A collection of holiday recipes to help you plan your christmas menu

A collection of holiday recipes for you to "nibble all the way" through the festive season!

We're in the final stretch here, with Christmas just a few days away. Christmas means different things to each of us. While some of us like to go all out and celebrate with an elaborate roast and bake cookies all through December, other prefer to keep this celebration simple, investing in time spent with family, rather than gifts.

For me, any celebration, big or small cannot be complete without a celebratory meal. It doesn't have to be a meal that takes me hours slaving over the stove. While traditional Christmas meals that replicate mom's recipes are the best cure for homesickness, I do break convention and attempt something new for Christmas each year. So, for some years now, I've given fruit cake a miss and go in for some of my favorite layered cakes instead, and our Christmas menu has seen a stuffed roast bird every year for the last 4 years now.