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ThreeforTea
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What does your Christmas Eve menu look like this year?
I just found out that I may be cooking Christmas Eve so I want to make sure I make a great meal. Which fish do you make? What else do you have? Thanks!!!
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ThreeforTea
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What does your Christmas Eve menu look like?
bump..anyone want to share?!
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LadyBug1209
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Re: What does your Christmas Eve menu look like this year?
This was mine last year. I'm hosting again this year and will have many of the same items, but will switch up a few!
We are Italian, so we follow the tradition of the 7 fish.
Zeppoles (Savory - Some plain, some with anchovies)
Shrimp Cocktail
Cold Antipasto - Cheeses/Meats/Olives
Linguini with Clam Sauce
Fried Calamari with Lemon and Marinara
Shrimp Scampi
Crab Cakes
Baked Clams
Bacala - My Mom is bringing bc I have no idea how to make it and it STINKS! lol
Chopped Salad
Spicy Garlic Broccoli & Couliflower
Stuffed Mushrooms & Zucchini
Rice Balls
Cookies
Peppermint Fudge
Fruit/Nuts
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| Posted 12/4/12 12:22 PM |
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Re: What does your Christmas Eve menu look like this year?
Posted by forevermylilgirls
I just found out that I may be cooking Christmas Eve so I want to make sure I make a great meal. Which fish do you make? What else do you have? Thanks!!!
Are you going traditional with the 7 fishes? I like to do that when I host. However, I am not cooking this year so I have no menu plan. My family usually goes 1 of 2 routes. The first being a ham, traditional ham, with pineapple. Sides include potatoes, vegetables, etc. The second is the 7 fishes plus everything else... I usually start with appetizers, olive tapenade (anchovies!), shrimp cocktail, mussels cooked in wine sauce, mini-crab cakes etc. (I usually do 5 fishes during appetizer) and then 2 for the main course: we have salmon or some sort of white fish for dinner. Dessert is usually homemade italian cookies and pastries.
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| Posted 12/4/12 9:47 PM |
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ThreeforTea
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Re: What does your Christmas Eve menu look like this year?
Posted by BaysideForever
Posted by forevermylilgirls
I just found out that I may be cooking Christmas Eve so I want to make sure I make a great meal. Which fish do you make? What else do you have? Thanks!!!
Are you going traditional with the 7 fishes? I like to do that when I host. However, I am not cooking this year so I have no menu plan. My family usually goes 1 of 2 routes. The first being a ham, traditional ham, with pineapple. Sides include potatoes, vegetables, etc. The second is the 7 fishes plus everything else... I usually start with appetizers, olive tapenade (anchovies!), shrimp cocktail, mussels cooked in wine sauce, mini-crab cakes etc. (I usually do 5 fishes during appetizer) and then 2 for the main course: we have salmon or some sort of white fish for dinner. Dessert is usually homemade italian cookies and pastries.
Thanks! I want to make the traditional 7 fish.
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LovesMike
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Re: What does your Christmas Eve menu look like this year?
We are doing traditional italian seafood dinner, but I can't quite get to 7 this year Meatless though:
Appetizers:
Shrimp cocktail
potato chips and onion dip
baked brie and water crackers
sweet and salty roasted nuts
ETA: baked clams, not raw.
First course:
Linguini with clams
Main course:
Fried shrimp
Roasted red snapper filet
Mussels in white wine sauce (we order a tray from Waterzooi)
Broccoli rabe
Rice
Dessert:
Panettone trifle
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| Posted 12/5/12 1:06 PM |
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DaniJude
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Re: What does your Christmas Eve menu look like this year?
Posted by LadyBug1209
This was mine last year. I'm hosting again this year and will have many of the same items, but will switch up a few!
We are Italian, so we follow the tradition of the 7 fish.
Zeppoles (Savory - Some plain, some with anchovies)
Shrimp Cocktail
Cold Antipasto - Cheeses/Meats/Olives
Linguini with Clam Sauce
Fried Calamari with Lemon and Marinara
Shrimp Scampi
Crab Cakes
Baked Clams
Bacala - My Mom is bringing bc I have no idea how to make it and it STINKS! lol
Chopped Salad
Spicy Garlic Broccoli & Couliflower
Stuffed Mushrooms & Zucchini
Rice Balls
Cookies
Peppermint Fudge
Fruit/Nuts
We do similar to this - DH is Italian so MIL does Christmas Eve with all the fish -- she does more of almost like a Cocktail Hour at a wedding - TONS of food out on tables, being passed, etc. Then she has buffet style chafing dishes (she does like an INSANE amount of people)... but she does these types of dishes...
A few to add that MIL does and I don't see on the AP's list: Fried Zucchini flowers, baked brie, fennel, cheesecake, rainbow (or tri color) cookies, and pignoli nut cookies -- those two cookies are an Italian tradition. Oh and escarole and beans sauteed in olive oil and garlic - that and the flowers are my FAVES!!!!! 
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