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Cooking & Baking

NJCher

(42,386 posts) Wed Dec 24, 2025, 04:05 PM Dec 24

What's for Dinner, Christmas Eve, Wed., Dec. 24, 2025

Tossed green salad with scallions, cucumber, green pepper, and shrimp. Lemon vinaigrette, homemade.

Brown sugar glazed salmon.

Roasted parsnips with mustard and maple syrup.

Cherry ginger kombucha.

Dessert: Chocolate and amaretto Yule log.

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What's for Dinner, Christmas Eve, Wed., Dec. 24, 2025 (Original Post) NJCher Dec 24 OP

Spanikopita! NewHendoLib Dec 24 #1

Sounds delic, NHL! SheltieLover Dec 24 #8

We join my brother and his wife across the street for oyster stew. Nanuke Dec 24 #2

Pot Roast Yonnie3 Dec 24 #3

Sounds delic, Yonnie! SheltieLover Dec 24 #7

Traditional Polish Wigilia La Coliniere Dec 24 #4

I'd never heard of a Polish Vigilia, so I had to look it up. SheltieLover Dec 24 #6

That all sounds great. Worked with folks who ate about the same thing. Summer festivals were an eat fest. twodogsbarking Dec 24 #9

Sounds delic, Cher! SheltieLover Dec 24 #5

Red beans and rice chowmama Dec 24 #10

Italian Beef Sandwiches CanonRay Dec 24 #11

beef stew and garlic bread mike_c Dec 24 #12

It's just me and hubby for the holidays, so I decided to take it somewhat easy... slightlv Dec 24 #13

NewHendoLib

(61,559 posts)

1. Spanikopita!

Reply to NJCher (Original post)

Wed Dec 24, 2025, 04:14 PM

Dec 24

Merry Christmas!

SheltieLover

(76,447 posts)

8. Sounds delic, NHL!

Reply to NewHendoLib (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 24, 2025, 06:01 PM

Dec 24

Enjoy!

Merry Christmas!

Nanuke

(902 posts)

2. We join my brother and his wife across the street for oyster stew.

Reply to NJCher (Original post)

Wed Dec 24, 2025, 04:37 PM

Dec 24

Yonnie3

(19,201 posts)

3. Pot Roast

Reply to NJCher (Original post)

Wed Dec 24, 2025, 04:38 PM

Dec 24

with gold potatoes, carrots, celery and onion. Leftovers, but good.

Ducky was confused by cooked versus raw carrots at first, Now he knows right away to gulp the cooked ones down and run with the raw to lie down and crunch.

TJ is going to work shifts tonight and tomorrow night, so it's just me and the Duckster tonight.

SheltieLover

(76,447 posts)

7. Sounds delic, Yonnie!

Reply to Yonnie3 (Reply #3)

Wed Dec 24, 2025, 05:59 PM

Dec 24

Enjoy!

La Coliniere

(1,742 posts)

4. Traditional Polish Wigilia

Reply to NJCher (Original post)

Wed Dec 24, 2025, 05:35 PM

Dec 24

Last edited Wed Dec 24, 2025, 06:28 PM - Edit history (1)

Going to my in-laws for a traditional Christmas Eve dinner along with 12 other folks. There will be fried haddock, parsley potatoes, cheese and sauerkraut pierogies, green bean almondine, cole slaw, cucumber salad and a great variety of desserts. I made the cream of mushroom soup which begins the meal. Happy holidays to all my fellow DUers! Cheers!🥂

SheltieLover

(76,447 posts)

6. I'd never heard of a Polish Vigilia, so I had to look it up.

Reply to La Coliniere (Reply #4)

Wed Dec 24, 2025, 05:59 PM

Dec 24

Sounds like an absolutely lovely tradition.

My maternal ancestors were from Poland, but apparently did not practice this.

Enjoy!

Merry Christmas to you and your lovely family!'

twodogsbarking

(17,541 posts)

9. That all sounds great. Worked with folks who ate about the same thing. Summer festivals were an eat fest.

Reply to La Coliniere (Reply #4)

Wed Dec 24, 2025, 06:05 PM

Dec 24

Enjoy and best.

SheltieLover

(76,447 posts)

5. Sounds delic, Cher!

Reply to NJCher (Original post)

Wed Dec 24, 2025, 05:57 PM

Dec 24

Ha ha - we're on the same wavelength. I had my salmon for lunch, done in the air fryer with garlic and lemon pepper, with a side of mac n cheese and fresh pan steamed green beans.

Enjoy!

Merry Christmas to all who celebrate.

chowmama

(991 posts)

10. Red beans and rice

Reply to NJCher (Original post)

Wed Dec 24, 2025, 06:11 PM

Dec 24

We're still recovering from our lovely virus and are taking it easy. Nice soft food.

And I'm doing Xmas dinner as much ahead as possible. I wanna sleep in tomorrow.

CanonRay

(15,927 posts)

11. Italian Beef Sandwiches

Reply to NJCher (Original post)

Wed Dec 24, 2025, 06:11 PM

Dec 24

and homemafe pasta salad. A longtime tradition.

mike_c

(36,893 posts)

12. beef stew and garlic bread

Reply to NJCher (Original post)

Wed Dec 24, 2025, 07:46 PM

Dec 24

It's a cool, rainy evening here, so I wanted hot soup. It's almost ready!

slightlv

(7,435 posts)

13. It's just me and hubby for the holidays, so I decided to take it somewhat easy...

Reply to NJCher (Original post)

Wed Dec 24, 2025, 07:53 PM

Dec 24

tonight it will be chicken cordon bleu and baked potatoes, with garlic bread. Tomorrow, our Christmas dinner will be my homemade spaghetti with my all day simmering sauce. Not very Christmasy, but hea... it's red! (LOL)

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