When family meals crop up in the already busy lifestyle, preparing a meal and satisfying your family ensuring that they have a great time can be a really stressful experience for some, especially if they’re not used to catering for more than their usual crowd of 3-5 people. Here are a few hints and tips to ensure that you don’t fall into the stress tap which will quite clearly be seen by your family members at the dinner table;

1) Preparation is key: Ensure that you write down a running timeline of everything you have to prepare, along with cooking times, changes to cooking times and so on. This will help you keep a more structure plan to your cooking regime.

2) Don’t Panic!: We’re sure that there’s a chippy along the way so if you burn the food then you won’t have to worry about that particular meal again – and it will give you a laugh or two along the way.