One idea to help you cater for the masses during the festive period would be to hold a canapé party, whether it involves having a big group of friends around or a girls night in! It saves having to cook a big meal and some items can be prepared in advance or served cold, which is great as it minimises the time you have to spend in the kitchen and gives you more opportunity to mingle with your guests.
You really don’t have to plan these that far in advance if you don’t want to, but just leave yourself enough time to get the ingredients together and book the date in with friends.
Some easy Christmas themed canapé ideas…
- Mini Yorkshire puddings with rare roast beef and horseradish cream
- Chicken skewers with a satay or green Thai dipping sauce
- Slow cooked pork belly with apple chutney
- King prawns with garlic chilli & ginger
- Bread crumbed risotto balls (you choose the flavour)
- Smoked salmon on buckwheat blinis, with sour cream and lumpfish caviar
- Mini mince pies with a dollop of brandy butter
- Mini chocolate brownies topped with icing sugar and cranberries
- Mini cup cakes – festively decorated to look like snowmen, Santa or the North Pole, be as creative as you like!
If these don’t take your fancy then you can find plenty of others online. Alternatively, if you’re really not in the mood to spend time in the kitchen, you’ll fine that High Street supermarkets have some great party food at the moment (although they may not have quite the same effect!) and of course we can never over-emphasise what a glorious festive treat to yourself it would be to get professional caterers in to furnish your party with the most luxurious of morsels!