Not hosting a huge Christmas this year? Here is your ultimate guide to Christmas Dinner For Two! Menu includes recipes for two and small batch recipes of your favorite Christmas dishes.

Christmas Dinner For Two! Menu includes recipes for two and small batch recipes of your favorite Christmas dishes

Happy December!

Now that the biggest food holiday of the year is over in the US, it’s time to look forward to celebrating the next big holiday.

Although most people don’t host nearly as many people for Christmas dinner as they did for Thanksgiving, they still have family coming over.

But maybe that’s not you. Maybe it’s only you and your partner. Maybe it’s only you and your roommate. Maybe you’re unable to travel this year. Or maybe you simply don’t have a huge family.

I got you. I’ve been scaling down recipes for years.

You enjoyed my Thanksgiving Dinner For Two Menu so much, I decided to write a small Christmas Dinner For Two version.

Most of the recipes will look familiar because there is a lot of menu overlap between Thanksgiving and Christmas.

However, I did swap out most of the desserts for gingerbread, peppermint, and eggnog.

This isn’t meant to be a full menu; rather, I’m giving you choices to pick and choose. It’s like one of those build your own adventures books but with food!

The list of recipes is at the bottom, but here is a break down of what you can expect:

Make your next holiday cocktail an easy one with Cranberry Orange Sangria made with red wine, cranberry juice, and oranges.

Drinks

With all of the cooking going on, drinks definitely don’t have to be complicated. In fact, it can be as simple as opening a bottle of wine and pouring.

Not sure about finishing a whole bottle? Most companies now make 4-packs of wine in little bottles, which is about 1-2 glasses.

Not a wine drinker? Serve a sparkling non-alcoholic drink, such as grape or apple juice.

Honey Glazed Ham Steak Dinner For Two served with pineapple

The Main Dish

Thanksgiving dinner is practically synonymous with turkey, but what about Christmas?

To me, I think about Christmas ham and lamb. That’s why I’m sharing my honey glazed ham steak for two.

I don’t have a recipe posted for lamb yet, but what I do is I rub lamb shoulder chops with salt and pepper, broil it until medium (about 4-5 minutes on each side), then let it rest 10 minutes before serving.

You can also sauté the lamb in a large skillet on high heat for about 4-5 minutes on each side until medium in the middle.

In the mood for some poultry? Check out my recipes for stuffed turkey breast and Cornish hen with homemade stuffing.

One Cornish hen is plenty for two people, although if you have your heart set on leftover chicken salad, you can always roast two.

Side Dishes

Personally I think Christmas side dishes are the best part!

As much as it pains me to say this, the best way to keep leftovers to a minimum for two people is limit the side dishes. I know, I know. Blasphemy you say!

The good news is most of these side dish recipes make roughly 4 servings (2 helpings each), so if there are any you don’t make for Christmas, make them throughout the weekend.

These small batch Chocolate Gingerbread Cupcakes with homemade cream cheese frosting makes a half dozen cupcakes. Ideal for when you want a small Christmas dessert without too many leftovers.

Desserts

Of course no dinner is complete without dessert!

December brings lots of peppermint, gingerbread, and eggnog.

It also brings lots of cookies. You can check out my Best Small Batch Christmas Cookie Recipes then learn How To Make The Best Christmas Cookie Tray to serve at the end of your meal.

Christmas Dinner For Two

Not hosting a huge Christmas this year? Here is your ultimate guide to Christmas Dinner For Two! Menu includes recipes for two and small batch recipes of your favorite Christmas dishes.