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Siwsan

(27,896 posts) Sun Dec 20, 2020, 02:12 PM Dec 2020

I finally decided on what to make for Christmas Eve dinner. [View all]

Naturally, I'm not having the family over so no need for toiling over a hot stove to make those family favorite traditional foods for Christmas Eve AND Christmas Day. No ham, no pea, mushroom and potato soup, for Christmas Eve and no roast beef with Yorkshire pudding, and trifle for dessert on Christmas Day.

This year I'm making a nice Shepard's Pie for Christmas Eve. It's simple, satisfying, and seemingly an appropriately named dish. I'll eat it in front a a roaring fireplace and wash it down with some nice hard cider. And I'll nosh on whatever I like, and sip something bubbly, on Christmas Day. Who knows - maybe I'll bake a wacky cake and top it off with peppermint ice cream and hot fudge.

Admittedly, I'm not much of a holiday person, anyway, but enduring 10 months of 99% self-isolation merits the occasion for a little gastronomic self-indulgence.

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I finally decided on what to make for Christmas Eve dinner. [View all] Siwsan Dec 2020 OP

Might I suggest going straight for the cake, peppermint ice cream, fudge washed down with MLAA Dec 2020 #1

Well, that is an option! Siwsan Dec 2020 #2

That's kind of where I'm at. 2naSalit Dec 2020 #3

That would be called a cowboy dinner! BittyJenkins Dec 2020 #5

Crab legs and popcorn? 2naSalit Dec 2020 #10

i'm grateful af mopinko Dec 2020 #4

Eeeeuuuww! Alliepoo Dec 2020 #21

they were ok, but bland as all hell. mopinko Dec 2020 #27

It's also simple enough that if you want, you can share the recipe with someone you Squinch Dec 2020 #6

I live in a town that has a lot of farm land MiniMe Dec 2020 #7

Christmas will be so vastly different this year leftieNanner Dec 2020 #8

I could be a dear friend, too lillypaddle Dec 2020 #11

If you live in Southern Oregon, we could make that work leftieNanner Dec 2020 #16

Lucky for you lillypaddle Dec 2020 #30

Feeding people is one of my best and favorite things! leftieNanner Dec 2020 #32

Yummm moreland01 Dec 2020 #15

Sorry - Southern Oregon leftieNanner Dec 2020 #17

My best friend and her husband live in Loveland! Alliepoo Dec 2020 #18

Never made one, but watched lots of videos on youtube lillypaddle Dec 2020 #9

I make a very simple Shepard's Pie Siwsan Dec 2020 #19

That sounds sooooo good! lillypaddle Dec 2020 #28

I am a firm believer in doing whatever gets you through these tough times. TNNurse Dec 2020 #12

We all have Christmas traditions tiredtoo Dec 2020 #13

I'm making spaghetti BainsBane Dec 2020 #14

My 2nd option was lasagna Siwsan Dec 2020 #20

I love shepherd's pie too BainsBane Dec 2020 #23

The Bob Evans already-prepared mashed potatoes are pretty good. They're usually near the meat dept. OMGWTF Dec 2020 #25

I tried them for the first time recently lillypaddle Dec 2020 #29

Shepard's pie sounds wonderful. Delmette2.0 Dec 2020 #22

Have a ten pound beef roast twodogsbarking Dec 2020 #24

My Christmas Eve dinner will be "whatever" jmowreader Dec 2020 #26

We bought a whole chicken Generic Brad Dec 2020 #31