Life Hack: Five kitchen hacks to make Christmas cooking a breeze
You'd be surprised how many culinary catastrophes can be avoided at Christmas
The single biggest disrupter of Christmas dinner in my house is when the timings go askew, like when the potatoes are mashed and ready 20 minutes before the turkey is taken out of the oven - never mind the time spent leaving it to rest before carving. To avoid this, the simplest solution is to make a timetable in advance. On the days before Christmas once you have the food you wish to prepare, sit down and calculate how long each will take to cook: if the turkey will take two hours to cook, make sure you note what time you should start on the potatoes, vegetables and other trimmings to ensure they are all ready at the same time.
