When you’re
responsible for Christmas dinner, how you go about it will depend on a
lot on your budget, your health, your space, and the food choices you and your
family makes.
Set Your Budget
Setting your budget is very important to do before you start
inviting people. This is helpful to know so that you can set a budget and limit
on how many people show up.
Alternatively, you may choose to provide the main course and let
your guests bring dishes as they will, or that you assign if you have a theme
that you want to stick to.
Decide Who Is Invited
Once you have your budget, you can create your invitation list.
Even if you aren’t formally inviting people and just your family is showing up
because this is the tradition, write it down anyway.
While you’re at it, write down any food allergies or limitations of the guests that you know will be there.
While you’re at it, write down any food allergies or limitations of the guests that you know will be there.
Plan Your Christmas Menu
Now that you’re in the menu-planning stage, it’s important to know
whether you’re cooking it all or whatever you can count on individuals to bring
what you assign them to bring.
Include the recipe you want them to use too if you do it this way. Alternatively, you can tell them to bring a green bean casserole and let them use their own recipe.
To ensure your guests will stick to the menu assigned, explain in your invitation how it'll work.
To ensure your guests will stick to the menu assigned, explain in your invitation how it'll work.
Choose Simple Christmas Recipes
While it might seem like a great time to try that complicated
recipe you found, it’s not. It’s best to try those recipes out on your
immediate family rather than at a holiday dinner with many people there.
Instead, choose recipes that have fewer ingredients that are easy to prepare and take little prep time.
Instead, choose recipes that have fewer ingredients that are easy to prepare and take little prep time.
Consider Feeding Your Freezer
Some people who have a nice-sized freezer like to serve a lot of
different recipes at their holiday gatherings.
They will start feeding their freezer a few weeks prior to the event and then simply heat the food up when it’s time to serve it. This works great for casseroles, dressing, and many desserts.
They will start feeding their freezer a few weeks prior to the event and then simply heat the food up when it’s time to serve it. This works great for casseroles, dressing, and many desserts.
The important thing to remember is that people are there to be
with you and the other guests. They’re not just there to eat. You can make a
great easy Christmas dinner by letting everyone make their own personal pizzas
or by having a potato bar.
You don’t have to do everything completely traditional to make it a wonderful event.
You don’t have to do everything completely traditional to make it a wonderful event.
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