Cooking & Baking
Related: About this forumWhat's for Dinner, Sun., Christmas Day, Dec. 25, 2025
Tossed green salad with lemon-garlic vinaigrette. Cherry tomatoes, green and gold pepper slices, and feta cheese.
Sage and butternut squash tortellini.
Cold seafood plate with shrimp and crabcake. Also herring with onion and sour cream.
Kombucha: Cherry ginger.
Dessert: Yule log with amaretto cream filling. Decaf coffee.
SheltieLover
(76,196 posts)Sounds delic, Cher!
Enjoy!
Playingmantis
(528 posts)Two pieces of cinnamon toast with a glass of OJ!
(i have Covid and this is the best meal all week..prior to this even a sip of water was like swallowing a porcupine."
buzzycrumbhunger
(1,610 posts)At least youre on the road to recovery.
NJCher
(42,325 posts)Covid at Christmas, no less.
Polly Hennessey
(8,516 posts)Cinnamon toast and orange juice sounds good. Happy you enjoyed it.
Diamond_Dog
(39,652 posts)Our whole family had it on Christmas a few years ago. That stinks! Hope youre feeling better better very soon!
no_hypocrisy
(54,140 posts)spinach sauteed in oil and garlic
and
roasted Brussel sprouts
Dessert will be light with slices of apple.
And cleaned up already.
Merry Christmas everyone!
Old Crank
(6,609 posts)Had a German fail. Invited a friend and his son over for Xmas dinner. They have theirs on thec25th. Oops. So we did a Greek meatball dish.
Today asked another friend over and had turkey with stuffing/dressing, potatoes and flat beans in a tomato sauce.,
Then for dessert I made a pecan pie .
Found a recipe that didn't call for blind baking the crust. Put your crust in the pan and freeze it. Fill it frozen when ready to bake. The crust was not soggy at all. I may try this with pumpkin pies.
Squeaky41
(422 posts)Cioppino with a pasta. grated cheese. Small salad with vinaigrette.
Apple pie with ice or whipped cream.
Attilatheblond
(8,155 posts)I use turkey sausage cuz daughter has trouble with pork. Lots of seasonings, onions, mushrooms, sliced zucchini, diced eggplant, tomatoes and tomato sauce with some grated Parmesan.
Great to make the meat/veggie filling ahead then just put it into the bell peppers, with some Mozzarella if you like, and bake
Diamond_Dog
(39,652 posts)Italian wedding soup, tossed mixed green salad, garlic bread.
Haagen Dasz peppermint stick ice cream, baklava & homemade cookies.
Yonnie3
(19,186 posts)TJ is headed out to work in a couple of hours, so no point in fixing something new. It is the last of the roast and Ducky will get some carrots and a bit of meat. Two paws up from him for this dinner. We will eat after she leaves for work.
My Christmas cheer will be a decaf Irish coffee after dinner.
mike_c
(36,890 posts)It's an 8.5 lb ham that Ms K found after last Easter marked down to $8. Eight bucks. It's resided in our freezer since then, but is currently luxuriating in the oven. Happy eating, everyone!
La Coliniere
(1,733 posts)The last pan I made turned out so well my wife requested that I make it again as our main course today. My veganized version tastes almost identical to the full dairy version I used to make. Also made steamed green beans with mushrooms. Apple pie for dessert. Cheers and Merry Christmas! 🥂
buzzycrumbhunger
(1,610 posts)A respectable effort, considering I spent last night in the Urgent Care (infection--I assume I'll live).
My vegan ham should rest in the fridge overnight before I roast it with a glaze, so it's a bit softer than it should be, but pretty good. I'd forgotten to get pineapple so in desperation, used my expensive raspberry jam with a little frozen OJ, maple syrup, cloves, and onion powder, and it's really good. Add in some roasted tatties and carrots, leftover stuffing from Thanksgiving (froze the second half), and with an apple pie for dessert, and darned if it isn't a bit festive.
Will definitely use the preserves again!
Looking forward to leftovers tomorrow, work notwithstanding.

Marthe48
(22,633 posts)Prime rib, 'funeral' potatoes, roasted vegs, green salad with pecans, blue cheese and home-made vinaigrette dressing, amazing appetizers, and eclair cake for dessert.
I made dinner rolls.
This is the best Christmas I've had in years!