what are you planning to cook for Christmas?
@kenchiprincess (5296)
Philippines
December 2, 2008 11:41pm CST
the yuletide season is fast approaching and everyone is surely busy with all the shopping and the preparations. another thing that we look forward to during this time of the year is the food and parties here and there. now my question is do you cook during the holidays? what do you usually cook? is there any special recipe that you cook during this time of the year? please do share.
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@kenchiprincess (5296)
• Philippines
3 Dec 08
sorry i really don't know what a mutton biryani is.... hehehehhe please enlighten me. LOL
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@riyasam (16556)
• India
3 Dec 08
Basmati Rice 4 cups
Mutton 1 kg.
Curd 1 cup
Onion 2 cups
Tomato’s 2 nos.
Coriander leaves 1 cup
Mint Leaves 1 cup
Ginger 1 inch
Garlic clove 1 large
Oil 1 cup
Cloves 3 nos.
Cardamom 3 nos.
Cinnamon 2 sticks
Turmeric 1 tsp.
Cumin Powder 2 tsp.
Coriander powder 2 tsp.
Chilly Powder 1 tsp.
Chillies 6 nos.
Salt
Preparation
Grind ginger, garlic, mint and coriander leaves to a fine paste along with yogurt.
Wash the rice and meat pieces. Heat oil and fry all the spices and onions. Fry them till they turn to golden brown. Now add the ground masala paste and finely chopped tomatoes. Fry this out till it is cooked well. Now add the washed meat and water. When it starts to boil add salt, turmeric, chilly powder. Add the rice and allow it to cook for about 15 minutes.
Cover the half cooked biryani and over this keep red hot coal for about 20 minutes. Stir in-between once. Keep it close till it is served. Serve it hot with any spicy curry and raitha.
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@kenchiprincess (5296)
• Philippines
3 Dec 08
thanks for sharing the recipe friend. i appreciate it a lot.
@kenchiprincess (5296)
• Philippines
3 Dec 08
this sounds really fun. thanks for the post!!!
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@Savvynlady (3684)
• United States
4 Dec 08
Mac and Cheese
Greens
potato salad
dressing
rice and peas
sweet potatoes
rolls
pound cake
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@violeta_va (4831)
• Australia
4 Dec 08
Ohhhhh this is too easy when I tell you where I come from :)))) We will have BBQ. We will also have stuffed cabage leafs, fish, baked potatoes, lots of fresh salads, pies and cakes and roast. Now this is not in 1 day but over 3 days. And I am not going to cook everything my self its going to be done between me, my sistre and mother but we still dont know who is making what.
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@kenchiprincess (5296)
• Philippines
4 Dec 08
that sounds great and interesting. i bet you will all have fun!!! happy mylotting!!!
@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
5 Dec 08
hahaha!! we don't cook during Christmas. This is my 3rd Christmas in the US and every Christmas time, we are invited by friends in their house, so we just eat there without cooking. I am not sure this coming Christmas if we will still be invited. 
When I was yet in my country, we usually have preparations during Christmas day. The good thing is all of us in the family are getting together at Christmas.. This is now my 3rd Christmas without my parents, brother and my sister. I am just imagining our reunion every Christmas time.[em]sad[
When I was yet in my country, we usually have preparations during Christmas day. The good thing is all of us in the family are getting together at Christmas.. This is now my 3rd Christmas without my parents, brother and my sister. I am just imagining our reunion every Christmas time.[em]sad[@kenchiprincess (5296)
• Philippines
5 Dec 08
wow, that mean eating and not cooking i would love that but on the second thought i would prefer spending my Christmas with family and friends. i know how you feel friend but you can always go home next year so that you can spend it with them. happy mylotting!!!
@rensal77 (116)
• Philippines
3 Dec 08
Hubby and I love Italian food. And it's a good thing that my sister-in-law bought a cookbook of Giada de Laurentiis as her Christmas present for me. That's where the recipe will come from come Christmas day. Last year, I cooked chicken cordon bleu and baked macaroni.
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@kenchiprincess (5296)
• Philippines
3 Dec 08
wow, this sounds really interesting and sounds good. i believe you and your husband will have fun preparing those foods and share it together after you two cook it. thanks for the post!!!
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@shiloh_222 (5479)
• Philippines
4 Dec 08
hi friend. i used to prepare our Christmas desserts since high school but when i started working, i have been so so busy.
even this year, i dont know if i will be having extra time to do so.
if ever, i would prepare, crema de fruta, fruit salad, cookies and cream ice cream cake, broken glass gelatin--the absolute favorite of li'l brothers.
happy mylotting.
what you would prepare by the way?
@kenchiprincess (5296)
• Philippines
4 Dec 08
that sounds a very sweet holiday for you guys. be careful of too much sweets the ants might bite you and your family. LOL. i am not sure yet that really depends on what i would like to eat by then... thanks for the post!!!
@luvstochat (6907)
• United States
3 Dec 08
We basically have the same thing for Christmas dinner that we had for Thanksgiving dinner. We will have turkey and mashed potatos and gravy, dinner rolls, salad, deviled eggs, pumpkin pie things like that have a great dinner.
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@kenchiprincess (5296)
• Philippines
3 Dec 08
thanks for the post. have a great day and happy mylotting!!!
@roxanne271 (2034)
• Trinidad And Tobago
3 Dec 08
Yes, actually I do all the baking for the holidays and my dad always cook for Christmas. Sometimes we have turkey, sometimes we have BBQ chicken and sometimes we have curried duck for Christmas.
This year we are having curried duck for Christmas and for Old years/New year's we are BBQ'ing chicken. Yum yum!
I can't say it is so special cause we do it almost every year but since duck is expensive here it is a treat. Sometimes I have duck for my birthday too. We BBQ chicken quite often during the year but we still enjoy doing it for the Old year/New years celebration.
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@kenchiprincess (5296)
• Philippines
3 Dec 08
this really sounds so fun. i haven't tasted a a duck yet? does it taste like a chicken? i see that this is something the entire family really look forward to. thanks for the post!!!
@magojordan (3252)
• Philippines
4 Dec 08
Maybe we'll be cooking the usual stuff like spaghetti, ham and fruit salad. If we have time maybe we'll add a strawberry cheesecake to the menu. Well Christmas has always been like that for our family and maybe adding a new thing or two won't hurt.
@kenchiprincess (5296)
• Philippines
4 Dec 08
well Christmas is the time of the year where all members of the family should be together and give love and share with one another. have fun!!!
@rrowenaa (834)
• Philippines
3 Dec 08
This christmas day i'll be home and the food i'm planning to have on our table on that day are spaghetti, bread rolls, fried chicken and fruit salad. We really don't eat at christmas eve, we're all asleep lol! So at christmas day, my god children will come along with their parents and have them taste our christmas food 
@kenchiprincess (5296)
• Philippines
3 Dec 08
i guess you have prepared a lot of gift for your god children... thanks for the post
@kenchiprincess (5296)
• Philippines
3 Dec 08
wow that's a lot. LOL. so i guess you mylot a lot for your godchildren? am i right? thanks for the post!!!
@Rainegurl (2156)
• Philippines
3 Dec 08
hi, kenchiprincess
yes i cook. if i don't, we have nothing to eat during noche buena 
i would probably cook spaghetti (filipino style, of course. yum), roasted chicken and maybe some fruit salad. i am still thinking if i should bake my family-famous cheesecake. it depends if my family has been good all year round LOL!
have a nice day!
yes i cook. if i don't, we have nothing to eat during noche buena
i would probably cook spaghetti (filipino style, of course. yum), roasted chicken and maybe some fruit salad. i am still thinking if i should bake my family-famous cheesecake. it depends if my family has been good all year round LOL!
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@kenchiprincess (5296)
• Philippines
3 Dec 08
wow that sounds great. is there some sort of secret recipe for your cheesecake? thanks for the post!!!
@mandytaylor48 (374)
• United States
3 Dec 08
it just wouldnt be christmas without a fried turkey!!!!! we have to have 3 christmas so we have the traditional fod at one then staks at the other abd finger food at the other , we get tired of the traional food real fast
@athena2008 (82)
• United States
4 Dec 08
I'm going to my fiance's families for dinner so I won't be cooking, but I am going to be baking some desserts. I like to get creative and see what good recipes I can find. I like to make cakes and cookies, and pies too but only if I don't have to make the crust. I'm really bad at making pie crust!
@kenchiprincess (5296)
• Philippines
4 Dec 08
don't worry too much about not being able to make a really good crust that will be overshadowed by our other talents and skills. have a great day!!!
@sweetie1026 (1718)
• Philippines
4 Dec 08
Yes, i will be cooking this Christmas. I am planning to cook our all time favorite asado, this time it will be chicken asado. Then, i will be cooking nilagang beef with pork , shrimps boiled in royal tru orange, grilled fish, like hito or catfish or tilapia, chicken veggie salad and dessert. Probably i would make leche flan or buco pandan salad. The asado is my special recipe and the whole family loves it. I might even make halayang ube and of course there will be some native delicacies, like the rice cake or duman.The task of preparing and cooking of our Noche Buena feast is tiring but i do love doing it for the family. I enjoy looking at them, happy while eating all that i have cooked for them.It is so rewaring knowing that they did enjoy the food.
@fasttalker (2796)
• United States
3 Dec 08
With Thanksgiving just being over with our family always does an Italian Christmas. We fix our favorite Italian dishes and go to my mom & dads house and have a big dinner. None of us are really crazy about the traditional turkey, dressing etc. So we do fix it for Thaksgiving but Christmas time brings on our favorite Italian dishes.
Last year I fixed cheese stuffed manicotti and fried Ice cream. This year I haven't decided yet what my dish will be.
@kenchiprincess (5296)
• Philippines
4 Dec 08
wow, that sounds fun. having the family together is what the yuletide season is for and remembering the essence of it. thanks for the post and have a great day!!!
@kenchiprincess (5296)
• Philippines
3 Dec 08
that would be fun having to prepare something new for the whole family. happy mylotting!!!
@sachinkr9 (140)
• India
3 Dec 08
Well Iam planning to make chocolate cake I had never made in past let see how good I prepare this time :)
