Countdown-Menu for Christmas & New Year
22 days and counting. What do you have planned for your Christmas and New Year’s menus? Christmas we’re doing the bacon-wrapped pork roasts with the assorted sides being brought by the rest of the ...
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I'm lazy and I'm not into cooking for hours or days nor am I into washing pots, pans & dishes for hours.
My "festive" dinners are either "eat out at a restaurant" or fast and easy. I am only cooking for two and prefer to not eat leftovers for days or months.
Meat (choice of 1):
- Brie & Cranberry Stuffed Chicken (Barber Foods, frozen- toss into the oven and bake or I have also steam baked them in an instant pot)
- Small beef brisket (It is tossed into the instant pot)
- Cooked whole rotisserie chicken (I buy it a day or two ahead and break it down into leg quarters which goes in the refrigerator. I freeze the two breast halves and the remaining carcass)
Green Vegetable (choice of 1):
Broccoli Florets (steamable bag in the microwave)
Country style green beans (cooked with bacon and onions)
Brussels Sprouts (fresh, steamed in the instant pot)
Starchy Side (choice of one):
Mashed potatoes (I use a food service instant that tastes like homemade)
Steamed rice (love the rice cooker)
Whole Berry Cranberry Sauce (Homemade Reduced sugar made a day or two earlier so it sets up)
Dinner rolls (from the Sam's Club Bakery)
Dessert (only one):
Cupcakes (small batch - If I make cupcakes this year, it will probably be Italian Cream)
Banana tea loaf (I have a really good recipe - it's my birthday "cake" this year)
Pie (apple, cherry, pumpkin or a Razzleberry pie - maybe homemade, maybe store bought)
My "festive" dinners are either "eat out at a restaurant" or fast and easy. I am only cooking for two and prefer to not eat leftovers for days or months.
Meat (choice of 1):
- Brie & Cranberry Stuffed Chicken (Barber Foods, frozen- toss into the oven and bake or I have also steam baked them in an instant pot)
- Small beef brisket (It is tossed into the instant pot)
- Cooked whole rotisserie chicken (I buy it a day or two ahead and break it down into leg quarters which goes in the refrigerator. I freeze the two breast halves and the remaining carcass)
Green Vegetable (choice of 1):
Broccoli Florets (steamable bag in the microwave)
Country style green beans (cooked with bacon and onions)
Brussels Sprouts (fresh, steamed in the instant pot)
Starchy Side (choice of one):
Mashed potatoes (I use a food service instant that tastes like homemade)
Steamed rice (love the rice cooker)
Whole Berry Cranberry Sauce (Homemade Reduced sugar made a day or two earlier so it sets up)
Dinner rolls (from the Sam's Club Bakery)
Dessert (only one):
Cupcakes (small batch - If I make cupcakes this year, it will probably be Italian Cream)
Banana tea loaf (I have a really good recipe - it's my birthday "cake" this year)
Pie (apple, cherry, pumpkin or a Razzleberry pie - maybe homemade, maybe store bought)
