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Christmas Dinner

JudyNY

JudyNY

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Hi everyone! Still trying to decide what I will make for Christmas Eve and Christmas Dinner. Right now I am leaning toward Lobster Bisque Soup and Crab Legs for Christmas Eve and Cornish Hens for Christmas Dinner. I usually make a ham and sweet potato soufflé but since it is only two of us, that is too much food. Would love to know what others are planning to make.
 
We’ll be at my in laws for Christmas Eve and my grandmother in law makes a huge turkey dinner with all the sides. For lunch at my house we’re having steak, twice baked potato, brussel sprouts, and roasted carrots. Christmas dinner at my moms will be chili and I’m making broccoli cheddar soup. I’m already full just thinking about all of it!
 
I think you just gave me ideas. I was planning to make steak, green bean casserole and mashed potatoes. I will be doing Christmas with my mom and sister on 1/2 and typically she makes turkey, ham, potatoes, stuffing and corn. If I am feeling motivated I will make cranberries and green bean casserole to bring over. However, on Thanksgiving I made homemade donuts and brought them over. They were a hit and requested to be made again by all the kids so I will like do that. We also usually bring pickle roll ups for snacking as we play games in the evening.
 
On a normal year, I have my entire family, aunts/uncles, cousins, in laws, everyone's kids and boy/girl friends. So I normally have pizzas and make another dish, like beef sandwiches, a lasagna or stuffed cabbage plus appetizers. Since I'm scaling it down this year I'm thinking of making a more traditional Christmas dinner of Ham. So, Judy, if you'd like to share your recipe for sweet potato souffle, maybe I'll add that!!
 
I would be happy to share it, but it isn't low calorie by any means. I don't know if Swerve brown sugar could be substituted.

SWEET POTATO SOUFFLE

3 lbs sweet potatoes
2 eggs
1/2 brown sugar (1/4 cup can be used instead to cut down on how sweet it is) *
1/2 c melted butter
1 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
Small amount of orange juice to moisten as needed

Topping:
1/2 cup brown sugar (1/4 cup can be used instead) *
1/4 cup melted butter
2 cups pecan halves

Peel and cut up sweet potatoes. Boil until tender (approx 30 minutes). Drain and place in large mixing bowl. Mix drained potatoes and eggs with a mixer until mashed potato consitancy. Add 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/2 cup melted butter, salt and cinnamon and add just enough orange juice to make it moist and fluffy. Place evenly into casserole dish.

Add pecan halves neatly on top of potato mixture to cover in a single layer. Sprinkle with 1/2 cup brown sugar and drizzle with 1/4 cup melted butter.
Bake 375 for 20 minutes.

Note, the original recipe called for 1/4 cup of brown sugar in the potatoes and 1/4 on the topping but one year I accidently used 1/2 cup and my husband loved it so much he didn't want me to go back to 1/4 cup. So do whatever you prefer!! Also, this isn't a true soufflé so don't expect it to rise like a soufflé would.
 
Thanks Judy! Sounds yummy. I am finding that brown sugar substitutes aren't fantastic, but you can use sugar free pancake syrup instead so I'm going to try that!
 
missyinacage said:
Thanks Judy! Sounds yummy. I am finding that brown sugar substitutes aren't fantastic, but you can use sugar free pancake syrup instead so I'm going to try that!
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Oh wow, please let me know how that works out! I would think it would be fine in the potato mixture but for the toping I'm not so sure. The brown sugar helps the nuts carnalize and gives a slightly crunchy topping.
 
It's a great day for baking. I just made these Keto Snowball Cookies. Recipe here:

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Keto Snowball Cookies

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How were they? I make the regular version every year for my cookie boxes that go out to everyone. They are a huge hit and my personal favorite. I was/am planning on not making them at all, since I know I can't resist them. But if these are good, I might go ahead and make myself a batch! :D
 

Judy all of that sounds good!!

I do most all of the holiday / family gatherings cooking. I'm expecting about 30 people - friends and family. This is my favorite time of year. I'm ready to see all my children and their spouses/partners/significant others and dear family friends!

Christmas Eve Appetizer Menu:

Veggie tray - tomatoes, broccoli, mushrooms, cucumbers, zucchini
Mini crab cakes
Cheese / Cracker Tray
Cheese balls - my mom makes these - sooo good!!!
Cheese straws
Varied veggie dips
Crab Rangoon dip
Mini egg rolls

Christmas Eve Dinner Menu: We do this at my parents home. It's easier for them not to have to walk/drive to my home.

Pineapple bourbon brown sugar ham
Turkey breast - cooked in the smoker
Pork Ribs - cooked in the smoker
Potato salad
Greens
Mac n cheese
Oyster and sausage stuffing
Roasted veggies - brussels sprouts, broccoli, zucchini, squash, onions, mushrooms

Christmas Eve Dessert Menu:

Cheese cake
Sweet potato casserole
Hot coco cupcakes
Oreo cake bite
Cookies n cream bark
Peanut brittle
Fudge - chocolate, vanilla, peanut butter
Toffee
Punch - love this stuff - cranberry juice - sherbert - and diet sierra mist
Crockpot hot chocolate

Then we do Christmas gifts at my parents home. Then everyone invades my home and attempts to get a real bed versus pop-up mattresses. If you're extremely slow - you end up in the family room with a sleeping bag. The only person guaranteed a bed is me - depending on my Christmas Eve gift from my wonderful husband - is the deciding factor on whether he sleeps in the bed or elsewhere. ;):p:p He's never slept elsewhere YET - you never know....

Christmas Day Breakfast: The best part of this is the MEN cook breakfast - the women get to relax!

Quiches:
Ham and cheese
Mushroom and spinach
Sausage and mushroom
Bacon and mushroom

Fried Potatoes
Grits
Sausage gravy
Biscuits

Coffee
Tea
OJ

Then we do Christmas gifts! Then I collapse and delegate clean-up duties. When anyone gets hungry after breakfast - they can eat left overs or order food for delivery. We usually do steaks on the grill before everyone goes back to their homes.
 
I finalized my Christmas menue. Now that my grandma is in the nursing home the big family doesn't get together anymore. So Christmas day will be just me, my wife and girls and possibly my mom coming over at night to go with is to see Christmas lights.. We will have:

Filet mignon
Green bean casserole
Mashed potatoes
Salad


This past weekend I spent all weekend baking cookies. I haven't done it in years and feel like I actually have time this year, which I dont working almost 60 hrs a week with just client stuff not including paperwork but i decided to ignore work for the weekend.... I made peanut butter blossoms, hot coco bombs, m&m cookies, cranberry oatmeal meal cookies, ritz crackers with peanutbutter inside dipped in chocolate.

Jan 2nd with be Christmas with my mom and sister. I will like make some more cranberry cookies to take there as well as green bean casserole (my spouse and I are the only ones that eat it so if we want it we bring it). My mom will make potatoes, corn, ham and turkey. Maybe stuffing too. My sister usually bakes a ton of cookies to bring. We talked about making my grandmas punch for the kids,, which consists of hawaiian punch, ginger ale, pineapple juice and maybe something else but I don't remember. If I could drink i would usually make a festive holiday drink.
 
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