How long in advance can I prepare,and freeze food for xmas day?!
to prevent the madness on xmas eve,xmas day!
bread sauce ,cranberry sauce can all be made in advance and frozen?
can I also freeze vegetables?
I will be making carrots with a mustard glaze,and parsnips with maple syrup.
Answers: what can I make early?
to prevent the madness on xmas eve,xmas day!
bread sauce ,cranberry sauce can all be made in advance and frozen?
can I also freeze vegetables?
I will be making carrots with a mustard glaze,and parsnips with maple syrup.
Of course you can freeze vegetables, it will keep the vitamins in too.
As for the glaze and maple syrup, you could make that the night before and then it will be ready to use the next day as I wouldn't advise freezing it.
You could also freeze sausages wrapped in bacon.
I freeze many things in advance and they turn out tasting great
Don't freeze your Christmas food, just make it a couple of days in advance and store it in the fridge!
Instead of beginning now and freezing the foods that you have mentioned, just begin about three to four days before you are going to serve the food and just keep refrigerated until it is time to pop them into the oven to either bake or heat up. This will work for pies, as well - put the fillings together a few days in advance and then bake the night/day before. I would not freeze the vegetables with sauce/syrup/glaze - fix the sauces early and cook the day of serving.
I did this before my wedding...which my mom and I catered ourselves...any casserole dishes can be frozen 2 weeks in advance. we half baked them, let them cool...then put them in the freezer. Then 2 days prior, took them out to thaw...(they were big casseroles) Bake them the rest of the way before serving.