What food would you do - have no idea at all. Need inspiration

[Alarmbellsring]

Just found out I have my brother and SIL round on the Sunday after boxing day.

I am doing the full Christmas lunch on Christmas day, Boxing day is a buffett with leftover meat.

I will have no leftovers on Sunday, I will be hungover and will not feel like cooking. they have a new baby so are unwilling to commit to what time they are coming down.

What on earth am I going to do about food?

Do you have a freezer? You could make a stew or similar now and freeze it

or make & freeze lasagne/moussaka perhaps better - add garlic bread and salad minimal effort on the day?

make a freeze something like chickpea and chorizo soup, yummy, warming and somehow wholesome and not too rich

Cod and prawns with tomatoes, chickpeas anf chorizo - serve with crusty bread - looks and tastes fab but really easy ; make in about 30 mins most of which can be spent sitting down with a glass of wine

I like the idea of freezing a lasagne.

If I make one, and freeze it, do I just take it out boxing day night to defrost and then reheat in oven?

That's what I would do, Alarmbells.

I'd either:

a) do a one pot dish - stew, casserole, lasagne, pasta bake, curry etc - that won't take too much thought

b) bang some pizzas in the oven and serve with a big salad and garlic bread

c) get a takeaway!

or invite yourselves over to theirs.

Order curry, it will be a great change after all the xmas stuff and can be ordered when they arrive. (We always order enough for two days so no cooking the following day either and works out worth it financially).