Christmas Dinner

In the freezer ready for Christmas lunch I now have my veggies; carrots and broccoli and after today I have the stuffing balls in there too. Just sausages in bacon to go now.

Do you freeze your veg raw Kathy is it just to save you time chopping on xmas morning? I have to make some stuffing and freeze it for xmas too  

I prep the veg and parboil it before freezing this keeps the colour nice and fresh. The stuffing balls I part baked today, I just mix 2 good quality sausages in with it (take the skins off first) roll into balls then place in those little foil trays you can get with the cardboard lids. Christmas morning they come out of the freezer and straight into the oven. Job done

Its a really time saving idea Kathy  

Thanks, yes it is. When you are very limited on space you have to be thinking ahead.

I have already got Christmas lunch all planned and timed and written down what needs to be done when, with all the timings for everything. I just start at what time we want to sit down and eat (usually 1pm) then just works backwards from there.

Wow Kathy your very prepared we peel Xmas eve we do everything else on the day

Wow Kathy, how organised! Very impressive  

Everything's done on Christmas day here! My hubby peels the spuds & veg, and then I do everything else. It'[s just down to routine, really - plus of course I have a few Babychams to help it all along! 

I play with the kids toys and go to the pub while mummy does everything , and walk the dogs of course

We usually go to my sister's house. We cook the meat usually beef and turkey and take it to her house. She does everything else, it works well as it takes a lot of the stress out of the cooking.  

Dave wrote:I play with the kids toys and go to the pub while mummy does everything , and walk the dogs of course

Oooh, that isn't allowed in this house! Never has been (even my dad wasn't allowed to go to the pub on Christmas day) and never will be! 

I cook everything on the day the rib of beef (my own beast) will be cooked for 24 hrs at about 50C.
Bunches of carrots cooked with ginger,hedgehog potatoes ,pureed sprouts with chestnut and pink peppercorns,pigs in blankets (my pigs).

Capon on Boxing day

Gaz

P.s. Marley gets the same

marleyANDgaz wrote:I cook everything on the day the rib of beef (my own beast) will be cooked for 24 hrs at about 50C.
Bunches of carrots cooked with ginger,hedgehog potatoes ,pureed sprouts with chestnut and pink peppercorns,pigs      in blankets (my pigs).

Capon on Boxing day

Gaz

P.s. Marley gets the same

Ooooooo Gaz, me Rocky and hubby are going to gatecrash on Christmas morning hope you don't mind, that all sounds delicious apart from the sprouts, you keep those.   

I don't do anything apart from go to the pub in the morning and attempt to cook something after, attempt being the operative word!

Kathy, you are more than welcome I have an open house policy Christmas day and boxing day, I have home made cider and ale, wine from a local vineyard (yes welsh wine) and I made mead from my honey this year as well.

The aga is always hot if you fancy a cuppa or something to eat, I have baked savoury and sweet today (200 mince pies, 60 ginger bread men ,200 sausage rolls, 50 scotch eggs 50 mini pork pies and 6,5lb pies with different fillings).

With help from Marley of course

gaz