One of the ?tricks? I find most useful for hosting stress-free dinner parties is to make some of the recipes ahead. I find that too many last minute jobs can overwhelm me, so I plan ahead to eliminate as many as possible.
The more dishes you can prepare a day or some hours before guests ring your doorbell, the more you reduce your stress. Here are some reasons:
? You avoid a last minute crisis if preparation takes longer than you thought it would.
? If you like to cook, you?ll have the leisure to enjoy what you?re doing instead of feeling frantic about a deadline
? You have time to clean up after you cook.
? If there is a disaster, say you burn something, you have plenty of time to come up with an alternate plan.
? If you have prepared the des View the rest of this article
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