Plan Your Holiday Meal on a budget

The approach of the holidays season makes most of us feel stress because of the large amount of money we are expected to spend and the numerous preparations and entertaining activities we should get ready for. This year you can make your holiday more special, spend more time with your family, and save more money than ever. Following are some tips that may help you in enjoying your holiday with your family members without affecting your budget or wasting your time in preparing food and fixing matters.

First thing one should do is to plan for the holiday season. The plan should include the people you are going to invite for spending the vacation with you, the entertaining activities you wish to practice with and places you all wish to visit.
Secondly, you should call those people and negotiate the matter with them to determine the meals each one like. You can ask some of them to help you preparing certain kinds of food they are clever at preparing or they prefer. This would help you to save more money, help you in thinking for foods to prepare, and create a good family atmosphere.

To avoid gaining more weight during your holiday, try to make exercising, playing football and similar games and walking part of your holiday entertaining activities. Try to serve healthy food that helps your guests to enjoy a better health and a good taste at the same time.

To enjoy your time with your family without being under stress of preparing the main dish that should be prepared in the day of the meal, prepare a buffet style meal. In this meal, you can serve green salads with lots of green leafy vegetables and soups and fresh fruits on the table allowing all the guests to help themselves. Another thing is to cook your main dish on low fire and leave all the guests enjoy their time together as long as possible. In this way, you would enjoy your time without spending a lot of money or gaining more weight.