Festive occasions are incomplete without savoring food & drink items. There are plenty of dishes that can be tried. However, most of the dishes need extensive preparation and might take hours to prepare.

In order to reduce the hassle for preparation, the hosts can plan for a menu that is easy to cook. This article presents some of the popular and luscious meals that are convenient to prepare.

Dishes for Christmas

• Mashed potatoes in garlic
  It is an indispensable dish for celebrating the festival of lights and snow – Christmas! The steps of this recipe are easy, and it takes about twenty minutes for preparation. The skin of boiled potatoes has to be peeled off, after which the potatoes need to be stirred in a saucepan. Few cloves of garlic have to be added to the pan and finally smashed until the mixture becomes creamy.

• Brussels sprouts with bacon
  Bacon is cooked until it is crispy and then chopped in irregular shapes. Simultaneously, Brussels sprouts and onions have to be mildly cooked in butter. Bacon has to be stirred in this heated butter again. After some stirring, pepper and salt can be added according to taste.

• Pineapple syrup over shrimp
  This is a convenient recipe that can be cooked in less than half an hour. Coriander and cumin powder have to be stirred over medium heat and then add salt to it. Shrimps are then tossed in the powdered mixture and mixed until the pieces are coated with the curry powder. After that, pineapple juice is boiled with half a spoon of sugar and salt. The boiled syrup is then poured over the cooked shrimp.

• Brandy and vanilla butter
  This is a popular pudding dish for Christmas. Vanilla, sugar, and butter are beaten and mixed together to obtain a creamy concoction, and then spoons of brandy are to be added according to taste. It can then be refrigerated and consumed within a month.

Drinks for Christmas
Food and drink options are plenty for this festivity. People who want to avoid alcohol in the party can savor mocktails. Some of the interesting mocktail options are:

• Blackberry mocktail
  Blackberries, lemon, and orange juice are mixed in a shaker, and some drops of cinnamon syrup are added to make this drink.

• Seedlip spice sour
  This non-alcoholic drink is convenient to prepare. Its ingredients are one egg white, seedlip spice, a bit of lemon juice, few dashes of white wine vinegar, and sugar. All these have to be mixed in a shaker.

• Rosemary Pucker
  Rosemary syrup and chardonnay vinegar are the two main ingredients for this drink. These are mixed vigorously with cubes of ice. It can be served with sparkling water at the top.

The above-discussed dishes and drinks are definitely worth trying. The preparation of these items is hassle-free. They will satisfy the guests to their hearts’ content, and are the must-try recipes for Christmas parties.