Christmas Dinner Party Plan

Your Christmas dinner party plan starts here; with a simple table setting, menu, and recipes to follow.

If you’re hosting Christmas dinner, you’ve come to the right place today. I’m sharing a beautiful tablescape to inspire you, plus a fantastic menu and recipes in partnership with ALDI.

This year I took a more “neutral” approach towards Christmas decor and decked our halls out in black and white. It’s a color combo I’ve been wanting to do for a few years and I’ve loved having it this season. You may notice too, that I’ve consistently used it in my other holiday entertaining posts for ALDI, like my Easy Cocktail Party, and Creating a Gourmet Holiday Meal.

This table setting is a mix of black and white with lots of natural greenery that adds a pop of color. I’ve included some delicious menu items and recipes made with ALDI ingredients, that will make your holiday meal absolutely fabulous.

Christmas Dinner Party Plan:

• The place settings are very simple but still layered with details. Paper place mats and cards from Red Stamp look lovely with basic white dishes and twig cutlery.
• A wide ribbon in black and white stripes stretches the full length of the table.
• As an alternative to a traditional floral centerpiece I created a natural table runner of greenery that surrounds candles in birch-looking holders. A mix of silver dollar eucalyptus from the store, and evergreen tree trimmings from the yard are overlapping and laid down the center of the table.
• To add interest I placed glittered pine cones, gold (spray painted) antlers, and decorative nests.
• The final detail is votive holders placed with a single white rose interspersed throughout the runner.
• Details added to each place setting are a single feather which reflects the nests in the centerpiece, and mini chalkboard tags as place cards.
• A delicious holiday meal includes this Specially Selected USDA Choice Bone-In Ribeye Roast* from ALDI {see recipe below}, lobster macaroni and cheese {add some surf to your turf meal}, and this fantastic seasonal salad of Squash and Baby Kale.
• For dessert, you can make something from scratch and/or include a Belmont Supreme Cheesecake Sampler from the freezer section at ALDI.

This holiday meal plan is perfect for Christmas day with the family, or for a special dinner party with friends. It would be a terrific plan for a New Years celebration at home too!

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Red Wine Barbeque Ribeye Roast

• 6 pounds Specially Selected USDA Choice Bone-In Ribeye Roast*
• 2 tablespoons Carlini Vegetable Oil
• ¼ cup Stonemill Essentials Iodized Salt
• 3 tablespoons Stonemill Essentials Ground Black Pepper
• 1 tablespoon Stonemill Essentials Paprika
• 3 sprigs rosemary, minced
• 2 large onions, chopped
• 1 cup chopped celery
• 2 large carrots, chopped
• 5 large russet potatoes, diced
• 750 milliliters Winking Owl Cabernet Sauvignon
• 1 cup Sweet Baby Ray’s Original Barbecue Sauce

Preheat oven to 500˚.

Pat roast dry with paper towels, rub surface with oil.

Combine salt, pepper, paprika and rosemary in a small bowl. Rub 7 tablespoons of salt mixture thoroughly over surface of roast. Place roast in a roasting pan and cook uncovered for 15 minutes.

In a medium bowl, toss onions, celery, carrots and potatoes with remaining salt mixture. Remove roast from oven and reduce temperature to 350˚. Place vegetables around roast. Return to oven and cook for 2-2½ hours or until internal temperature reaches 130°. Remove roast and allow to rest for 30 minutes.

In a medium saucepan, bring wine to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer, continue cooking until reduced by half. Whisk in barbecue sauce, continue to cook until desired consistency.

*Available while quantities last. All products may not be available in all stores. Prices subject to change.

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