What are you cooking? I have a boneless prime rib roast I plan to cook in the oven at low temp. I also plan to make a traditional casserole except using asparagus instead of green beans. That's all I've come up with so far. I'm open to suggestions.
I'm probably not going to have meat this year...I've decided I'll likely make a Fish pie... no idea what else tho'.. just green veg with it...
Ive never heard of it either @Gloria Mitchell so I looked it up. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_pie Sounds good!
When I get back home after Christmas I'm going to work on a healthy version of this...I prefer fish to meat. Looking for a substitution for the mashed potatoes....mashed cauliflower might be too over powering...maybe mashed butternut squash or sweet potato.
I made Christmas dinner last Sunday and the Sunday before that; December 10 for my sibling family and December 17 for my in-law family. I had baked ham, fried chicken, potato salad, sweet potato casserole, collards, green bean casserole, pink eye purple hull peas, deviled eggs and corn bread. They brought desserts. For Christmas day, we do a big breakfast. We have link sausage, pork tenderloin, country ham, bacon, grits, eggs and biscuits with our choice of jams and jellies. Then we open gifts. I use to have dinner about midafternoon but for the last couple of years my DIL and GD bring their leftovers from their Christmas Eve meals. There are always plenty with lots of leftovers. @Chrissy Cross , surprisingly, mashed cauliflower is quite good as a substitute for mashed potatoes.
No eggs in the fish pie I make as in CC's link... but of course you can add chopped eggs if you wish... and also you can leave the cheese out of the potato topping ...but CC's right it's IS delicious Smoked haddock Salmon, Cod, Prawns Topped with a cheesy mashed potato... 600ml milk 300ml whipping cream 450g white fish fillet such as cod, haddock or coley 225g smoked haddock or smoked cod fillet 175g cooked and peeled small to medium prawns, thawed if frozen and roughly chopped 100g butter 45g plain flour 3 tbsp chopped fresh parsley 1kg peeled floury potatoes such as maris piper 1 large leek, thinly sliced and washed well ( or spring onion) 75g Cheddar, coarsely grated Put 450ml of the milk and the cream into a large pan and bring to the boil. Add the white and smoked fish fillets and simmer for 5-6 minutes, until just cooked through. Lift the fillets onto a plate to cool slightly and strain the liquid into a jug. When the fish is cool enough to handle, break it into large flakes, discarding the skin and any bones. Spread over the base of a 1.75-litre shallow ovenproof dish and scatter over the prawns (and chopped eggs. If included) Melt 50g of the butter in a pan, add the flour and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Pull the pan off the heat and gradually stir in the reserved cooking liquid. Return to the heat and slowly bring back to the boil, stirring all the time. Simmer the sauce for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Season to taste, stir in the parsley and pour over the fish. Leave to go cold. Cut the potatoes into large chunks and boil in salted water for 20 minutes or until soft. Meanwhile, melt the remaining 50g butter in a small pan, add the sliced leek ( or spring onions) and cook gently for 3-4 minutes, until tender. Drain the potatoes well, return to the pan and mash until smooth. Stir in the buttery leek, cheese and a little of the remaining milk to make a spreadable but not too wet mash. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Preheat the grill to medium. Spoon the mash over the top of the pie and spread it out in an even layer. Rough up the surface with a fork or the back of a spoon and grill the top of the pie for 15-20 minutes, until bubbling and golden brown. Just to help you... a 1.75 litre pan is equivalent to 7 cups or 9 x 2 inch (23 x 5 cm) oval shallow roasting dish ( I use a shallow casserole dish
Oh I think mashed broccoli or mashed Cauliflower would be ideal as a healthy version tbh, I don't think the cauli would be overwhelming at all. there's a lot of flavour from the fish ... you can leave the cream and cheese out
Oh, Dear! Milliliters of milk, etc.,............ Luckily, we are invited to a completely free Christmas Eve Feast hosted by the Edgewater Hotel in Laughlin, NV. Third year now they have done this mainly for "locals" (yokels?), both Thanksgiving and Christmas. The selection is amazing, served buffet-style, it being served from 1 to 6 PM, come in at anytime. The young guy at Thanksgiving checking us in remarked, upon my asking, they expected 2000 to 3000 attendees! Frank
Believe it or not, same dinner we had for Thanksgiving, IOW, left-over part of turkey loin that we cooked and froze. My "World-Famous" (LOL) mashed potatoes, that we both love and a box of turkey stuffing mix. We will be some 23 degrees cooler Christmas Day with rain in the forecast. Wife has the week off.........very happy about that. Actually, yesterday evening I BBQ'd burgers on our grill outside. The temp was 80 degrees, but are still making plans on leaving Florida.
Conversion chart for anyone who want to cook the fish pie... ( believe it or not even though we changed from pounds and ounces, and pints and gallons decades ago, and everything is now written in decimal including at the petrol station , most of us still use pounds, ounces and pints in our heads )... https://familybaking.co.uk/recipes/conversion-charts Weight Grams Pounds/ounces 10g =¼oz 25g =1oz 50g= 2oz 100g = 4oz 125g = 5oz 150g = 6oz 200g = 7oz 225g = 8oz 250g = 9oz 300g = 10oz 350g = 12oz 400g = 14oz 450g = 1lb 500g =1lb 2oz 700g =1 ½lb 750g =1lb 10oz 1kg = 2lb ¼oz 1.5kg = 3lb 5oz 2kg = 4 ½lb Liquid Volume Litres Fluid ounces/pints 1.25ml =¼ teaspoon 2.5ml = ½ teaspoon 5ml = 1 teaspoon 15ml =1 tablespoon 30ml = 1 fl oz 50ml =2 fl oz 100ml = 4 fl oz 150ml = 5 fl oz / ¼ pint 200ml = 7 fl oz / ⅓ pint 300ml = 10 fl oz / ½ pint 500ml = 18 fl oz 600ml = 20 fl oz / 1 pint 700ml = 1 ¼ pints 850ml =1 ½ pints 1 litre = 1 ¾ pints 1.2 litres = 2 pints Oven Temperatures Celsius Fahrenheit Gas Mark 110°C = 225°F = ¼ 130°C = 250°F = ½ 140°C = 275°F = 1 150°C = 300°F = 2 170°C = 325°F = 3 180°C = 350°F = 4 190°C = 375°F = 5 200°C = 400°F = 6 220°C = 425°F = 7 230°C = 450°F = 8
We will be having our traditional Prime Rib from Kansas City Steaks. 8 lbs. should feed the 'horde' !