What are you going to eat AFTER Christmas?

Rosiesmaw excellent poem.

I will divvy up anything left over after Boxing Day, with our daughters, no turkey thank goodness and I’ve been quite frugal with the sizes of meat that we are having. Mainly because DD and I don’t eat meat.
Then after Christmas I need to plan meals around what’s in the freezer, both freezers are full and I need to work my way to the bottom. Ditto the kitchen cupboards. In theory I should only need fresh veg and milk for about a month
We shall see.

Leftovers! But, my leftovers are not the traditional stuff. I make a lasagna for Christmas Eve, and Chicken Cordon Bleu for Christmas Day.

We will have a lot of leftovers this time as my 13 year-old son will be away for Christmas this year. My mom is cooking a turkey and I picked up a spiral cut ham today.

Going to Son and DiLs Christmas day. Will eat small dinner and have a big dessert. That's my treat. Will probably eat a couple of chocolates.
Apart from that everything will be same as usual.
I won't be doing any special shopping.

Love the '12 Days of Turkey' RosiesMaw!

Well we honestly don't overbuy food for Christmas, it's just a glorified Sunday dinner and we will get back to our healthy eating the day after Boxing Day. Of course we do get extra bits and bobs for Christmas, but once they're gone they're gone.
We love good food and eat very well, but not to excess.
We donate a cheque to our local food bank before Christmas and I don't mean to preach, honestly I really don't, but we prefer to do that rather than gorge ourselves

I’m not hosting, so I doubt I’ll have leftovers. I do plan on making a lasagna though around the27th/28th

I shall try to eat less stodge

Turkey and ham salad. Turkey curry. Brie and grapes on sourdough bread. Trifle. More trifle. Then steak pie at New Year.
After New Year, back to plain fare

Oh yes 👏 those days betwix Christmas and New year means cold meats and bubble n squeak with chutneys and pickles or freshly fried homemade chips with a poached egg and bread and butter. 😋

No turkey it will be lamb roast and some pork roasted potatoes and veg and all the trimmings simple apple pie cream crackers cheese then boxing day pork with pickles crusty bread salad xmas cake dinner will be a lovely lamb curry then chocolate cheesecake 27th full on christmas dinner with slowcooked beef and gammon and a gateau for pud weve decided no starters this year snacky lunch and dinners cold meat mash and some nice homemade cornish pasties too

Home-made soup. Fruit.
No wine

I might lose a stone by the end of January!

Boxing day is our favourite day, just the two of us and it's on with the Christmas pj's and a buffet type day for us.. I put out all the lovely picky bits and we dive in and out as we want. A totally chilled out day.

i will just eat whatever is in the fridge or freezer the same as i will on christmas day, being on my own i just eat what i want, i don't bother with christmas, it is treated as just another day.

Fancying egg and chips.😁

Living in a rural location, I always used the excuse of stocking up at Christmas as 'in case we get snowed in after'. We'll we were a couple of times! But nothing gets wasted, it just makes pleasant eating after the festivities are finished. And the Christmas cake - not enough time to ice so would be used as a Simnel cake at Easter!

Whatever I fancy. I would plan to work my way through my fridge in date required order but notion may supersede that
discipline....

I am a vegan and my DGC vegetarians so no left over meats for us but I believe in eating less but better over Christmas so we will eat treat foods and special gourmet versions but not more so there will be less waste

Normally it’s Christmas dinner day two lol but I’m going to my youngest this year so I’m planning on buying some cheap veg and making some homemade soup for the following day as my daughter inlaw doesn’t think I eat so she piles the turkey on my plate lol

We are out for Xmas Dinner but are taking along the Gammon Ham so will have leftovers from that. We have been promised the leftover veg so DH can have his beloved Bubble and squeak!! [hmmm]
But otherwise will eat our way through everything else from Boxing Day all through January and onwards.
We buy in loads for Xmas just because we love it along with all the treats - savoury and otherwise. But if its gone on Christmas Eve then we don't replace it - it's gone!! Quite looking forward to the Baileys in the evening and the family know that there's a good chance of a meal or snack if they can't be bothered to cook - they are quite proficient at clearing out the sweet bowl when they visit!!

Turkey sandwiches with mint sauce lol

Lots of yummy leftovers!

I'm not sure, is the answer. I'll be leaving the purchase of a turkey till Friday or Saturday, confident that there are always plenty left and I've got a leg of lamb in the freezer as a backup, just in case. I have family both days. My son and his girlfriend who are coming Boxing Day will be bringing a Daylesford hamper, crate sized, with them (work related) which contains a cooked ham, relishes and various cheeses to add to the cold turkey and salads of Boxing Day. There will probably be smoked salmon and cold cooked meats left beyond the 26th. We usually go out for an Indian meal post Christmas on the 27th or 28th. By which time it will be business as usual in the super markets.

I had to replace under counter sized freezer since last Christmas and sadly there is less space in them nowadays as they adapt to higher insulation standards. So there will be less stashed in there to work thru. Always nice to be able to stay out of shops and survive on leftovers.

I'm going to my youngest DS on Xmas day. I'm buying the turkey crown and beef joint. He'll carve off all the cold meat left and I'll take some home with me for turkey sandwiches and I'll make him a beef curry. I'm going up to see eldest son on 27th for the day then on to MiL on the 28th-29th. I'll get home on the 30th. I've got joints of beef, pork and lamb I've bought in last couple of weeks on very good offers in Morrisons. I'll be taking shortbread, tub of chocolates and cheese board and crackers with me for my elder son. I'm doing the cooking Xmas Eve a gammon ham and New Year's Day beef and a lamb and I'll be catering for 10 plus vegetarian DH. I'll be offering buffet food a couple of times definitely Boxing Day buffet and possibly on Jan 2nd before my visitors go home. I'll be sending most of remaining chocolates and shortbread over to younger son who will eat some and take rest to work to share with colleagues.