Stick to a few family favourites and you can’t fail on Christmas day … Photograph: Tony Robins/Getty Images The key to enjoying Christmas day if you are cooking is this: do not attempt to do too much. I met a man called Steve a few weeks ago. The only time he cooks for his family is on Christmas day. He was complaining about how stressed it made him. “What did you cook?” I asked. “Oh just the standard stuff,” he replied. “Smoked salmon and blinis to start with. Then turkey. And ham of course. Chipolatas. Pigs in blankets. Devils on horseback. Two kinds of stuffing. Roast potatoes. Roast parsnips. Carrots. Broccoli. Sprouts with bacon and chestnuts. Red cabbage – you have to have red cabbage....
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