Christmas lunch alone, what food would you choose?

You ladies know how to celebrate❣️ Whether you are a “foodie” or not, everyone has favorite comfort or holiday food favorites.

I won’t be with family this year (just returned from my niece’s wedding in my home state and celebrated with everyone) and honestly I have not made any concrete plans with friends (yet).

There are many planned events and luncheons coming up. (Plus I’m hosting two…) I mean, how much “festivities” can you take before you want peace and quiet?

If I’m home I never feel alone. (I have a kitty - Dora.) I will do what I want (be lazy?) and would eat fresh and/or smoked seafood, Prosecco, and a decadent ready made dessert.
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I had my Christmas Day alone and prepared my favourite pasta dish and had cheesecake for dessert.

It would maybe have felt too lonely to make myself a roast.

Thinking of you Denny, and all those who mourn loved ones,

Denny05, so sorry to hear about the death of your daughter. This Christmas will be so tough for you and your husband, quite understand why you want to be home alone together. XX

Lamb would be a treat for me. Onion sauce and mint sauce.
Midnight Mass beforehand. 🌲🌲🌲

For me it would be a bacon sandwich followed by apple crumble and custard, then open the shortbread, delicious. 🧑‍🎄

For me, it's prawn cocktail or smoked salmon to start
Lamb or mutton (or both) as a main, rosties and greens.
And Christmas pub with rum or brandy sauce to finish 😋

I would have roast peppers with garlic and goat's cheese, then salmon fillet with dill sauce, sauteed potatoes and spinach, followed by macarons and a dark chocolate marzipan bar with a super frothy hot chocolate.

Davida1968

I would be totally hedonistic and buy a good quality ready-prepared Christmas meal. (Main course only.) Then have some lovely "extras" for the day, such as chocs of my choice and other sweet treats. Oh, and some nice local cheeses!

If you do find such a ready meal, please share where!
I gave up after looking for several years, now I tend to go for something treaty but not necessarily 'Christmas'.
Puddings for one are easy but organic or free range turkey with high quality sides for one doesn't seem to happen

nadateturbe sounds good to me and I'd include a peach bellini!

DennyO2My sincere condolences. Sending you kindest thoughts.
This Christmas will be the sixth Christmas since my son died. I feel for you in your sadness.

I have spent many years on my own. When i had my cat i used to get a pheasant. She would sit by the oven while it was cooking.
My family all gather at my sons the other side of the country but day after Boxing Day will call on me on their way to take a grandson and wife and baby home to London and bring me a turkey dinner cooked by daughter in law. Bonus will be that they bring 8th month old greatgrandson who i have only seen on Messenger. Grandsons first child at the age of 52!

Smoked salmon, prawns and salad. Chocolate eclair (or two) for pudding. Cheese and crackers or cheese with fruit cake later. A glass or two of dry white wine. Ideal. No cooking and food I enjoy.

Alternatively if it was a sunny day with no wind lunch would be a cheese and pickle sandwich with a flask of hot chocolate on the beach with the salmon and prawns in the evening.

Definitely no need for an oven!

I' treat myself to as large a jar of caviar as I could afford ( I love it but no one else in my family seems to like it at all) and I'd eat it slowly throughout the day with whatever bits to go with it that I could be bothered to prepare! I'd sit and watch a lovely ballet or 2 on the televison.

And I love a good stollen for pudding.

I spent a Christmas alone a couple of years ago because I had nasty flu and my husband went alone to our family Christmas. I ate Chicken Chow Mein ready meals and fresh, prepared mango whenever I felt hungry (which wasn't that often!)
This year I've had Covid for about six week and my lovely husband has been getting the same ready meals for me again, my favourites.

I would have a platter of smoke salmon, caviar, one or two cheeses, maybe some charcuterie, crackers some grapes, and a glass of wine just the one. Pudding would be something light which I would have later with a nice cup of tea.

I live alone, have no children and the relatives I do have live some considerable distance away.
Last year, my niece came up from Lincoln to spend Christmas Eve day with me. We went to a local restaurant for a Christmas Lunch.
On Christmas day, I had what would best be called "party food". Things like mini pizza's, prawn toasts, duck and veggie spring rolls etc.
Not all at once you understand, but cooked at different points throughout the day.
Since my niece now lives in Birmingham (and I'm in the North East) a repetition this year seems unlikely.
I may cook myself a traditional roast dinner (using cooked Turkey slices) on Christmas Eve, and have similar party fare again, as this worked very well.
I live close to the sea, and if the day is fine, I'll wrap up warm and go watch the waves for a while, at some point in the afternoon. I'll be at Church on Christmas Day morning.

Good choice!
Think I’d go for crab pasta - if it weren’t for it being out of season. And expensive wine that I wouldn’t have to share. Still have a tiny Christmas pudding though.

Toasted sandwich, salad. Followed by chocolate Yule log, marzipan fruit chocolates and cream liqueur coffee topped with fresh cream. Slimming World day off!

So sorry grandtanteJE65 on your loss. Although I am not alone,my husband and I will be spending Christmas on our own, our choice, as my daughter died in May as the result of an accident. I understand how you must be feeling. We have decided not to cook , and instead have booked a Christmas dinner at the local pub. Best wishes to you.

Well now, it all depends on if I had to make my own or had a lamp with a genie. I'm vegetarian and GF but love vegetable pie, which I'd have with roast potatoes and brissels sprouts and stuffing (the best bit). Avocado would feature as a starter - two halves with vinaigrette, just for me. I don't like puddings although we make a Christmas one every year. I'd have cheese and rice cakes or oatcakes. Given up alcohol so probably my favourite kombucha. And yes there would be chocolate and TV and the genie would do the washing up.

The first Christmas I spent alone was after my marriage split up. My ex insisted on having our children for Christmas dinner and, believe it or not, I had a smoked salmon salad for dinner. It was so liberating after all the family Christmas dinners, and cooking for four children, to sit down to something really simple that I just needed to throw together. For pud - hot mince pie and ice cream.

My favourite food is cheese too. But I also love Christmas pudding. So I would have cheese and crackers followed by Christmas pud and brandy cream.

Since the 1970s my family have had beef on Christmas day- now alone for the last nine years I have continued the tradition. So steak and a range of mainly roast vegetables. Starter varies. Christmas pud was bought after Christmas last year. A glass of Bailey's later on - just one draw back to being alone - nobody to pull a cracker with