Christmas Meal - Vegetables or Salad

[Julie-Ann]

Do you have Vegetables or Salads with your roast dinner? It is normally stinking hot here in Perth on Christmas Day. So I have voted for salad and DH wants vegetables. There will be roast potatoes as I told that is not negotiable. But the rest of the meal is undecided.

So what vegetables or salad do you serve with your roast Christmas meal?

[thisisme]

Will roast be serves cold or hot? If hot then I don't see a problem with veggies. I like steamed baby carrots and white beans.

I like baby and kipfler potatoes. Yum!

We have both veggies and salad with our roasts (not necessarily Christmas).

[Julie-Ann]

The turkey and potatoes will be hot TIM.

[Eli]

How I wish I could get away with salads....vegies all the way here to accompany our turkey, pork and lamb. Will probably also have steamed dutch carrots, brussel sprouts (for two of us only ) broccoli and cauliflower au gratin.

[Julie-Ann]

What are dutch carrots Eli?

[thisisme]

Dutch carrots is what I meant, not baby carrots.

Yum yum yum!!!!

[Eli]

Dutch carrots are the little skinny ones in a bunch with their tops on. They are so tasty when steamed

[Julie-Ann]

The only snag with those dutch carrots is they are a pain to peel

[thisisme]

If you peel them you won't have much left

I just clean them thoroughly with a toothbrush and trim any "hairs"

[Eli]

Yes definitely no peeling, which is how we should be eating all our veg anyway as all the goodness is directly under the skin. A good scrub with a nail brush does wonders.