Christmas Dinner 2025

[Chetlaham]

Christmas dinner was nothing special this year. In fact embarrassingly simple and low effort. We decided to just relax and enjoy the comforts of home taking a break from cooking, cleaning, stress, ect. Enjoying the lights outside some old comfort movies.

Dinner was fried eggs with cheese, orange walnut couscous, honey roasted ham, black forest ham, fried onion rings, Tabasco, olive bread and sparkling apply cherry blush cider. Desert was chocolate cake.








What did other have? Complex or simple I am curious what other made for Christmas.

 

[vacerator]

Ours was also simpler this year. Charlies (cod) chowder recipe from the Chuck Muir original seafood restaurants, and cold cuts and cheese sandwiches.
Italian genoa, spicy capriccola, corned beef and turkey, cheddar and swiss. Homemade cookies
Last evening the 26th., cheese tortellini with strip steak strips in a Philly style cheese sauce with green peppers and onions.

 

[Chetlaham]

Ours was also simpler this year. Charlies (cod) chowder recipe from the Chuck Muir original seafood restaurants, and cold cuts and cheese sandwiches.
Italian genoa, spicy capriccola, corned beef and turkey, cheddar and swiss. Homemade cookies
Last evening the 26th., cheese tortellini with strip steak strips in a Philly style cheese sauce with green peppers and onions.

That all sounds so yummy!

We also got genoa and spicy capriccola for the crackers, in addition to assorted cheeses. We ordered cheese tortellini with fetta, cuccumber, and olives in an olive oil dressing from the store. Creamy macaroni salad.

I guess it must be the weather this year where you want to enjoy those simple comforts.

 

[vacerator]

Chet, that sounds delicious! We also had store deli macaroni and potato salad. Our big family party was Dec 13th. We made homemade Italian wedding soup, and pasta fagioli. My brother and sister in law hosted, and order the best in town pizza's. Mom made antipasto salad.
My sisters are coming over tomorrow, with two nieces and one nephew. 9 of us. We're making ravioli lasagna with ground sirloin, fennel Italian sausage, and Raio's and Mids sauces combined. Mid's is made in Navarre Ohio and the two replicate my grandmothers sauce. I actually like the Mid's alone. We bought gourmet ravioli from an Italian market. Their sauce is even more expensive than Rao's.

 

[Chetlaham]

I wish I could've been there, sounds like the food was great.

Speaking of Rao's I just got their pizza to try. I am excited to try the Rao's. We always buy a bunch of frozen pizzas to have on standby. It is one of my ultimate feel good foods.

My absolute favorite right now are crispy jalapeno bites. Cream cheese and fresh green peppers in a crispy crust. Deep fried of course, nothing else.


Now that the fridge is defrosting again the Taylor dips down to -20*F. Not sure if that truly is the exact temperature, but its getting nice and cold in the freezer to keep things well preserved.

 

[vacerator]

Tomorrows dinner is almost ready for the oven. it will be even better tomorrow. Less work and fuss, just reheat. Garage is cold enough for overnight.
I'm not a bad cook or baker, but my hubby is better. Since retiring last year, he enjoys it more.

 

[parunner58]

This was our dinner this year.

 

[DADoES]

We had roast turkey, dressing, gravy, mashed potatoes, green beans, rolls, crackers/cheese/olives tray, pecan/cherry/pineapple dump cake, New York-style cheesecake w/blueberry topping, Starbucks Lemon Loaf.

 

[ea56]

Re: #7
Mike your Christmas dinner looks great! We had Ham too, with Au Gratin Potatoes, Peas with Pearl Onions and Homemade Dinner Rolls with a lovely non alcoholic Rose wine.

I made Potato Salad too, but this was for Christmas Eve dinner with Salami and Cheese and Homemade Rolls. David loves Salami and Potato Salad for Christmas Eve because his Mom used to always serve it when he was a kid for Christmas Eve. I just made a small Potato Salad and we enjoyed it again for lunch on Christmas day.

I just got a 3.5 lb. pre sliced, boneless Ham. There is no waste and we’ll get five dinners out of it counting Christmas.

I made some cookies on the 23rd and we had them for desert along with some of the See’s Candy that Santa brought.

Sorry, no photos this year.

Eddie

 

[DADoES]

Remains of the cheesecake (made by me, although the blueberries are canned) in my refrigerator a few mins ago, after what was eaten on 12/25 and kept for their leftovers plates and what I've nibbled.