What’s for Dinner Tonight?

[cabanafrau]

Tonight needed to be simple to carry to in-laws -- Turkey breast, mashed potatoes, squash, spinach salad with mandarin and pomegranate and chocolate mousse pie for dessert. Kind of the general outline of the meal I had planned to take to them, but seriously slimmed due to MIL's continued hospitalization for a dementia-related episode that started late last week. With everything in flux and DH falling sick and potentially contagious it's now a dropoff only, along with tomorrow's meatballs and herb roasted potatoes with green beans and some buttermilk spice cake.

Just not a good holiday season this year. Prep for everything kind of got started, shuffled, restarted and abruptly on anxious hold all weekend. MIL may be entirely unable to return home and need to be placed in memory care. At this point just trying to make sure everyone's fed and that will just have to be good enough while I tune out my own angry mother's grousing and complaining about how I should have done this and why didn't I make that, because everybody always looks forward to it. Not this year unfortunately.

 

[Meriweather]

Eve is our traditional sandwich night. This year Port of Subs for most. DD will get hers from Jersey Mikes because they have Gluten free bread.
A variety if chips and cookie tray....also Zebra popcorn.
We'll be watching Red One

 

[LoveDaisy]

I normally make baked stuffed shrimp for Christmas Eve but since the house isn’t decorated and the dining room table is in middle of the living room (renovating one floor of the house) we are going out to dinner.

 

[jalapeno_pretzel]

spinach artichoke dip, portobello mushroom ravioli with homemade marinara, garlic bread, mixed greens salad, wine, cookies

 

[barkley]

french dip sandwiches w/horseradish cheddar cheese (roast in the oven now)
potatos au gratin (will go In the oven an hour before we eat)
pasta salad (completed yesterday so it could marinate overnight)
charcuterie board and spinach artichoke dip (will throw together later in the day)

 

[fla4fun]

I just had a sandwich and a slice of Key Lime Pie. My guests don’t arrive until tomorrow evening, so tomorrow will be the big cooking day. I make homemade lasagna for Christmas dinner, and I am making a berry pie for dessert also.

 

[marthachick]

At this point just trying to make sure everyone's fed and that will just have to be good enough while I tune out my own angry mother's grousing and complaining about how I should have done this and why didn't I make that, because everybody always looks forward to it. Not this year unfortunately.

Sometimes we have to shift to survival mode and get through. If what you can do isn’t enough for everyone, they can contribute. Including your mother. Prayers for you.

 

[WorldWacky]

We had lasagna and garlic bread for dinner. Cookies for dessert. A friend made rum cake so we had that too.
I prepped the sausage/potato bake for tomorrow’s breakfast. And I prepped the twice baked potatoes and the ham puff filling for the apps. The onions for the French onion soup are cooking in the crockpot overnight. I’ll get up a couple of times to give them a stir.

I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas!