Food24
  • Recipes
    • New recipes
    • Recipe round-ups
    • Easter Recipes
    • Air fryer recipes
    • Easy weekday meals
    • Cooking with lamb
    • Delicious pork recipes
    • Fish and Tips
    • Braai recipes
    • Chicken recipes
    • Vegetarian recipes
    • Baking
    • Low carb recipes
    • Gluten-free recipes
    • Dairy-free recipes
    • Pasta recipes
    • South African recipes
  • News
    • Food news
  • Videos
  • Cooking guides and tips
    • Pantry staples
    • Load shedding lifesavers
    • Baking tips and tricks
  • Newsletters
  • More
    • Food24 taste tests
    • Kitchen design and appliances
    • Drinks
      • Non-alcoholic drinks
      • Wine
      • Beer
      • Cocktails
      • Coffee
    • Win
No Result
View All Result
Food24
  • Recipes
    • New recipes
    • Recipe round-ups
    • Easter Recipes
    • Air fryer recipes
    • Easy weekday meals
    • Cooking with lamb
    • Delicious pork recipes
    • Fish and Tips
    • Braai recipes
    • Chicken recipes
    • Vegetarian recipes
    • Baking
    • Low carb recipes
    • Gluten-free recipes
    • Dairy-free recipes
    • Pasta recipes
    • South African recipes
  • News
    • Food news
  • Videos
  • Cooking guides and tips
    • Pantry staples
    • Load shedding lifesavers
    • Baking tips and tricks
  • Newsletters
  • More
    • Food24 taste tests
    • Kitchen design and appliances
    • Drinks
      • Non-alcoholic drinks
      • Wine
      • Beer
      • Cocktails
      • Coffee
    • Win
No Result
View All Result
Food24
No Result
View All Result

Forget fondue – this is how we feed a crowd

Food24
Katy Rose by Katy Rose
December 6, 2019
in Food News
0
Forget fondue – this is how we feed a crowd
0
SHARES
706
VIEWS
FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsapp

Holiday time is the time for entertaining, but if you’re not an experienced cook it can be a stressful situation. We have a solution for you – a build-your-own meal buffet. Yes, it still requires some preparation and cooking, but it’s a great way to get the family involved at mealtime. A huge bonus is that you don’t have to cater to everyone’s specific dietary requirements – they can mix and match to their preferences.

Here’s our guide to a DIY meal buffet: 

Choose the style of meal. Is it a lunchtime sarmie by the pool? Or are you catering an evening meal? Choose from any of these five categories below:

Gather all the ingredients and lay them out on a large dining table. Plan your buffet from left to right, so that you can form a nice orderly queue. First on the left is the plate or bowl; last on the right as you leave the buffet should be the cutlery and serviettes. If you’re building burgers, for example, you’ll need the bun before the burger patty, and the ketchup towards the end.

YOU WILL LOVE: We tasted 6 of SA’s best tomato sauces: did your favourite one win?

Write cards for each dish if it’s not clear what it contains – for example, ‘Spicy butternut soup’ or ‘ Vegetarian roast mushrooms’.

If you’re serving up hot food, ask your friends and family to bring along their appliances to help keep everything warm. You can easily gather 2 or 3 panini presses for quesadillas, or a few induction plates to keep soup warm.

WATCH: This NSFW pizza video will leave you hungry – guaranteed!

DIY buffet ideas: 

Burgers

festive entertaining buffet ideas for christmas

Perhaps the easiest, building your own burger is a fun activity for adults and kids. Offer various options like chicken or beef patties, salad fillings and a range of sauces. A large tray of oven-baked chips rounds off a tasty meal!

9 scrumptious burgers to rock your weekend

Greek style lamb burgers

Pea and feta burger with curried mayo

Classic beef burgers with monkey gland sauce

Tacos

festive entertaining buffet ideas for christmas

Similar to burgers, tacos have plenty of room for variety and different flavours. Mince or bean fillings, taco shells or wraps, and some salad items get you started off. Sauces like guacamole, sour cream and tomato salsa mean that everyone gets something to suit their level of spice.

9 Full-on-flavour taco recipes to make you feel like you’re in Mexico

Grain-free cheese tacos filled with spicy mince

Chicken tacos with crunchy slaw

Salad Valley 

festive entertaining buffet ideas for christmas

A great lunchtime option for when you don’t want to slave away in a hot kitchen all day. Salads, salads and more salads are on offer, with a variety of extras in small bowls. Items like olives, chicken strips, cheese cubes and toasted seeds are great options. Don’t forget the dressings – creamy and rich or light and zesty.

25 Days of salad: Healthy recipes to kick-start your year

Beet, avo and pea salad

5 Sumptuous Halloumi salads you need to be making ASAP

12 Summery salad options to consider for your weekend braai

Pizzas 

festive entertaining buffet ideas for christmas

If you have a pizza oven, this is an excellent way to feed your guests. Let your guests get creative by mixing and matching their own toppings.

7 Game-changing pizza recipes you have to try!

3 Mouthwatering pizzas to try this weekend

Top 10 pizza toppings

Boerewors, chakalaka and Mascarpone pizza

Quesadillas 

festive entertaining buffet ideas for christmas

Throw filled wraps in a hot pan or on a sandwich press, and serve with cheese, Mexican-style salads and salsas.

Chicken and cheese quesadillas

Butternut and feta quesadillas

Cheese and olive quesadillas

Soup and rolls 

festive entertaining buffet ideas for christmas

If the weather is a little cooler, a soup buffet is a great group meal solution. Two or three soups should do it – with at least one vegetarian option. Serve with seed loaf, crusty rolls, ciabatta and a selection of spreads. A few bowls of seeds, grated cheese or croutons round out a delicious meal.

Top 16 soup recipes

These 9 meaty soup recipes are the reason we love Winter

Gourmet chicken noodle soup

Zola Nene’s spicy Chorizo and bean soup

10 Cheesy, crispy braai bread recipes that will make you fall in love with carbs all over again

WATCH: How to make beer battered fish tacos

 

 

Tags: Cooking TipsEntertainingFestive CookingFestive Entertaining


Related Posts

From vetkoek to fynvleis: The new 100+ Flavours report is a deep-dive into SA food culture
Features

From vetkoek to fynvleis: The new 100+ Flavours report is a deep-dive into SA food culture

March 22, 2023
Random House competition
Competition

Win an iconic trio of cookbooks worth more than R1,000

March 22, 2023
The best chocolate sandwich biscuit: Oreos vs dupes
Featured

The best chocolate sandwich biscuit: Oreos vs dupes

March 17, 2023
Next Post
Baking hacks: How to make your own homemade pre-mix

Baking hacks: How to make your own homemade pre-mix

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Food24 Team Loves

Chefs share 8 trade-secrets to making a fantastic milk tart at home

Chefs share 8 trade-secrets to making a fantastic milk tart at home

February 20, 2023
The 4-ingredient dough recipe that changed my life

The 4-ingredient dough recipe that changed my life

February 13, 2023
We predict 2023’s biggest food trends for home cooks

We predict 2023’s biggest food trends for home cooks

February 1, 2023
The Food24 team shares their 2023 kitchen goals

The Food24 team shares their 2023 kitchen goals

February 1, 2023
Tips on how to pack the perfect picnic

Tips on how to pack the perfect picnic

January 14, 2023

Recent favourites

  • 15 perfect potato side dishes that will upgrade any meal

    15 perfect potato side dishes that will upgrade any meal

    29 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Feeling hangry? Here are 12 quick and delicious dinner recipes for when you’re short on time

    14 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • The best chocolate sandwich biscuit: Oreos vs dupes

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • How to make the perfect banana bread

    4 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • The impact that load shedding has on your household’s grocery basket

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0

Newsletter

Get weekly access to our best recipes, tips and tricks

Sign Up
Footer

Quick links

  • Home
  • News
  • Videos
  • Win

Collections

  • New Recipes
  • Festive
  • Baking
  • Dessert Recipes
  • Braai Recipes
  • Lunchbox
  • South African Recipes
  • Pasta Recipes

Other links

  • Advertise with Food24
  • Editorial Policy
  • How to Pitch
  • Contact us

Not in the mood to cook?

Visit eatout.co.za to find the perfect restaurant near you.

eatout.co.za

© 2020 Food24.com. All rights reserved.

  • About us
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • New Media
IAB
No Result
View All Result
  • Recipes
    • New recipes
    • Recipe round-ups
    • Easter Recipes
    • Air fryer recipes
    • Easy weekday meals
    • Cooking with lamb
    • Delicious pork recipes
    • Fish and Tips
    • Braai recipes
    • Chicken recipes
    • Vegetarian recipes
    • Baking
    • Low carb recipes
    • Gluten-free recipes
    • Dairy-free recipes
    • Pasta recipes
    • South African recipes
  • News
    • Food news
  • Videos
  • Cooking guides and tips
    • Pantry staples
    • Load shedding lifesavers
    • Baking tips and tricks
  • Newsletters
  • More
    • Food24 taste tests
    • Kitchen design and appliances
    • Drinks
      • Non-alcoholic drinks
      • Wine
      • Beer
      • Cocktails
      • Coffee
    • Win

© 2019 Food24.com. All rights reserved.

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password? Sign Up

Fill the forms below to register

Subscribe to Newsletter

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
Close
Food24
Recipe Disclaimer

All recipe content is the responsibility of the party from whom such content originated. You agree that you use the content on Food24 at your own risk. Please read our editorial policy.
Close
Food24
Get the latest recipes delivered to your inbox weekly
Promotional Newsletter

Be the first to receive information about competitions and special offers from Food24 and it's partners.

You have successfully been subscribed!
Something went wrong. Please try again.
Make sure you have completed all required fields.
I don't want to see this again