Been a lurker for a while, and here's my first post: for the first time in a long time, we're having a group over for Yule dinner, and I'm curious what y'all are going to be eating this year to get ideas for serving. The pictures are what I served last year when there were only the two of us (at the time, I had hoped there would be more people).
Just pulled this out of the oven. Does that count?
https://preview.redd.it/ufsys4lg437g1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=415897d7b502c66da7d92d94b971c3afc99c4ff8
Bread always counts
Haven't decided on the main course but I've got the ingredients for the graham cracker, chocolate chip, coconut, condensed milk bars. My mom always made them for the holiday.
We called these Magic Cookie Bars in my house, such a treat!
We called them that too, but when I mention that, people assume they have a certain secret ingredient. 😆
For Yule, smoked duck with pomegranate and blood orange sauce, stuffing because I still have a huge bag of mix to get through, and probably either creamed spinach or asparagus.
Christmas will be prime rib with garlic mashed potatoes and blue cheese broccoli gratin, New Year's Eve will be broth fondue using the rib bones and various tasty tidbits and dipping sauces.
I gotta start trying harder
Same. 🙈
Start simple, find recipes that sound good and are easy. Once you get more comfortable in your cooking skills, try some variations and substitutions. I started reproducing fave dishes from restaurants by looking up recipes first, then figuring it out on my own and doing my own variations as I learned what I wanted a dish to taste like and how to tweak seasoning and cooking styles.
It also helps that I have a partner that loves tinkering with food as much as I do! Meals are a collaboration most of the time.
So strange that I didn't see this comment until now, but that sounds delicious!
We go out for sushi with our entire extended family. This year it's going to be 26! ❤️🥰💞
What we have confirmed so far: Shrimp skewers, crab Rangoon, curried beef puffs, deviled eggs, adobo pork, a cheese platter, and mead. Also thinking of a cucumber salad and an eggplant dish, and as usual there will be at least half a dozen varieties of cookies.
Change of plans. Can I come?
I'm going to do a beef stew with thick egg noodles and roasted delicata squash on the side.
That sounds incredible. Yum
I was just talking about this the other day with my mom, they will probably all go to a extended family dinner but i've been sitting it out; so i may girl dinner it up with some hor'deourves, maybe i should return to tofurky and see how that tastes.
Stone soup!!
What is stone soup? Edit: I know I can look it up, but sometimes a person's answer is more informative.
It's inspired by the stone soup folktale. It's basically a beef or vegetarian stew made with potluck ingredients from neighbors. We also put real stones in it because of tradition! Whoever finds a stone gets good luck that year. Here's the recipe we use:
https://natashaskitchen.com/slow-cooker-beef-stew/
Thank you!
Omg this all looks delicious!
Cranberry brie puff pastry cups, mini quiche, arancini, keto pancakes, mulled wine, and not sure what else. We go over to my best friends and basically graze all day. This is just what I'm making.
How are keto pancakes made? I'm not familiar.
It's basically eggs, heavy cream, almond flour, coconut flour, your preferred non-sugar sweetener, baking powder and any no carb flavorings you want. I prefer baking them in the oven because they get puffy, but I've done them on the stove before as well. There's a ton of online recipes, but I make my own because my step-mom is the keto one, except her diet is even stricter than traditional keto. She can only have a total a 30 carbs a day whereas most keto goes off net carbs. I like baking and cooking so I've gotten really good at adjusting recipes for her.
I was really confused until I remembered that the northern hemisphere exists! 😅
I haven’t decided yet! I usually like to make a chowder from root veggies and pork or sausages, alongside some bread, cheese and other sides. But idk if I wanna do something different this year as I’m trying to move away from some old negative habits and traditions. I wanna make new, happy ones!
I’m totally open to new menu ideas. 😊
Sounds perfect
We like to do a savory wild rice porridge with star anise and wild mushrooms. I like Lundberg or sometimes my indigenous friend sends me a bag of hand harvested rice. Use whatever stock base you like, throw in any vegetables you like, and just make sure your rice to liquid ratio matches any congee recipe. Cook it low and slow and stir often :) So nice and warm for cold days with some mulled wine.
Chilli and sides!
Roast beef with gravy, potato filling, brown butter noodles, candied sweet potatoes, corn, breadsticks and for dessert mini apple dumplings with vanilla ice cream. 💗
We're Canadian, and main course will be a Quebecois meat pie called tourtiere. Plus some roasted root vegetables and my wife will make a Yule log for dessert. Very excited to start cooking!
That a lil Pyrrha chibi next to the roast? Cute!
Anyways, I'm making some smashed potatoes and roasted green beans to go with my brother in laws smoked pulled pork. I'm also making and jarring some mixed berry jam as gifts (and maybe lime marmalade if I have time).
It is Pyrrha!
Still veery unsure. I'm visiting my partners family and him and I will most certainly do the bulk of the cooking. None of us are big on "traditional" foods, and his family are not big on celebrating in general, so we may just make something we already like a little extra fancy. Lasagna maybe, with a really decadent ragu! May even break out some wine for that. And all the gingerbread and pastries we can muster up
I also saw a fun recipe today of a sliced oranges topped with melted chocolate and nuts/coconut/other stuff. Think I want to make some of those!
A hearty winter stew! Root veggies winter herbs and local meat. Wish I had some locally hunted meat but lovally raised will have to do this year. Maybe a locally caught trout if Im lucky!