style (my favourite part – seared and then tossed in a butter – lot’s of it, milk, cream, white wine, garlic, onion, shallot, salt & pepper sauce); 5) cheese platter (mild and really smelly stuff – yum!) with salad and finally, for dessert Xmas log (which I skip), All courses are with a different wine chosen by my brother in law, the family connoisseur, We typically finish at around 3 am with happy tummies and a lot of yawning!
Since we just had a huge sit-down dinner at Thanksgiving, this year we are going to try an all appetizer Xmas meal with drinks and desserts. We usually begin the celebration over a German Fuerbowle (red wine/spices/fruit/melting a sugar cone soaked in white rum over the top) and proceed to dive in. Will have hot and cold appetizers, shrimp, charcuterie, prosecco mixed drinks, and culminate in coffee/desserts. Stuffed we will be.
We are having a traditional turkey dinner with all the trimmings. I love your website
Hi Nagi this year it will be just my hubby and I we are going to Hervey Bay and spending Christmas on the beach under a nice sahdy tree with Prawns, chicken and a thai side salad followed with a nice glass of bubbly and a bon bon each 🙂
I truly do love everything that you do. I’m traditional, so the turkey will be my “go to” on Christmas day. However, it is not beyond me to do a non traditional Maple glazed salmon meal a few days afterwards. Thanks Nagi! You’re the best!
Dan
Cochrane, Alberta, Canada.