help with Christmas menu

We're having 8 adults (including ourselves) and 1 child for Christmas dinner this year.

I have so many things I want to make and need to narrow my menu so as not to go completely overboard.

The things being contemplated for a place on the menu are:

Roast pork tenderloin with marinade
Roasted, seasoned sweet potatoes
Mashed Potatoes w/ garlic
Spicy mashed butternut squash
Steamed string beans
Another veggie (broccoli? corn? carrots?)

Is this way too much for dinner? Is it overboard? It seems like waaaay too many carbs / starches to me and just too many choices. I would cut out the white potatoes, but I'm afraid at least a few of the people coming won't like sweet potatoes. I can cut out the sweet potatoes, but they go so nicely with the pork... I can also cut out the squash. I just thought it would be something different and somewhat seasonal. Just a thought that i came up with when I thought I might have to cut out the sweet potatoes b/c my SIL's don't like them... (I think they don't like them b/c they've only ever tried them carmalized and I don't add any sugar or anything...)

I could also cut out mashed potatoes and sweet potatoes and do spiced roasted red potatoes with the mashed butternut squash...

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated! I want this dinner to be nice, as it's the first holiday I'm doing and I'm cooking for my ILs!

Re: help with Christmas menu

Posted by Kara

We're having 8 adults (including ourselves) and 1 child for Christmas dinner this year.

I have so many things I want to make and need to narrow my menu so as not to go completely overboard.

The things being contemplated for a place on the menu are:

Roast pork tenderloin with marinade
Roasted, seasoned sweet potatoes
Mashed Potatoes w/ garlic
Spicy mashed butternut squash
Steamed string beans
Another veggie (broccoli? corn? carrots?)

Is this way too much for dinner? Is it overboard? It seems like waaaay too many carbs / starches to me and just too many choices. I would cut out the white potatoes, but I'm afraid at least a few of the people coming won't like sweet potatoes. I can cut out the sweet potatoes, but they go so nicely with the pork... I can also cut out the squash. I just thought it would be something different and somewhat seasonal. Just a thought that i came up with when I thought I might have to cut out the sweet potatoes b/c my SIL's don't like them... (I think they don't like them b/c they've only ever tried them carmalized and I don't add any sugar or anything...)

I could also cut out mashed potatoes and sweet potatoes and do spiced roasted red potatoes with the mashed butternut squash...

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated! I want this dinner to be nice, as it's the first holiday I'm doing and I'm cooking for my ILs!