We don’t know about you, but we’ve been excited about Christmas for a long time! This time of year is always full of treats for food lovers, and this year we feel we deserve them more than ever before 🤗
Things might feel a little different during this Christmas period, but we’d like to make the most of our extra time at home to have some festive fun in our kitchens. Plus, by cooking together online, we stay connected so that no one is alone this holiday season ❤️
We have a fun schedule of festive activities to share with you and you are ALL invited to join us! The schedule is set at a variety of different times and on different days, to try and make sure everyone is able to attend at least one session. For those who work during the weekdays, please check out our Sunday Christmas Cake Workshop and our Mulled Wine and Mince Pies Social! The more the merrier for these sessions so please invite friends and family to join us too, simply let us know if you’d like to bring a guest from a separate kitchen so we can add them to the attendees list.
See below for the recipes we’ll be making during each session so that you can plan well ahead and avoid unnecessary trips to the shops.
If you have any questions about any of the sessions, you can always contact the Cookpad community team, Sonia, Sally and Yui either on Cookpad directly, or email us at help@cookpad.com.
Festive Frolics Schedule
Thursday 26th Nov 1pm - A Trio of Christmas Canapes 🎅
Let’s get in the festive mood with Santa canapes, smoked salmon roulade, crostini.
Sunday 29th Nov 2pm - Christmas Cake Workshop 🎄
Join our community cooking session to make your Christmas cake using this fabulous traditional family recipe from 1936, shared by Julia Bell (please contact Sonia for gluten free and dairy free alternative ingredient suggestions).
Tuesday 1st Dec 11am Tuesday - Gingerbread House Making (Session 1) 🏠🍭
We couldn’t be more excited about this session, join us to make your very own gingerbread house! In session 1 we will make the gingerbread sections using this recipe and a template that will be distributed to all attendees before the session.
Wednesday 2nd December 11am - Gingerbread House Decorating (Session 2) 🏠🍭
A decorations list with ideas for ingredients to be used will be distributed prior to the session. Then we will finish our houses together and share ideas for construction and decoration.
Thursday 10th Dec 1pm (Seasonal Kitchen) Brussel Sprouts and Pig in Blankets With An Asain Twist 🥢
Join us in our Seasonal Kitchen to make Yui’s insanely popular Christmas recipes with an Asian twist, you’ll never boil a sprout again! On the menu today are pigs in blankets and Brussel sprouts with sweet plum sauce and Chinese style pigs in blankets. Yui will demo both dishes in the session, choose one dish to make, or cook both for a fabulous festive platter!
Tuesday 15th Dec 1pm (Seasonal Kitchen) - Christmas Dinner Worthy Side Dish Masterclass 🍽 🎅
Let’s prep for the big day! Join us as we pre-prepare all the trimmings you need for a perfect Christmas dinner … roast potatoes, delicious homemade gravy and cranberry sauce! Make them with us then freeze them ready for the big day!
Thursday 17th Dec 7pm - Mince Pies & Mulled Wine Social 🍷
We invite you to join us in our final festive kitchen session of the year, where we will make mince pies together while drinking our homemade mulled wine! This will be a very relaxed social session to say Merry Christmas to each other and celebrate the end of the year together.
Alcohol-free mulled apple juice
Everyone is welcome to join us, existing home cooks and new cooks too! Email Yui at yui-miles@cookpad.com for the Zoom link and passcode.
We can’t wait to celebrate the festive season with you 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄