What's for Dinner, Sun., Christmas Day, Dec. 25, 2025

[NJCher]

Tossed green salad with lemon-garlic vinaigrette. Cherry tomatoes, green and gold pepper slices, and feta cheese.

Sage and butternut squash tortellini.

Cold seafood plate with shrimp and crabcake. Also herring with onion and sour cream.

Kombucha: Cherry ginger.

Dessert: Yule log with amaretto cream filling. Decaf coffee.

[SheltieLover]

1. Just finished turkey, sweet potsto, vinegar slaw, & corn

Sounds delic, Cher!

Enjoy!

[Playingmantis]

2. Got you all beat.

Two pieces of cinnamon toast with a glass of OJ!

(i have Covid and this is the best meal all week..prior to this even a sip of water was like swallowing a porcupine."

[buzzycrumbhunger]

5. Bummer!

At least you’re on the road to recovery.

[NJCher]

7. I feel so bad for you

Covid at Christmas, no less.

[Polly Hennessey]

9. That must have been awful.

Cinnamon toast and orange juice sounds good. Happy you enjoyed it.

[Diamond_Dog]

10. I'm sorry you're sick with Covid!

Our whole family had it on Christmas a few years ago. That stinks! Hope you’re feeling better better very soon!

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Baked breaded pork chops with

spinach sauteed in oil and garlic
and
roasted Brussel sprouts

Dessert will be light with slices of apple.

And cleaned up already.

Merry Christmas everyone!

[Old Crank]

4. Turkey

Had a German fail. Invited a friend and his son over for Xmas dinner. They have theirs on thec25th. Oops. So we did a Greek meatball dish.

Today asked another friend over and had turkey with stuffing/dressing, potatoes and flat beans in a tomato sauce.,

Then for dessert I made a pecan pie .
Found a recipe that didn't call for blind baking the crust. Put your crust in the pan and freeze it. Fill it frozen when ready to bake. The crust was not soggy at all. I may try this with pumpkin pies.

[Squeaky41]

6. Xmas Plan

Cioppino with a pasta. grated cheese. Small salad with vinaigrette.
Apple pie with ice or whipped cream.

[Attilatheblond]

8. Red & green bell peppers stuffed with Italian sausage and vegetables

I use turkey sausage cuz daughter has trouble with pork. Lots of seasonings, onions, mushrooms, sliced zucchini, diced eggplant, tomatoes and tomato sauce with some grated Parmesan.

Great to make the meat/veggie filling ahead then just put it into the bell peppers, with some Mozzarella if you like, and bake

[Diamond_Dog]

11. Lasagna.

Italian wedding soup, tossed mixed green salad, garlic bread.

Haagen Dasz peppermint stick ice cream, baklava & homemade cookies.

[Yonnie3]

12. Leftover pot roast (same as yesterday)

TJ is headed out to work in a couple of hours, so no point in fixing something new. It is the last of the roast and Ducky will get some carrots and a bit of meat. Two paws up from him for this dinner. We will eat after she leaves for work.

My Christmas cheer will be a decaf Irish coffee after dinner.

[mike_c]

13. Caesar salad, baked ham, sweet potatoes and apples, and steamed broccoli

It's an 8.5 lb ham that Ms K found after last Easter marked down to $8. Eight bucks. It's resided in our freezer since then, but is currently luxuriating in the oven. Happy eating, everyone!

[La Coliniere]

14. Spanakopita

The last pan I made turned out so well my wife requested that I make it again as our main course today. My veganized version tastes almost identical to the full dairy version I used to make. Also made steamed green beans with mushrooms. Apple pie for dessert. Cheers and Merry Christmas! 🥂

[buzzycrumbhunger]

15. Finally!

A respectable effort, considering I spent last night in the Urgent Care (infection--I assume I'll live).

My vegan ham should rest in the fridge overnight before I roast it with a glaze, so it's a bit softer than it should be, but pretty good. I'd forgotten to get pineapple so in desperation, used my expensive raspberry jam with a little frozen OJ, maple syrup, cloves, and onion powder, and it's really good. Add in some roasted tatties and carrots, leftover stuffing from Thanksgiving (froze the second half), and with an apple pie for dessert, and darned if it isn't a bit festive.

Will definitely use the preserves again!

Looking forward to leftovers tomorrow, work notwithstanding.

[NJCher]

17. just looking at that pic

makes my mouth water!!

I'm glad you're out of urgent care; sorry you had to go in the first place.

[buzzycrumbhunger]

18. Thanks, Cher!

Dumb thing is that I tried to use the Teledoc my employer keeps trying to sell me (“it’s only $20 a visit!”), only to find it took me over an hour for an NP to tell me ($79 up front!) that she couldn’t treat me because I might have had a puncture. I argued that I work in a pharmacy and would get a tetanus booster immediately (I did) and only wanted a script for Keflex for the infection.

By some miracle, I was able to get to an urgent care just before they closed at 6:00. They were quick to assess me, prescribed me Keflex and a steroid cream for the swelling, and then I scrambled to a pharmacy across town that was still open and waited three times longer for my scripts—both free.

The most amazing part was that everyone involved was pleasant and didn’t obviously ache to get home on a big holiday. I hope they got bonuses for working such a crap shift.

[Marthe48]

16. At my daughter and son-in-law's home

Prime rib, 'funeral' potatoes, roasted vegs, green salad with pecans, blue cheese and home-made vinaigrette dressing, amazing appetizers, and eclair cake for dessert.

I made dinner rolls.

This is the best Christmas I've had in years!

[Playingmantis]

19. Ok i am coming over asap!