Festive family foodies

There’s nothing quite like a big family feast or party to mark the season’s festivities. Whether you’re celebrating Christmas, Eid, Diwali or Hanukkah, food’s at the heart of it all.

Whatever you’re celebrating, this month on the Family Foodies challenge we want to hear about your favourite family foods and drinks that are guaranteed to get your party started.

What are your must-have treats? Do you have any festive foodie traditions that have been passed down from one generation to another? What were your own childhood favourites from family get-togethers and what do your own kids lick their lips at during the party season?

Win Made In India

The prize for one lucky winner is a copy of Meera Sodha’s much-acclaimed Made in India: Cooked in Britain – Recipes from an Indian Family Kitchen, which is bursting with fresh and vibrant recipe ideas collected from three generations of her family.

The closing date for entries this month is Monday 29 December. I can’t wait to see what you come up with!

Family Foodie entry guidelines

You may submit any recipe on your blog that fits this month’s theme, new or from the archive, although there is a limit of three entries per blogger. You’re also welcome to submit the post to other challenges too. If the recipe is not your own, please give the appropriate credit.
Send your recipe URL to me at vanesther-at-reescommunications-dot-co-dot-uk, including your own email address and the title of your recipe or post. The closing date this month is Monday 29 December 2014.
Display the Family Foodies badge (below) on your recipe post, with a link back to both Eat Your Veg and Bangers & Mash, as well as details of this month’s challenge.
If you’re on Twitter, then please tweet your post to myself @BangerMashChat and Lou @Eat_Your_Veg and include the hashtag #FamilyFoodies. We’ll retweet all that we see.
You may enter from anywhere in the blogosphere, but prizes can only be posted to UK addresses.
At the end of the month a guest judge will choose a winning recipe. The winner will be announced in a monthly round-up of all the entries. Winners will get to display a Family Foodie Winner annotated badge on their blog if they wish and their recipe will go through to the Family Foodies Hall of Fame on each of our sites.
All entries will be added to the Family Foodies Pinterest Group Board.

For details of other foodie challenges, competitions and giveaways, head over to The Food Blog Diary.

December’s entries

Mulled Grape Juice from Eat Like You Love Yourself
Spiced Cranberry & Clementine Smoothie from How to Cook Good Food
Swiss Roll Ice Cream Cake from Bangers & Mash
Turkey Meatloaf with Apple & Celery from Caroline Makes
Dairy-free Vegan Frozen Cupcakes from Caroline Makes
Make-ahead Leek & Poppy Seed Sausage Rolls from Ren Behan
Spiced Olive Oil Cupcakes for Chanukah from Family-Friends-Food
Winter Root & Brussels Tops Stir-fry with Sesame from Family-Friends-Food
Roasted Pear & Mincemeat Crumble Tarts from How to Cook Good Food
Chocolate Mincemeat Tart from Farmers Girl Kitchen
Easy Chocolate Christmas Trees from Family-Friends-Food
Brussels Sprout & Root Vegetable Bubble & Squeak with Braised Chicken from Franglais Kitchen
Chocolate and Fig Panforte from The More Than Occasional Baker
Reindeer Cupcakes from The Dream Baker
Vegetarian Sausage Rolls from Green Gourmet Giraffe
Stollen Biscuit Bites from How to Cook Good Food
Less Sinful Mince Pies from Caroline Makes
Saffron and Cardamom Sweet Buns from Lavender & Lovage
Gluten-free Gingerbread House from Gluten Free Alchemist
Peppermint Candy Cane Christmas Chocolates from Elizabeth’s Kitchen Diary
Party Vol-au-vents from Bangers & Mash
Fig and Mincemeat Bundt Cake from Chocolate Log Blog
French Macarons with Mint Chocolate Ganache from The Dream Baker
Christmas Vegetable Strudel from How to Cook Good Food
Festive Dips and Sticks from Eat Your Veg
Longan Red Dates with Tang Yuan from The Dream Baker
Christmas Cake from Searching for Spice
Spicy Pepper Curry from Home Cook Food
Chestnut Maple Snowflakes from Lancashire Food
Chocolate, Cranberry and Ginger Bundt Cake from Jibber Jabber UK