Christmas menu planner: Christmas Eve to Boxing Day

Three days, all planned and without pork: Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day with breakfast, a festive meal, dessert and something light in the evening.

Choose classic, vegetarian or light. All recipes are made without seed oils or refined sugar.

A suggestion for the festive days. Please check the ingredients of each recipe for allergies and intolerances.

Your menu

Classic

With goose, beef and fish – no pork.

Shopping list (Classic): Honey, Skyr, Apple cider vinegar, Mushrooms, Spelt flour, Egg white, Yoghurt, Low-fat quark, Orange, Beef, Red cabbage, Onion, Apples, Balsamic vinegar, Mugwort, Beetroot, Pears, Broccoli, Eggs, Lamb's lettuce, Fleur de sel, Goose, Chicken stock, Vegetable stock, Pomegranate seeds, Cucumber, Potatoes, Garlic, Celeriac, Coconut sugar, Pumpkin seeds, Cornflour, Marjoram, Mandarins, Chestnuts, Horseradish, Milk, Carrots, Cloves, Oranges, Dried yeast, Pepper, Pecans, Turkey, Smoked salmon, Rocket, Tart apples, Vegetable stock, Sesame seeds, Cornflour, Star anise, Tomato purée, Grape juice, Walnuts, Walnuts, Soft goat's cheese, Cinnamon sticks, Lemon, Onions.

Vegetarian

No meat or fish, with nut roast and cheese fondue.

Christmas Eve, Thu 24 Dec

Festive meal: Alcohol-free cheese fondue with Alpine cheese and apple juice (35 min · 594 kcal)
Dessert: Warm baked apple with vanilla sauce (35 min · 240 kcal)

Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Breakfast: Vegan Christmas pancakes with orange and cardamom (30 min · 483 kcal)
Festive meal: Vegan nut roast with hazelnuts and cranberry orange sauce (85 min · 379 kcal)
Dessert: High-protein chestnut and skyr cream with cinnamon oranges (20 min · 330 kcal)
Evening: Paleo red cabbage salad with orange, pecans and lamb's lettuce (23 min · 268 kcal)

Boxing Day, Sat 26 Dec

Breakfast: Keto Brussels sprout frittata with Alpine cheese for Christmas breakfast (40 min · 449 kcal)
Festive meal: Vegetarian mushroom Wellington with chestnuts and quark and olive oil pastry (80 min · 398 kcal)
Dessert: Spiced pears in grape juice with vanilla quark (40 min · 240 kcal)
Evening: Beetroot carpaccio with walnuts (15 min · 280 kcal)

Shopping list (Vegetarian): Walnuts, Maple syrup, Oranges, Onion, Alpine cheese, Mushrooms, Spelt flour, Eggs, Vegetable stock, Honey, Garlic, Low-fat quark, Almond milk, Chestnuts, Milk, Orange, Pecans, Cornflour, Apple, Tart apples, Apple cider vinegar, Apple juice, Balsamic vinegar, Beetroot, Pears, Cauliflower, Cannellini beans, Cranberries, Wholemeal spelt bread, Emmental, Lamb's lettuce, Waxy potatoes, Fleur de sel, Ground linseed, Rolled oats, Hazelnuts, Cardamom, Garlic clove, Marjoram, Chopped almonds, Carrot, Cloves, Pepper, Brussels sprouts, Raisins, Red cabbage, Rocket, Cream, Shallots, Salsify, Skyr, Soya milk, Soya yoghurt, Star anise, Thyme leaves, Tomato purée, Grape juice, Soft goat's cheese, Cinnamon sticks.

Light

Main course 550 kcal or less, dessert 250 kcal or less per serving.

Christmas Eve, Thu 24 Dec

Lunch: Vegan creamy beetroot soup (50 min · 250 kcal)
Festive meal: Carp fillet with horseradish sauce and parsley potatoes (45 min · 497 kcal)
Dessert: Chia and pomegranate layered dessert with pistachios (10 min · 210 kcal)

Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Breakfast: Keto egg muffins with kale and goat's cheese for Christmas breakfast (40 min · 388 kcal)
Festive meal: High-protein goose breast with orange Brussels sprouts (60 min · 496 kcal)
Dessert: Low-fat quark and mandarin cream (10 min · 215 kcal)
Evening: Beetroot carpaccio with walnuts (15 min · 280 kcal)

Boxing Day, Sat 26 Dec

Breakfast: High-protein cottage cheese bowl with apple and cinnamon (10 min · 310 kcal)
Festive meal: High-protein saddle of venison with Brussels sprouts and chestnuts (45 min · 410 kcal)
Dessert: Mini pavlovas with skyr cream and pomegranate (100 min · 173 kcal)
Evening: Paleo red cabbage salad with orange, pecans and lamb's lettuce (23 min · 268 kcal)

Shopping list (Light): Honey, Apple, Apple cider vinegar, Potatoes, Oranges, Brussels sprouts, Soured cream, Walnuts, Onion, Balsamic vinegar, Beetroot, Chia seeds, Spelt flour, Eggs, Egg white, Lamb's lettuce, Fleur de sel, Runny honey, Goose breast, Pomegranate seeds, Kale, Pomegranate, Hazelnuts, Yoghurt, Carp fillet, Unsweetened coconut or soya yoghurt, Coconut sugar, Coconut cream, Cottage cheese, Low-fat quark, Marjoram, Mandarins, Almonds, Chestnuts, Fresh horseradish root, Pecans, Saddle of venison, Red cabbage, Rocket, Shallot, Vegetable stock, Skyr, Cornflour, Unsalted pistachios, Cooked beetroot, Yacon syrup, Soft goat's cheese, Goat's cheese.

Add to your plan

The menu goes on 24 to 26 December in your Meal Planner, for as many people as you choose.

About the Meal Planner

How the menu is built

Three days with the slots of your Meal Planner: on Christmas Eve something quick at lunchtime and the festive meal in the evening; on Christmas Day and Boxing Day breakfast, the festive meal at lunchtime, dessert and something light in the evening.
Classic means goose, duck, beef, game or fish. There is never any pork, not even as bacon or ham.
Vegetarian means every recipe has our vegetarian or vegan label.
Light means: main course 550 kcal or less, dessert 250 kcal or less, breakfast 400 kcal or less per serving.
The soup on Christmas Eve is ready in 60 minutes or less, the evening meal on Christmas Day and Boxing Day in 45 minutes or less.
No recipe appears twice in a menu, and each kind of dessert only once.
The menu stays fixed. If a recipe goes offline, the next matching one takes its place.

Frequently asked questions

What do I cook on Christmas Eve?

Many people keep Christmas Eve simple: fondue, raclette or fish. The menu has a soup at lunchtime and the festive meal in the evening, which you can prepare well ahead.

A Christmas menu without pork: what works?

Goose and duck, beef rouladen or roast beef, game such as saddle of venison, and fish such as carp or salmon. Chicken or beef sausages work well too.

What does light mean here?

The main courses have 550 kcal or less and the desserts 250 kcal or less per serving. There’s still goose, game and fish, just in smaller portions and with more veg.

How many people is the menu for?

You set that yourself. The shopping list and the plan scale the amounts to your number of people.

Can I swap dishes?

Yes. In the Meal Planner you swap a dish with one tap, for example for a recipe from “Healthy Christmas dinner”.

What do I do with the leftovers?

Roasts, red cabbage and dumplings keep for two to three days in the fridge. For the days after, you’ll find ideas in our winter recipes.