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While the holiday season is often referred to as “the most wonderful time of the year," if you've ever planned or hosted a holiday dinner, you know it can be a stressful endeavor. How did your grandma make it look so easy when you were a kid? Well, she had experience, practice, and loads of patience. But with modern kitchen tools and appliances, along with the endless resources a quality recipe app can bring, there’s no reason you can’t breeze through your holiday meal with pro-level fare your guests will remember well into the new year. Here are some tips to help prep and prepare a delicious holiday meal.

Timing is Everything

The first step to creating the most memorable holiday meal is to know your capabilities. How much time will you have to prepare? What dishes do you have experience making? Not everyone will get the time off work to pre-plan everything, so to avoid any unnecessary stress in the kitchen, limit the sides and entrees to what you can realistically make.

Next, you should consider how long things take to prep and cook. The prime rib will take a few hours to cook in a conventional oven, so you'll need to plan ahead. A cooking timeline is helpful to make sure everything goes in the oven and is prepped according to plan to ensure that everything is warm and ready when it's time to serve.

In many cases, you might find that you don’t have enough oven space to accommodate each dish, or that you have a variety of things that all need to be cooked at different temperatures and for varying times. For cases like these (and many others), a smart countertop oven is a convenient appliance to have in your kitchen. That way, you can cook the green bean casserole in the countertop oven while the roast cooks low and slow in the conventional oven at the same time. Though the best smart countertop ovens will also have the capability to cook many different sides at once, all at varying temperatures—which is especially useful around the holidays.

Create a Well-Balanced Menu

Every pro chef knows that the perfect meal is a balancing act. Think of each plate like a painter’s palette with different colors and tastes that mesh and work well together. Even if you’re more of a meat and potatoes kind of person, your guests will appreciate some variety. Take a census of what everyone's favorite foods are and if guests have specific dietary preferences and needs, be flexible so everyone has a dish they'll love.

Cook Smarter Not Harder

While your grandmother somehow managed with just the family recipes, an oven, and a stovetop, there are plenty of options available to you to help make holiday cooking a breeze. Most notably, a smart oven like the Brava Oven, which sits on your counter and can help you cook multiple side dishes at once using Pure Light Cooking™ Technology. This smart countertop oven also includes a companion app with 140-plus chef-inspired recipes. The Brava App connects to the smart oven, and with the press of a button, will send your favorite recipes straight to the Brava Oven. And, you can watch your food cook right from the app!

Save Time on Shopping

With busy and hectic careers, finding the time to go grocery shopping can be a challenge. Especially around the holiday season, the grocery stores are usually crowded with people shopping for the same things. If you want to eliminate this stress, you can look into ordering a one-time meal kit with everything you need to create delicious dishes in your smart countertop oven. Or, think about ordering just your proteins from the Brava Marketplace, which features high-quality, hard-to-find proteins from some of the best purveyors in the States. This way, you have everything you need prepped and ready in one package, and you won't need to worry about battling the crowds at the supermarket. Fortunately, this is another service Brava provides online in the Brava Marketplace, which can also be ordered directly from the Brava App.

About Brava

Cooking has evolved, and the Brava Oven is the convenient and simple way to cook chef-inspired meals at home. The smart countertop oven uses innovative Pure Light Cooking™ Technology that cooks multiple ingredients to the perfect temperature all at once. This technology makes it not only easy to cook delicious, healthy meals at home, but also takes the guesswork out of cooking. The Brava App works in conjunction with the Brava Oven and offers users over 140 chef-inspired meals and recipes ready to cook at the tap of a button. Not sure what to cook? Browse the through the app or the Brava Marketplace online to order one-time meal kits without a subscription.

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