Boxing day buffet ideas (ideally for freezer!)

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Hi, I've (stupidly) decided to invite all my in laws over for Boxing day afternoon. After having my family for Christmas Eve (European celebration) and Christmas Day.

I live an hour from the closest city so won't be able to do a morning dash for bread etc. Has anyone got good recommendations for buffet style food I can prepare in advance and freeze - happy to cook in oven on the day but I don't have a microwave. There will be at least 25 of us, including a couple of veggies.

I was thinking home made sausage rolls and a couple of salads as a starting point, but would welcome other ideas. I usually just do a morning trip to the village bakery (will be shut) and butchers and do rolls and sausages when they all descend!!

These pizza pinwheels always go down well. I make two versions, one with the ham the other without for my veggie daughter

www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/pizza-puff-pinwheels

For an easy Boxing Day buffet I usually serve whatever meat we had the day before served cold. I keep the pre baked baguettes in for easy bread option, but sometimes I do make Delia’s sage and onion bread if I’ve time to make more of an effort (it’s not yeast based so not majorly labour intensive though). For salads I do a coleslaw as cabbage and carrots can be bought before the holidays and keep well so will be fine on Boxing Day. And finally I usually do a cheese board as that’s all food that keeps well and just needs to be assembled.

Also for the veggies, you could freeze a quiche.

Mini quiches www.amummytoo.co.uk/mini-vegetable-quiche/
Pigs in blankets
Spicy turkey koftas www.diabetes.org.uk/guide-to-diabetes/recipes/turkey-koftas
Spinach and ricotta pie https://www.olivemagazine.com/recipes/healthy/spinach-and-ricotta-filo-pie/

Thanks for all these suggestions! Puff pastry things are a good idea.

A big cheeseboard with all the trimmings? With crackers and some part baked rolls or baguettes.

A dessert board with mince pies, lebkuchen, stroopwaffeln, florentines etc - Aldi and Lidl will have lots of this sort of thing

Buy part baked bake at home baguettes, and do sausages. Or a big slow cooked gammon / ham for hot rolls. Big bowl of a winter slaw (non-mayo, use lime juice and ginger) and good sauces.

I've just been looking at a cheese and onion pie that can be made ahead and frozen.