General Chat

We are having a traditional turkey meal.
I make 2 soups for a choice and also a range of puds.

Always have both roast and mash potatoes.
I don't do convenience food, but my daughter told me about frozen mash from Aldi.

I tried it the other day, and it's really, really. really good!

Would you dare to serve your guests with previously frozen , shop bought mash on Christmas Day ?

Turkey Crown
Gammon - not sure whether to roast it or boil.
Sprouts with bacon and almonds - daughter in charge of that
Roast potatoes
Parsnips
Carrots
Petit Pois aka Christmas Peas
Probably cauliflower with a cheese sauce, but may be broccoli
Some sort of stuffing
Pigs in Blankets
Cranberry sauce.
Gravy

Home made Diabetic Christmas pud
Pumpkin Pie - guests bringing
Meringue nests - guests bringing
Cream/Brandy Butter/maybe custard

The best part of the Christmas lunch are the left over veggies turned into Bubble and Squeak!

Im going to have homemade chicken tikka masala and onion bhajis for Christmas dinner this year....I wanted to have something different..I have my friend coming this year and she loves curry aswell, also have my daughter staying and she doesn't like curry but loves my homemade macaroni cheese...
Having sticky toffee pudding and cream /icecream for afters......

Jules... :-D

may I ask, how do you make your ,Home made Diabetic Christmas pud, as it sounds rather nice ..iris (who is diabetic ) :-)

chocolate more chocolate and even more chocolate

a full Christmas dinner pork and turkey plus veg
and Christmas pudding


followed by chocolate more chocolate and even more chocolate

tea time trifle fancy cakes ect

followed by chocolate more chocolate and even more chocolate :-D :-D

I haven't a clue this year as we are going to our son,
it's his first Christmas at home in 7 years

So OH and I will be looked after by him and our DIL
and youngest grand daughter.

The only thing we know for sure is Trifle because OH
will be making it.

Emma :-)

For Santa Sue In Yorkshire
Everyone should have a neighbour like you.

Enjoy your Christmas

Going to son's this year so probably Turkey and all the trimmings Not sure about the pudding, not sure they like it.

Nolls.I like your idea of fried sprouts and bacon, I can't stand the things and my husband grows them on the allotment so we have mountains of the things *shudders*

I am going to try doing them this way at the weekend and see if the taste less yucky. :-P

Just me and OH this year - by choice! We'll be seeing the family in the morning, then coming home to peace and quiet.
We'll be having either a prawn or smoked salmon starter, then turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, bacon rolls, venison sausages, roast potatoes, sprouts, carrots and peas with leeks.
We usually have the Christmas Pud a few hours later, plus cream with added Cointreau!

Kitty I hate sprouts and like you OH had an allotment (not now though) and we would have mountains of the things but since I started frying them with bacon and a handful of pine nuts they seem to get eaten even by me :-S

Iris - the home made Diabetic Christmas pudding is for one of the guests. Although not so heavy as the shop bought ones, it's still a bit 'naughty' but then is he when he adjusts his insulin injection!!

This is the second time we've used this one which everyone liked. Once you've done the initial 3 hour steam, you can keep it in the fridge.

http://www.food.com/recipe/diabetic-christmas-pudding-327582

DeT - our large gammons have always been brought to boil then simmered for about 3/4 of the cooking time. Then cooled a bit, remove skin, brush honey and mixed spice into the fat and decorate and place in oven for the remainder of cooking time.

Never fails.

Our main course this year is a large leg of lamb - more of a treat - as it is so expensive do not have it during the year unless there is a special offer.

Oh Detective!
My Type1 daughter usually has about 80-100 grams of carbs per evening meal which equals 8-10 units of insulin.

This will be her 1st Christmas as a diabetic and I'm not sure how she will cope with it all.
A single serving of that delicious "Diabetic Christmas Pudding" contains as many carbs as her entire evening meal!

I wonder how much insulin will she need for Christmas Dinner????

Thanks Chris - your way to cook the Gammon has taken a great load off my mind.

Glasgowlass - would it help if I asked our guest how much insulin he would be likely to use - for guidance purposes only as he is a large lad - even if he says that on a normal day he'd use X, but on Christmas its more likely to be Y

If there is still time to make it, there are a number of other Diabetic Puddings on the internet. The guests' Mum makes one based around apple.

Thank You Detective,
I was half joking but a little taken aback by the amount of Carbs in the diabetic pudding
My daughter has had almost a year to get used toT1 diabetes, but this will be her first Christmas with all the rich foods on offer.

She eats out fairly often and has become fairly adept at guessing the carb content of her meals and the insulin required to cover it.
She finds it easier/safer to inject after each course rather than all at once!

As she has coped well in this first year, the next stage in February, is a week long course called DAFNE ( Dose Adjustment For Normal Eating)

Thankies

DeT try boiling the gammon in either cider or coke (usually 2 bottles) and finish off as Chris says...beautiful never fails :-)

(adds coke to the shopping list - low/sugar free of course!! :-D)