Christmas Eve Meal Ideas

I am doing three cheese macaroni cheese by request of my daughter. Smoked, cheddar and parmesan in the sauce, and mixed with seeds and breadcrumbs on the topping before baking.

Probably not special enough to qualify, but she likes it, it's easy and I won't mind binning any leftovers if there's no room in the fridge for the Christmas things.

Lots of people have a fish pie or casserole on Christmas eve.

Takeaway pizza.

Sorry😳

Egg and chips, plain and simple and not much washing up.

We are going out to eat!

We always have fish pie. Younger son will be making it. We put smoked fish, white fish, prawns and hard boiled eggs in ours and top it with mashed potato. With a glass or two of fizz, it is definitely special.

I always make crispy duck with pancakes, granddaughter has vegetarian duck (don’t ask!). One large duck, I buy the pancakes, plum sauce and slice cucumbers with spring onions.
Everyone enjoys it, little clearing up and the duck fat is used for roasties the next day.

We are having spaghetti bolognaise. The sauce is in the freezer so just needs defrosting and pop some pasta on done! Oh yes and a glass (or two) of bubbly!

Take away or Ready meal from M&S.
Never cooked on Christmas eve, especially when I was working.
Not starting now.

Mmm macaroni cheese ...yum. I'll have any leftovers Doodledog.

Fish pie is the usual meal for us on Christmas Eve, but this year I’m going to make a seafood paella, for a change.

Jaxjacky

I always make crispy duck with pancakes, granddaughter has vegetarian duck (don’t ask!). One large duck, I buy the pancakes, plum sauce and slice cucumbers with spring onions.
Everyone enjoys it, little clearing up and the duck fat is used for roasties the next day.

Funnily enough, I’d thought about doing this too!

And fish pie is a good idea - I’ve done it before on Christmas Eve but it never fails to please does it?

We are having sirloin steak sliced on salad (it has a name - but I've been poorly and I've forgotten it ) it's a Nigella and DH is cooking it!

Well we were going to have ham, egg and chips but you have me all thinking, might do a nice salad with new potatoes and either steak or fish

Lathyrus

Takeaway pizza.

Sorry😳

Homemade pizza.

We always have leeks wrapped in slices of ham, covered in a cheese sauce and baked in the oven. Served with jacket potatoes.

We are having venison and beef casserole with dried fruits like apricots and prunes and spices. Mashed potato, plus veg.

Mincemeat and apple pie and ice cream.

We used to be carnivores and always had salmon coulibiac. Now we vegans have Indian tomato soup, basmati, naan, salad, rice pud.

No wonder our family eat elsewhere during festive season

Three of us: Fondue followed by turning the egg yolks left over from icing the cake into Zabaglione, if I have any Marsala in the house, otherwise Sabayon, using sherry.

M and S salmon en croute with potato croquettes and broccoli.

There will be four of us on Christmas Eve.

We will order from our favourite Chinese Takeaway, definitely crispy duck pancakes to start, then different dishes to share.

Shepherds pie

Usually, Merry Berrys fish pie with a souffle topping seems to go down well with all. Don't know this year we will be at DD hopefully. I suspect fish pie as she has a very good fishmonger in her town.

Salmon, oven chips and a salad as usual for us - I've cooked this for any number from 2 to 15 over the years!
One year some Polish friends staying with us baked a pike, eaten with pickled cabbage, boiled potatoes and caraway seeds.