“Ideas needed please…”

1. On December 14th, 2008 at 9:08 am Alison Says:

   We usually have a couple different meats, chicken and ham or something like that and then boiled spuds and a few different salads to choose from and peas(then thats something I know Steven will eat,LOL) and devilled eggs. For pudding its usually chocolate mousse(in the edmonds cook book ther eis a reciepe for easy chocolate mousse its very verynice) pavlova, ice crean jelly fruit salad. Also this other pudding that my aunty makes and the measurements are jsut what every you want……whipped cream with some plain real yoghurt some marshmallow and frozen berries mix all together and enjoy…yummmmmm.

   Hope you can find something useful out of this list and enjoy a strees free xmas lunch

2. On December 14th, 2008 at 9:59 am Vicki Says:

   The BBQ will be going along with cold meats and salads, pavlova, fruit salad and ice cream. We don’t do the full hot meal anymore. Its a “kiwi” Christmas!!! LOL

3. On December 14th, 2008 at 10:11 am weemegs Says:

   you could try what we did for the ward christmas do. Everyone chipped in so many $ each for the meat and then work out someone to do salads, pudding, breads etc. Makes it way easier

4. On December 14th, 2008 at 4:14 pm janine Says:

   ambrosia and pav always go down well. Cold meats and salads….are also a hit. Dips and crackers and cheeses are fab too.

5. On December 14th, 2008 at 4:34 pm Hannah Says:

   We just planned our menu this afternoon
   This year, we are having ham on the bone (glazed with Speights Dark Ale), chicken drumsticks, roast veges, green veges. Then for dessert I am making a Mars Bar Cheesecake (I might put the recipe on my blog sometime this week), ice cream, strawberries, Christmas pud & custard.

   Last year we had a BBQ and did lamb steaks, which we had with salads. Really easy & simple, and not too many leftovers to deal with.

6. On December 14th, 2008 at 10:48 pm Meg Says:

   All of the ideas sound fab and we will be BBQ’ing the whole day - keeps hubby busy lol!!!! Those photos of Grace are beautiful!!

7. On December 15th, 2008 at 11:49 pm Monique Says:

   Hey Rochelle, thanks for the bloggy award, how cool!!

   Our family have given up on the heavy traditional meal now too…we prefer to just eat finger foods all day heh, heh…its good because whoever is getting together for the day simply brings their specialty finger food and you bring them out one at time like little mini courses….from past Christmas’s we have had tapas, sushi, bbq’d chilli prawns with a wasabi and coriander dipping sauce, now these are super easy and soooo yummy…will hunt out the recipe for you later and this year i’m going to do an italian antipasto platter with all the trimmings…the cured meats, the cheeses, olives, sundried tomatos, artichoke hearts, roast peppers, marinated mushrooms or grilled veges along with some foccoccia and bruschetta…

   Have fun looking for ideas….try a couple of the recipe mags that are out at the supermarkets…they have great ideas for this time of year and are good kickstarts for thinking about what sort of things you might like.