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I need some help. I’m on my own for Christmas day. I’m looking for easy, no fuss, lunch & dinner ideas for one. Something special, but not anything that I will have to spend hours preparing or cleaning up after. If you were on your own what would you have?


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  • Slow cooked mini roast from the slow cooker or I would go to the pub and spoil myself


  • Taste is very personal. I would simply pick foods you really love.


  • Thanks for the ideas everyone. I ended up having …

    Breakfast – Sticky Date Pancakes with walnuts and maple syrup
    Lunch – antipasto & cheese grazing platter (I have lots of leftovers now lol). Dessert was my Christmas icecream, I had leftover icecream from Christmas lunch with my parents the week before. Its homemade vanilla icecream mixed with crushed christmas pudding (woolies brand) & dried fruits & liquors, topped with chocolate topping (ice magic) and fresh fruits.
    Dinner – pizza. Homemade tortilla (made previously and frozen) topped with sambal oeleck, roasted capsicum slices, an egg, and parmesan. More icecream for dessert :)
    Christmas treats – gingerbread cookies given to me by a friend. She shaped them into little people and christmas decorations. And a few bits of chocolate ginger that my Mum had given me.

    It was a lovely day.


  • I’d have nice croissants with coffee for breakfast then something like nachos for lunch and a premise meal like lasagne for dinner


  • I would think about my all time favourite foods. So my meal would be crumbed steak and veg with cheese sauce followed by a yummy pavlova. Then a few quiet drinks on the couch watching my favourite shows


  • If I had Christmas on my own I would have prawns and salad for lunch and maybe soup or toast for dinner with ice cream and chocolates to snack on during the day.


  • When I was having Christmas alone, I’d buy a couple of cheese and bacon rolls from BAker’s Delight (because I love them), and a box of chocs, and whatever drink appealed to me. And I’d have a really simple lunch and then loll around with a book and my chocs and drink.


  • Every time you prepare for Christmas with family and friends, you no doubt inevitably end up cooking and providing food to cater to the tastes of others. But Christmas alone means that it is all about YOU this year. What do you want to eat and drink? Get it all. Don’t scrimp, pamper yourself and it special. Celebrate with a glass of champagne and toast yourself.


  • I hope you had a nice solo Christmas. We weren’t seeing the family on Christmas day, so we had loaded baked potatoes at home, then headed to the local lake for a swim.


  • Takeaway or even go out to city and eat in


  • I was on my own with my daughter this year. I organised all my favourite cheese board foods and did a cheese board to nibble on all day with a nice bottle of bubbles.


  • Also hope top shelf chocolates and sweet treats feature on the menu.


  • Can’t do Christmas without a ham! So i would definitely have that. Maybe some cheese and a few prawns at night to go with it.


  • I would cook my favourite meal and make a special dessert like a lemon and lime tiramisu. I also like the suggestions the others already made, like a platter style lunch.


  • All my favourite!

    Pancakes with strawberries and cream for breakfast.
    Platter style lunch with dip, antipasto ????
    Chocolate pudding and whipped cream for dessert


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