Christmas Menu

[meganjane]

It was only going to be three of us for Christmas, DH, Me and eldest DSon. But my DD's SIL (few there's a lot of initials there!) has kindly invited us to Christmas lunch!

If it's hot we hope they'll come back here for a swim and a seafood BBQ tea.

Prawn Skewers
Scallop Skewers
Thai Fish Patties with Sweet Chilli and Lime Sauce
Fish Parcels - just thick fish fillets topped with butter, wine & lemon pepper wrapped in foil and cooked on BBQ
Broccoli Salad
Beetroot Salad from the EDC
Brown Rice Salad
Caesar Pasta Salad
Not sure what sort of potatoes to have.

[babyw]

This is my first christmas with a tmx and I don't really think it will get used much at all.

As a Tasmanian and from a family that thinks its not christmas unless its a whole roast turkey and ham off the bone, plus lots of desserts, our meal is always a hot one (even though I would love to just have seafood and salad I think my grandmother wouldn't agree).

This is our basic menu:
Dips/crackers - not sure what yet??
Cold seafood platter, plus oysters kilpatrick usually.
Roast Turkey/cranberry sauce /gravy
Ham
Potatoes (not sure what yet but usually new boiled and roasted)
Steamed veges + a garden salad or coleslaw
Christmas Pudding
Summer Pudding
Usually a tirimasu or something similar
Maybe a mousse - I saw a yummy strawberry one on the forum but maybe chocolate mousse because of the summer pudding.
Drinks ?
Any advice appreciated.

Also I've never made Gravy in the tmx, actually I havn't made it since last xmas.  is there a good recipe for gravy that doesn't use meat juices or could use water from a turkey?

[Cuilidh]

You could try lemon mousse as a refreshing change at the end of all that food.

[Mary Brown]

Well I normally go home to my parents in SA but this year that is not going to happen... so I am cooking xmas dinner here for 5 of us.... we will have ... roast pork, roast turkey ( roll ) and ham, roast potatoes and pumpkin, steamed carrots,broccoli, peas and cauliflower with a cheese sauce.  I always make my nana's flourless, sugarless, eggless and dairy free steamed pudding... we have had it for xmas all of my life and we love it.... served with brandy cream and icecream...
I will have the usual treats on the table... nuts and cherries and some slices and other sweet treats ... so all I can see so far is the Thermomix will be used for the cheese sauce... oh and a constant supply of lemonade.... I could use it to make the icecream a few days in advance but I don't have an icecream maker to do the churning Do I need one or can someone point me in the direction of a recipe for icecream made totally in the Thermomix... thanks 

[judydawn]

babyw, there are things there that could be done in the TMX. Dips, cranberry sauce from scratch, gravy, you could steam the potatoes early ready for baking, steam the vegies (guess it depends how many people you are feeding though), coleslaw, mousse & drinks.  I love the lemonade or strawberry lemonade, fresh fruit daiquiri, frozen illusion cocktail and The blushing buck gin cocktail all on the forum under drinks. There are gravy recipes on the forum but I am having to use my slow, old computer at the moment whilst my good one is in being diagnosed with some sort of problem so it would take me forever to search on this one.

Colleen, your vegies for 5 could easily be steamed in the varoma dish, tray and steaming basket before you make the cheese sauce - just pop them into oven to keep them warm if you haven't got plenty of food thermoses.
The best ice-cream made in the TMX is the Salted caramel maple ice-cream - it is so easy to spoon out too with the addition of the salt.

[Mary Brown]

Thanks Judy... I wasn't thinking about the varoma.... I haven't even used it yet  I will check out the icecream too....

[snappy]

  I love the lemonade or strawberry lemonade, fresh fruit daiquiri, frozen illusion cocktail and The blushing buck gin cocktail all on the forum under drinks.

I love the lemonade idea - great suggestion for the designated drivers! 

I'm on desserts this year and normally I make a cheesecake, a pavlova and something chocolate.  I'll be looking through the dessert section on this forum later to see if I can find any ideas for cooking desserts in in the TMX

[Bedlam]

We made the iced lemon lime and bitters tea from last years ww Christmas special at Xmas last year was enjoyed by everyone,very refreshing and not too bubbly.

[babyw]

Thanks JudyDawn.  Yes I will definately do the dips, but hadn't thought of the cranberry or the drinks.  I love the sound of all of those drinks (and reckon that grandad's times by 3 would too!)  I think we will have too many people (10 adults + kids)  to steam all the veges in the varoma but maybesome things.  This forum is great for the quick and useful replies!

I will definately be searching for Gravy recipes, because I like a nice gravy on turkey as it can sometimes be a bit dry cooking a whole turkey.   If anyone else has a good one please post it.

[Halex]

Bedlam that drink sounds lovely. I wont ask you, but i would love to make some, anyone ave rhe recipe.

H

[cookie1]

There will be 4 of us for lunch and possibly 3 or 5 for dinner. We always have a cold lunch and dinner. I haven't yet thought of specifics but it will be something like:

Dips with crudites and chookie's crackers
Cold turkey breast that I will roast and stuff with probably a cranberry type filling.
Roast rolled pork
Terrine from last years Festive book with a few changes
Smoked salmon
Salads including beetroot from the EDC and a couple from here
Layered salad, tomato and bocconini salad. spinach and beetroot salad with balsmaic dressing
Mayonnaise made in TMX on salads
Possibly some cute little bread rolls
Sweets will be possibly Tenina's Pecan Dacquoise (?) for lunch and fruit salad and trifle for dinner.
Fruit mince pies and Christmas panettone later in the day


This is a mix of tradition and new. I'll probably change it several times before Christmas Day.
I do all the preparation on Christmas eve and then do nothing on Christmas Day.

[JuliaBalbilla]

There will only be 2 of us this year as DD is going to spend Christmas with her father.  As I am a vegetarian, I don't see the point in buying a turkey for 1 so we are still undecided.  We tend to be quite unconventional in our choice of Christmas food as we rarely eat puddings, cakes etc.

JB

[Frozzie]

We made the iced lemon lime and bitters tea from last years ww Christmas special at Xmas last year was enjoyed by everyone,very refreshing and not too bubbly.

whats in it bedlam?

[snappy]

We made the iced lemon lime and bitters tea from last years ww Christmas special at Xmas last year was enjoyed by everyone,very refreshing and not too bubbly.

whats in it bedlam?

I would love this recipe too!