Christmas menu with kids

With drinks: Comté gougères; Mini cherry tomato, mozzarella and basil skewers; Sausage puffs. To start: Chestnut soup with crushed hazelnuts. For the main: Turkey breast stuffed with chestnuts, porcini sauce. For the cheese course: Cheese board. For dessert: Chocolate mousse with candied clementines.

For 6 guests, including 2 kids, the big picture: cooked chestnuts (400 g), turkey breast (900 g), Brie de Meaux (120 g) and dark chocolate (180 g). A kid counts as half a serving: you're cooking for 5. The full grocery list, aisle by aisle, is right above.

In two trips. Three days before, the stuff that keeps (13 items: produce, dairy and pantry). Then the day before, the fresh stuff (13 items, like sausage meat, turkey breast and cocktail sausages). You'll dodge the last-minute crowds.

To sit down at 8:15 PM, the first step of the big day starts at 6:15 PM: preheat the oven to 180 °C. The main (turkey breast stuffed with chestnuts, porcini sauce) goes in the oven at 6:15 PM. Every step of the game plan is timed backward from when you sit down to eat.

This menu is free of fish and seafood. It's not vegetarian: for a meat-free table, there's a full vegetarian menu. Kids get dishes they'll actually eat, and count as half a serving.

Yep, from 2 to 12 guests: change the number at the top of the page, and the quantities, the grocery list, the budget and these answers all follow.