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What are you having for Christmas dinner?

BeckyP005BeckyP005 member
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We are hosting and our dinner sounds boring. Here it goes. Baked ziti with meatballs. SIL is bringing dessert and MIL is bringing garlic bread and some kind of Italian meat that I don't like. My mom is bringing a salad. ::yawn:: There are 10 of us and 2 kids.

I also wanted to make a beef tenderloin but I make it with the oven on 500 and it will get smoky!

So what are you having!!

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  • BeckyP005BeckyP005 member
    Oh I guess I meant to ask should I make the filet tenderloin??

    ME:46 MH:44 DE IVF 2014
    Met with RE 4/11. 2 IUI's BFN. DE best option. Switched clinics to do "shared" program. Had to retake all tests and a mamm that put me behind and then on a DE waiting list for 12 months. Picked a donor!! (10/13/13) Got matched. Estimated transfer in December. After 2.5 years of patiently waiting I will finally cycle....can hardly believe it. DE cycle got cancelled. One of her tests came back positive.  Waiting for another donor. Donor picked!! (1/18/14)

    DE IVF #1 (4/26) BFN  DE FET #1 (6/4) BFP! Beta 1=339 Beta 2=852 Beta 3=9957 EDD 2/22/15!!


     

     

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  • HeathernStevenHeathernSteven member

    I guess you could say we are boring too, been having teh same Christmas Eve dinner for 30 something years :D

    We basically do Thanksgiving take II, turkey stuffing, potatos (ever since Bush i can't spell it right), peas, carrots, etc.

    My mom wants to change the menu (she cooks) my sister supports her, the rest of us say no way! I told her this year she could add a ham if she wanted something different but still has to make the rest ;) .The stuffing whcih everyone loves is made with bacon and when stuffed i the bird whoo weee yummy!!! (my cousins say the stuffing is the reason they come ;))

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  • BeckyP005BeckyP005 member
    HeathernSteven said:

    I guess you could say we are boring too, been having teh same Christmas Eve dinner for 30 something years :D

    We basically do Thanksgiving take II, turkey stuffing, potatos (ever since Bush i can't spell it right), peas, carrots, etc.

    My mom wants to change the menu (she cooks) my sister supports her, the rest of us say no way! I told her this year she could add a ham if she wanted something different but still has to make the rest ;) .The stuffing whcih everyone loves is made with bacon and when stuffed i the bird whoo weee yummy!!! (my cousins say the stuffing is the reason they come ;))

    That's too funny because I went to get my hair done today and I asked what was their dinner and she said just like Thanksgiving! Lol. But @HeathernSteven you didn't answer my question!! Should I make the filet too or just ditch it. Haha I'm a bit tipsy :)

    ME:46 MH:44 DE IVF 2014
    Met with RE 4/11. 2 IUI's BFN. DE best option. Switched clinics to do "shared" program. Had to retake all tests and a mamm that put me behind and then on a DE waiting list for 12 months. Picked a donor!! (10/13/13) Got matched. Estimated transfer in December. After 2.5 years of patiently waiting I will finally cycle....can hardly believe it. DE cycle got cancelled. One of her tests came back positive.  Waiting for another donor. Donor picked!! (1/18/14)

    DE IVF #1 (4/26) BFN  DE FET #1 (6/4) BFP! Beta 1=339 Beta 2=852 Beta 3=9957 EDD 2/22/15!!


     

     

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  • BeckyP005BeckyP005 member
    Drinking my rum n coke in a "cool" cowboy boot glass...haha

    ME:46 MH:44 DE IVF 2014
    Met with RE 4/11. 2 IUI's BFN. DE best option. Switched clinics to do "shared" program. Had to retake all tests and a mamm that put me behind and then on a DE waiting list for 12 months. Picked a donor!! (10/13/13) Got matched. Estimated transfer in December. After 2.5 years of patiently waiting I will finally cycle....can hardly believe it. DE cycle got cancelled. One of her tests came back positive.  Waiting for another donor. Donor picked!! (1/18/14)

    DE IVF #1 (4/26) BFN  DE FET #1 (6/4) BFP! Beta 1=339 Beta 2=852 Beta 3=9957 EDD 2/22/15!!


     

     

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  • hooligans4hooligans4 member
    My family always does lobster and a tenderloin roast. I'm a vegetarian so the dinner sucks for me but everyone else looks foreword to it. I get stuck taking the lobster meat out for my husband and kids because I don't eat any of it I have nothing else to do.
    I would make the roast if I were you. Maybe just bump down your temp to 425. I do mine for an hour at that temp and it comes a perfect medium rare.
    And I love your boot glass.
    Makes me want to go get tipsy also.

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  • BeckyP005BeckyP005 member
    edited December 2013

    @hooligans4 that is one fancy dinner! MH will be right over...haha. Guess you will bring something for you to eat?

    I think you should make yourselk a drink. You need one. Sorry about your post below :( {{HUGS}}

     

    ME:46 MH:44 DE IVF 2014
    Met with RE 4/11. 2 IUI's BFN. DE best option. Switched clinics to do "shared" program. Had to retake all tests and a mamm that put me behind and then on a DE waiting list for 12 months. Picked a donor!! (10/13/13) Got matched. Estimated transfer in December. After 2.5 years of patiently waiting I will finally cycle....can hardly believe it. DE cycle got cancelled. One of her tests came back positive.  Waiting for another donor. Donor picked!! (1/18/14)

    DE IVF #1 (4/26) BFN  DE FET #1 (6/4) BFP! Beta 1=339 Beta 2=852 Beta 3=9957 EDD 2/22/15!!


     

     

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  • hooligans4hooligans4 member
    Thanks Becky for the hug and I'm definitely going to make myself a drink. I'm wrapping presents and it's torture.

    I usually only eat a twice baked potato and string beans almondine. It's too much of a pain to have to make something just for me. But I'm so used to eating like that when I go to people's houses. It's all good.

    Now I'm going to make a nice big whiskey and ginger ale.

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  • BeckyP005BeckyP005 member
    Whisky! Yikes. Your hard core :)

    ME:46 MH:44 DE IVF 2014
    Met with RE 4/11. 2 IUI's BFN. DE best option. Switched clinics to do "shared" program. Had to retake all tests and a mamm that put me behind and then on a DE waiting list for 12 months. Picked a donor!! (10/13/13) Got matched. Estimated transfer in December. After 2.5 years of patiently waiting I will finally cycle....can hardly believe it. DE cycle got cancelled. One of her tests came back positive.  Waiting for another donor. Donor picked!! (1/18/14)

    DE IVF #1 (4/26) BFN  DE FET #1 (6/4) BFP! Beta 1=339 Beta 2=852 Beta 3=9957 EDD 2/22/15!!


     

     

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  • Samuelismomma Samuelismomma member
    I am having a ham, mashed potatoes, stuffing, rolls, vegetable. Really pretty standard:-) lol...I'm looking more forward to playing board games and relaxing...:-)
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  • BeckyP005BeckyP005 member
    IFinTN said:

    We do a rack of lamb with golden roasted potatoes, brussel sprouts, swiss chard and salad.  It is just dinner with my parents, me and DH...so the lamb is more practical for 4 people:)


    No alcohol this year (and I'm off caffeine too!!)  We have our ODWU on Friday at CC.RM so gotta be good!

    Merry Christmas to everyone!
    Good luck on Friday! I've seen on other boards that its a long day which I'm sure you know already!! Will be thinking good thoughts :)

    ME:46 MH:44 DE IVF 2014
    Met with RE 4/11. 2 IUI's BFN. DE best option. Switched clinics to do "shared" program. Had to retake all tests and a mamm that put me behind and then on a DE waiting list for 12 months. Picked a donor!! (10/13/13) Got matched. Estimated transfer in December. After 2.5 years of patiently waiting I will finally cycle....can hardly believe it. DE cycle got cancelled. One of her tests came back positive.  Waiting for another donor. Donor picked!! (1/18/14)

    DE IVF #1 (4/26) BFN  DE FET #1 (6/4) BFP! Beta 1=339 Beta 2=852 Beta 3=9957 EDD 2/22/15!!


     

     

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  • Mayzie15Mayzie15 member
    My SIL makes Christmas dinner every year. No clue what the main course is I've volunteered to make an appetizer. I'm thinking baked Brie or a braided Parmesan and artichoke bread thing. I'm vegetarian like Hooligan above so Thanksgiving and Christmas I usually eat the vegetables and rolls lol

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  • rubysirubysi member
    We are hosting a small dinner for 4. The menu is not totally set.

    My husband is in charge of the meat selection (I don't eat it) I think he is going for leg of lamb with the mint jelly we made from the mint out of our garden.
    Garlic Mashed potatoes
    Roasted beets with feta and walnuts
    Roasted asparagus
    Quinoa salad with sweet potato, kale, cranberries, pumpkin seeds
    I will probably have a vegetarian chik'n quorn thing.
    Homemade pumpkin pie with fresh whipped cinnamon cream
    Probably a cheese, olive, hummus appetizer plate to start.
    I know it is a lot of food but I like variety.

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  • on42on42 member
    We start the day with my sister's AMAZING homemade cinnamon rolls and breakfast with my mom. 

    Christmas dinner,we're eating with my step-dad's gargantuan-sized family. It's usually ham, potatoes, a variety of cold salads, hot vegetable dishes, and probably enough dairy to make me sick if I eat too much of it, hahaha. We're having dessert with my dad and his family. And I am hopeful that next year, Nathan and I will own a home and be able to host the holidays.

    If we're home on Christmas eve, I'll probably make a small ham, sweet potatoes, greens, and bread pudding for the two of us.

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  • BeckyP005BeckyP005 member
    Everything sounds so yummy ladies!! @rubysi your my kind of gal...I love to have variety too but MH is total opposite!!

    ME:46 MH:44 DE IVF 2014
    Met with RE 4/11. 2 IUI's BFN. DE best option. Switched clinics to do "shared" program. Had to retake all tests and a mamm that put me behind and then on a DE waiting list for 12 months. Picked a donor!! (10/13/13) Got matched. Estimated transfer in December. After 2.5 years of patiently waiting I will finally cycle....can hardly believe it. DE cycle got cancelled. One of her tests came back positive.  Waiting for another donor. Donor picked!! (1/18/14)

    DE IVF #1 (4/26) BFN  DE FET #1 (6/4) BFP! Beta 1=339 Beta 2=852 Beta 3=9957 EDD 2/22/15!!


     

     

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  • HeathernStevenHeathernSteven member
    @BeckyP005 I DID answer your question you asked what we were having, I love roasts...so what ever you feel like making!

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    3 cycles clomid with Ob,
    1 cycle Tamoxifen with Ob,
    Diagnosed PCOS 11/5/12
    clomid, trigger & timed bd 12/12 BFN
    1st clomid IUI 1/4/13 BFN.
    2nd clomid IUI 2/13 cancelled didn't respond to clomid.
    3/15/13 scheduled laparoscopy & on bcp.

    May 10 IUI from injectibles - BFN 

    May 22 done with interventions it will either happen or it won't. 

    February 2014 No longer actively trying, but not preventing. 

    SURPISE BFP 4/2/2015!!!!!!!!!!

    Miscarriage 4/23/15

     

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  • BeckyP005BeckyP005 member
    HeathernSteven said:

    @BeckyP005 I DID answer your question you asked what we were having, I love roasts...so what ever you feel like making!

    Lol. I posted the question after my original post. Haaahaaa. No worries my love :)

    ME:46 MH:44 DE IVF 2014
    Met with RE 4/11. 2 IUI's BFN. DE best option. Switched clinics to do "shared" program. Had to retake all tests and a mamm that put me behind and then on a DE waiting list for 12 months. Picked a donor!! (10/13/13) Got matched. Estimated transfer in December. After 2.5 years of patiently waiting I will finally cycle....can hardly believe it. DE cycle got cancelled. One of her tests came back positive.  Waiting for another donor. Donor picked!! (1/18/14)

    DE IVF #1 (4/26) BFN  DE FET #1 (6/4) BFP! Beta 1=339 Beta 2=852 Beta 3=9957 EDD 2/22/15!!


     

     

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  • Sunni01Sunni01 member
    Well I'm vegan and I usually have the same as thanksgiving. I have a stuffed Tofurkey, homemade stuffing-from scratch, spinach, corn, multi-grain rolls, roasted red potatoes w/ garlic. Dessert, I usually make vegan pumpkin pie. This time I think I'm going to try to make vegan banana pudding. I don't know much about cooking meat any more. But lowering temp to 425 for an hour or two sounds right.
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  • BeckyP005BeckyP005 member
    Wow lots of you that are vegan. I wouldn't survive :) I need my meat lol.

    ME:46 MH:44 DE IVF 2014
    Met with RE 4/11. 2 IUI's BFN. DE best option. Switched clinics to do "shared" program. Had to retake all tests and a mamm that put me behind and then on a DE waiting list for 12 months. Picked a donor!! (10/13/13) Got matched. Estimated transfer in December. After 2.5 years of patiently waiting I will finally cycle....can hardly believe it. DE cycle got cancelled. One of her tests came back positive.  Waiting for another donor. Donor picked!! (1/18/14)

    DE IVF #1 (4/26) BFN  DE FET #1 (6/4) BFP! Beta 1=339 Beta 2=852 Beta 3=9957 EDD 2/22/15!!


     

     

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  • FemShepFemShep member
    DH loves to cook, and it's the first time we're having the family over to our place, so he's making Beef Wellington, carrot soufflé, peas with pancetta, roasted squash with sage and pine nuts, and pumpkin pie.
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  • ClaireHuxtableClaireHuxtable member
    Rib-eye roast, giant baked potatoes, brussel spouts with bacon and water rolls.  For dessert it's German chocolate cake with vanilla ice cream.  We also do appetizers - tex mex eggrolls with avocado cream and fresh pico de gallo.  Red wine. Red wine. Red wine. 
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