Can I pinch your shopping list!

[Listentomyheart]

We are on week 3 of this horrid bug, I am starting to feel better but as I haven’t felt a bit Christmassy I am very behind. I need to get the food in tomorrow but no energy or brain cells to think beyond bread, milk and baileys! What do I need? 2 adults and 3 starving teens!!!! Ps Pics of shopping lists would be immense right now

Milk
Cream double and single
Posh cheese for buffets
Butter for baking and breakfast
Frozen crossants for Xmas day breakfast
Chutney
Cranbury sauce
Ketchup
Brown sauce
Sugar for baking and tea
Tea
Coffee for guests
Turkey or other meat for main roast
Gammon or ham for buffet
Sausages
Bacon for pigs and breakfast
Eggs for baking and breakfasts
Buns
Bread, sliced and posh for buffet
Bread buns for stuffing
Lardons for stuffing
Sage and onion for stuffing
Crackers
Salad ingredients for buffer
Red cabbage
Vinegar for cabbage
Carrots and parsnips
Chicken stock for gravey
Wine for gravu and drinking
Beer for drinking plus other beverages
Nice juices For drinking
Sprouts
Flour for baking
Pastry
Mince meat for pies
Custard, cream, jelly, frozen fruit banana and cake for trifle
Wrapping paper and tape
Bin bags
Icing sugar
Lemons for drinks

Err, I'm sure there's more!

Thank you lucky dog that is perfect 🤩

Obviously take as many short cuts as you want. I saw tinned gravy last week!

Premade puddings
Boxed stuffing
Prepared pigs etcetera
Bread bread bread to fill up on if you run out of food. Booze, loooots of milk. Snacks for treats in between

Oh I forgot potatoes!!!!

Milk,
selection of cheeses,
Selection of dairy free replacements
Chutneys,
Crackers,
Chicken (no turkey this year)
Pre made vegan option
Carrots/parsnips
Mince pies,
Sliced bread
Lots of part baked bread roll
Juices
Cans of fizzy pop
Xmas pud
Eggs
Boxed stuffing
Piggies in blankets
Potatoes
Peas
Gammon
Salami
Olives
Salad bits
Dips galore
Hummus
Crisps
Tub of chocs
Biscuits
Veggie stock
Fruit
Regular things the kids like
Veggie spread/butter
Jam
Frozen pan au choc
Crackers
Bacon
Brocoli
Dark choc for baking brownies (xmas day dessert)
Vegan ice cream/reg ice cream
Cream

I'm sure that's not everything, but should give you some inspiration. I'm a vegetarian who is currently breast feeding a baby with a cows milk protein allergy so I'm pretty restricted this year. We'll be having a mostly dry xmas due to breastfeeding and needing to ferry FIL about.

I 2nd the post about taking as many short cuts as you need to. I've taken loads more than I normally do, due to having a velcro baby and a 4 year old with ASD at the more profound end of the spectrum. I think being kind to yourself will be key.

Oh if you are looking for inspiration for treats you could let your teens make a special request. My mum used to let us do this growing up (being one of five on a very tight budget this was major) I always picked mint choc chip ice cream, thought it was amazing though find it very sickly now. 😂

Thanks for these lists -very helpful!

Might also add tin foil..

Don't forget the tin foil

Satsumas,
grapes
melon
celery (for the dips)