food
���Twas The Night
Before Christmas
Make ahead dishes make
Christmas breakfast a breeze
C
By Rebekah Sanderlin
hristmas morning tends to
pass in a blur when you have
little ones at home. Within
minutes your living room is
transformed into a mass of ripped wrapping paper, scattered bows and torn boxes ��� and everyone is hungry.
Even if you don���t have little ones at
home, Christmas morning is one of
those occasions that calls out for
both taking it easy and a little
something special. The same
old cereal, oatmeal or bacon
and eggs don���t seem celebratory enough, but who
wants to spend hours in the
kitchen?
Enter the Make-ahead
Christmas Breakfast. Make
some (or all, if you plan to
feed a crowd) of these dishes the night before, slice up
some fresh fruit and store it
in a bowl in the fridge, and
then, as soon as you wake up
on Christmas morning, preheat the
oven and pop in the casseroles. Voila!
Your once-a-year breakfast feast will
be ready before the last bow hits the
floor. CV
22 | December ��� 2012
