Caitríona Redmond: How to make my Black Forest Trifle for Christmas

Plus: how to go about sharing the load on Christmas Day

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Once a week my husband and I sit down and have a meeting. We plan out the activities for the week, the meals, and what recipes I will test. I write down the meals for the week and we get ourselves organised. Our world revolves around whiteboards and diaries.

During Christmas time this takes on great importance. We jokingly call it our production meeting where we write food-preparation sheets and schedules. We are taking care of the Christmas dinner prep this year and I cannot recommend this level of organisation enough.