Christmas Dinner Menu ~ What's yours?

[Carol]

Well I've been sitting here working on the Christmas dinner menu and so far have come up with this.

Honey/butter glazed ham with glazed carrots (put in oven after scalloped potatoes are baked).

Scalloped potatoes with carmelized onions (I'm going to experiment with a white Hawaiian sweet potato on this and include crumbled bacon and gruyere cheese as the topping with cheddar for the layers.. half and half, salt and pepper, and perhaps a hint of nutmeg.

Fresh mixed green garden lettuce salad with mandarine orange slices, slivered almonds, chives and Balsamic/olive oil Vinaigrette (secret ingredient 1 teaspoon sugar and 1 clove garlic)

Green Bean side dish (still thinking about this one)
http://busycooks.about.com/od/sidedi...greenbeans.htm

Carrot/Pineapple Salad (this would be new for us)
http://busycooks.about.com/od/sidemo...rotpinesal.htm


Munchies with be a variety of sliced cheese, Brie, pepper salami with round multi-grain crackers, globe grapes, mixed olives and some chilled Mascato white wine.

Dessert
Tiramisu ~ Christmas cookies and decaf coffee or expresso.

What are you planning for your family this year? I've not made a ham in years and years so this will be a bit different for us. Next year we going vegan so all will be different again. We just may do a spinach quiche and romaine salad for 2010 and keep it simple.