Make Holiday lunch or dinner a family affair

With all of the holiday luncheons and dinners coming up one way of taking the stress off your plate this year is to let the rest of the family help you with the food shopping and cooking.

Many of us have our holiday meal with the extended family. Consider making a meal plan. Many of the families, during the holiday, have similar items from year to year. Make the list and attach a name to each meal item and ask that person to bring that specific item. STOP trying to do everything by yourself!

When you don’t like their cooking consider having one of the local deli’s make the meal and have every family member chip in in paying for the meal. No one has any messes in the kitchen due to cooking and many of the dishes come in recyclables containers that only need to be rinsed out. No one has to do the dishes.

When no one is truly willing to host the family get together consider having it at one of the local restaurants. Make reservations because you might not be the only family that will have their family get together the same day as you. Make certain you tip your host during the holidays.