Any easy recipes for Christmas?

[Aislinling]

So I'm trying to cook for a family gathering but I have no idea what to cook.

Do you guys have any idea?

[Oliverlogan263]

Here are some easy and tasty recipes to consider for your family gathering:

- Bacon-wrapped chicken: Take chicken breasts and wrap them in bacon slices. Bake until chicken is cooked through and bacon is crisp. Everyone goes crazy for bacon!

- Mac and cheese: Box mac and cheese is easy, but upgrade it with extras like shredded cheese, breadcrumbs, hot sauce. Guaranteed crowd pleaser.

- Green bean casserole: A classic. Cream of mushroom soup over green beans topped with fried onions. So comforting.

- Garlic bread: Fresh bread, loads of butter and minced garlic. Toast it up and watch it disappear.

- Fruit salad: Dice up pineapples, grapes, apples, oranges. Toss with sour cream or yogurt for dressing. Healthy and colorful.

- Cookies: You can't go wrong with homemade choc chip cookies. Easy to mix up a big batch.

Hope this gives you some ideas to impress the fam! Let me know if you need any recipes - I'm always down to help with the cooking.

[Aislinling]

Thank you so much! I really like the ones ytou recommended.

[Oliverlogan263]

You’re very welcome and thank you 😊

[StirredNotShaken]

I made oatmeal mini muffins for the first time yesterday, and they were the cat's meow. But I need to purrfect it, because I burned the crap out of them. And don't use those paper insert things. The muffin goo sticks to the paper. Just us a vegetable spray on your mini pans.

And these pans are crazy, because they're made of rubber! When I went to put the rubber pan in the oven, I was more nervous than a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs! They're floppier than something that's really floppy!

So just make sure you put your floppy, rubber muffin pan on a rigid cookie sheet.

Oh, and do NOT add sugar. Just use bananas and apples. When you tell the Christmas guests there's no sugar added... they will be in awe, but they won't know why.

[Aislinling]

Thank you I will try it although I'm so bad when it comes to baking

[rachel776]

Instant Pot 4-Minute Artichoke Dip ↗

also these are simple but look and taste really fancy
stuffed mushroom caps
clams casino

and these are just simple
mashed potatoes (use golden potatoes and they will taste like gourmet)
green bean casserole
dinner rolls

look on YouTube for recipes for these from the good chefs like Gordon Ramsay or Ina Garten, they make them very simple but they taste incredible

[jennifer_bloom]

Pasta is the easiest high class meal I can think of and you can make it cheap if your on a budget.

[Aislinling]

I agree!

[Astarlessnightsky]

Raclette.
Everyone can eat what they want and requires little preperation.

[gorydetails]

How good of a cook are you? What effort are you willing to put in?

[Aislinling]

I can cook well but I am so bad when it comes to baking.

[gorydetails]

Make a lasagna. Also good because it can cook unattended so you aren’t in the kitchen while your guests are there.

[Ruenella_]

I usually bring the deviled eggs.

[cherriibly]

Pasta

[Anonymous]

Christmas faggots