What's for Dinner ~ Tuesday ~ December 24th ~ Christmas Eve Edition

[Lucinda]

We have company coming tomorrow, so we are taking the easy way out today while we do a few things in advance like making truffles...
that means it's deli sandwiches or maybe a pizza for us today.

You?

[fizzgig]

1. chinese take out

heading to dad's this evening, so i'll pick it up on the way over there.

merry merry!

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. crab cakes...broccoli...roasted potatoes..

chocolate chess pie. Dinner at 7...after church.

...and lots of prosecco!

[bif]

3. Polish Christmas soup

It's basically pea soup with sauerkraut and wild mushrooms, cooked for a long time until it thickens. A meal in itself.

[rdharma]

7. Kapusta z grochem.....

Smacznego! Sounds strange but it's very good.

You've got me looking at the Polish cooking videos on youtube.

[bif]

13. Indeed. It turned out great!

It does sound odd, but it is so tasty. I made the pea soup from scratch and it was great. The kielbasa aded a lot of flavor too!

[greatauntoftriplets]

4. Prime rib at my sister's.

[Jazzgirl]

5. The rest of my prime ribeye steak.

Simple salad. Big cooking tomorrow or bigger LOLOL!

[geardaddy]

6. Don't know about tonight

but tomorrow is pork chops and scalloped corn.

[Freddie]

8. Prepping for big meal tomorrow

Christmas Eve is always low-key here as DH and I are both (pretty good amateur) musicians and play at various church services tonight, plus I am serving communion at our church at the 3:00. Tomorrow we have a house full and I'm making a big spiral ham and lots of side dishes. Just finished desserts now (cherry cheesecake and pecan pie) and the cookies, fudge and Chex mix are long done. Sad--first Christmas without Mom. But happy too--next Christmas there will be 2 grandkids!

[shanti]

9. Baked ziti tonite

prime rib with son #3 (and grandson) tomorrow.

[hobbit709]

10. Making the traditional Liptauer spread for XMas Eve

along with some Hungarian salami, assorted cheeses on good crackers and bread.

[pinto]

11. Split pea soup w/ Italian sausage, crusty bread for dipping.

Have a great holiday Lucinda and all.

[Texasgal]

12. Tamales with rice and beans

salsa and chips!

Typical Christmas Eve here. We have 20 people coming over!!!

[cbayer]

14. Are you making the tamales yourself?

I picked some up this afternoon. Carne and dulce. Really good, but I've never made them myself.

[Texasgal]

16. Yes... we made them

We have pork, bean and chicken.

On edit: We have 10 dozen. We started early this morning! They are steaming now! YUMS!

[cbayer]

17. I'm going to try and make them this week.

I have some leftover from lunch.

Is there a good way to reheat them?

[librechik]

20. made our tamales last week when son Bret was visiting from AU

black bean, mild green chile and cojito cheese. Now he knows how to make them himself--but will probably use banana leaf and polenta, which are both available down under, unlike corn husks and masa.

[Texasgal]

23. Steam is really the best way

in my opinion.

[cbayer]

15. There's a little get together in the marina, so we will probably just snack there.

Had some tamales for lunch and won't want much else.

[Galileo126]

18. shrimp chow mein (nt)

[librechik]

19. turkey loaf in the smoker, roast stripey beets and carrots(butter merlot sauce)

home-churned chocolate ice cream (low fat with almond milk)

There's only the two of us tonight.

Merry Christmas!

[NJCher]

21. slow-roasted vegetables and sausage

Stuffed squash with maple syrup and butter. Tomato chewies (cherry tomatoes). Variety of of rolls, also warmed in the slow oven.

Fruit, too. Roasted some plums and served them with vanilla yogurt. I made plum syrup with agave. So simple, but so good.


Cher

[nadinbrzezinski]

22. Brisket, taters and broccoli