Family Meal Ideas and Recipes for Christmas Eve
Christmas time is such a busy time of year. Running back and forth to get last-minute gifts, wrapping paper, tape, and heading to various Christmas parties on top of all of your other daily activities can make for quite a hectic time. By the time Christmas Eve rolls around you are likely ready to start pulling your hair out. There is one thing that you can do to make Christmas Eve a little less stressful. Have a simple family meal planned! No need to get extravagant when you are already busy. Here are some great Christmas Eve family dinner ideas that you and the kids will love.
Easy Christmas Eve Family Meal Ideas and Recipes
With a plan in place you can make your Christmas Eve all about the family for us it’s the way we kick start the celebrations. We’ve finished the main jobs in preparation for Christmas Day and the kids are especially excited for what tomorrow will bring. So before our elves deliver the Christmas Eve Surprise Box and we snuggle down with our new Christmas Movie we sit down and enjoy a delicious but easy to prepare dinner as a family.
Recipes for Christmas Eve Family Meals
If you are looking for more ideas check out these other simple holiday traditions that you and your family may enjoy for the start of the holiday meal on Christmas Eve.
This brown sugar and balsamic glazed pork loin slow cooker recipe will fill your home with a mouthwatering aroma on Christmas Eve!
Let your slow cooker do the work for you. Simply toss in your ingredients and let them simmer all day as you tend to your last minute gift wrapping. Serve with atop a steamy bed of rice.
You can have stuffed peppers without all the fuss! And nothing says easier than slow cooker! Here is a satisfying recipe to have simmering all day long while you tend to other Christmas Eve tasks.
There is no need to prepare a side dish with these flavorful paprika chicken thighs! The veggies are already incorporated into the pot, and even better, cleanup will be a breeze with just this one pot!
Save yourself time and dishes by trying out that super simple one pan meal. It has your protein and veggies combined in one single dish!
The flavours of Christmas come together in this gorgeous, colourful, juicy chicken dish!
Bubbling, creamy chicken alfredo is the perfect, hearty comfort food everyone needs the day before Christmas!
Tacos for Christmas Eve? Why not? This thirty-minute taco biscuit bake is just the break you need from cranberries, stuffing and rosemary.
Everyone thinks a tasty lasagna is pretty time consuming, but not this recipe! With only five ingredients, and one of them being uncooked noodles, this is sure to be a hit! Serve with garlic toast to win some extra points.
This colourful meal is prepped and ready to eat in under 25 minutes! Save even more time by purchasing already chopped veggies.
This super easy to make meal is ready in no time, and tastes great with a variety of sides, from sweet potato french fries to rice or pasta.
Christmas Recipes to Make
Don’t stop with the family dinners why not try some of these other ideas this Christmas
Buy extra cranberries and make some delicious cranberry crumble cake bars.
Although we love this Christmas tree waffles recipe for breakfast it also makes a great dessert with some ice-cream on Christmas Eve.
Save this Grinch Themed Hot Cocoa Bomb to enjoy with the movie all you need add is a cup of hot milk and voila grinch themed hot chocolate for all.