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What would you make for easy boxind day buffet?

23 replies

MeltedButter · 03/12/2021 18:29

Hello,

We are going to host a boxing day buffet for about 6 adults. What low prep food would you do?

So far I'm thinking left over turkey from Xmas day.
Cheese and crackers
Pigs in blankets
Mince pies

What else?

Thanks!

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Santaischeckinglists · 03/12/2021 18:33

Braised cabbage.
Cold turkey.
Roasties.

hivemindneeded · 03/12/2021 18:37

I usually do a honey and clove baked ham with salads, left over turkey, cheeseboard, crisps, nuts mince pies and a trifle.

nixso29 · 03/12/2021 18:37

My mum always makes turkey and ham vol-au-vents with the leftover meat scraps, delicious!

nixso29 · 03/12/2021 18:38

Oh and one of the melting camemberts is essential too

CommanderBurnham · 03/12/2021 18:39

Leftover veg in a Soup and sandwiches made from leftovers.

BeaMends · 03/12/2021 18:57

We'd usually have a ham, and probably some of those part-baked rolls or baguettes that you cook yourself, with cheeses and/or pate.
Turkey
Pickles
Pork pie or quiche
Chicken goujons
Unlikely to be any pigs in blankets left over Grin so cocktail sausages with a honey and mustard dressing
Green salad

Christmas cake
Mince pies
Trifle or jelly and ice cream
Poncey chocolate biscuits

BeaMends · 03/12/2021 18:57

Oh - I forgot, new potatoes and coleslaw

HeddaGarbled · 03/12/2021 19:00

If you want to serve the leftover turkey, I’d go with salads. Lettuce, cherry tomatoes, and ready-made tubs of coleslaw etc are the quickest and easiest. With a bit more effort, you could make a potato salad and a tomato salad.

dizzygirl1 · 03/12/2021 19:00

Ham in honey and cloves.
Mash potatoes
Bubble and squeak from Christmas day
Crackers - all sorts
Cheeses
Part baked rolls (easy, chuck in the oven)
Pickles etc

Cookerhood · 03/12/2021 19:00

BUBBLE AND SQUEAK.
It's the best bit of Christmas

UndertheCedartree · 03/12/2021 19:24

I do a buffet on Boxing Day and base it around a cheeseboard. Will have fruit like grapes and pears to go with the cheese and chutney and cranberry sauce. I also do sausage rolls, something like breaded mozzarella sticks or another ready made canapé. Then salad - lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes etc with coleslaw and maybe potato salad too.

For dessert I'll have trifle, mince pies, stollen and Yule log.

Itsnotdeep · 04/12/2021 06:58

I do a buffet - turkey from Christmas day, a ham and roast beef.

Plus salads . In my case everyone makes one salad so the burden isn't on me!

Someone has asked for a baked camembert this year too actually.

SantaMonicaPier · 04/12/2021 07:06

Yes to everything you've suggested! Maybe a couple of baguettes and some salad too. If there are any veggies I'd suggest an alternative to the pigs in blankets too, and I'd suggest a few pickles to cut through the richness of the other items

BangingOn · 04/12/2021 08:21

I would do a ham, cooked either in cola or ginger beer, loaded potato skins (made in advance), salad, bread and a cheeseboard.

Hodl · 04/12/2021 08:42

Just buy some party food from M&S, thats what I do. (lazy cow here 😂)
Seriously, keep it as simple as possible after all the Christmas cooking. For Boxing day we invite everyone round for a late breakfast, much easier to cater for. Then late afternoon a load of party food goes in the oven, job done.

Peanutmnm · 04/12/2021 08:45

Everything you had the day before, plus rocket pesto.

TheGirlWhoLived · 04/12/2021 09:51

I’m another that wouldn’t bother actually make anything, I’d open a couple of packets of interesting crisps, some hummus and dips, maybe pop some frozen bits in the oven (mozzarella sticks, jalapeño and cream cheese, chicken sticks, Indian platter, pizza sticks depends on how many are coming!)

Then I’d do part baked rolls if anyone wanted to make turkey rolls up

TheGirlWhoLived · 04/12/2021 09:52

Oh I forgot salad, so I’d get Pre cut carrot sticks, a bag of mixed leaves and do a bit of cucumber!

ItsSunnyOutside · 04/12/2021 10:07

My dps always do a lovely boxing day spread which we go to every year. There's quite alot of us who go round, so they put on plenty of food.
It's a choice of sandwiches, Turkey & stuffing , egg mayo and tuna mayo and cucumber. They have lots of different condiments like chutneys and cranberry sauce
Quiche
Warm cheese and onion 'sausage' rolls
Crisps with dips
Potato salad (from left over pots the day before)
A simple salad bowl

Pudding
Cheese and crackers, grapes
Trifle

There isn't much cooking involved so it's pretty fuss free. It always goes down well and there's barely anything left afterwards!

Lovemusic33 · 04/12/2021 10:22

Cold meat, some of those banquettes you bake in the oven, cheese, pickle/chutney, salad, crisps, pigs in blankets, mince pies and quality street.

FlickerBeat · 04/12/2021 13:22

MIL does leftover meat with jacket potatoes. Delicious.

languagelover96 · 04/12/2021 14:22

Cold cuts of meat
Cake
Potato salad in a bowl
Sandwiches
Roast turkey and cranberry sauce
Grapes
Crisps
Pizza
Mince pies

MrsDThomas · 04/12/2021 17:28

Cheese & pickled onions on stick
Turkey
Coleslaw
Bread rolls
Savoury rice
Sausage rolls
Ham
Crackers
Pickles
Crisps

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