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The easiest ghd hair straighteners  way to serve stress-free food at a party is to set up your own DIY canapé bars — simply choose a theme. Here are some of ideas to get you started:

SEAFOOD BAR

Lay out: whole sides of smoked salmon (I like H Forman & Son); whole dressed crabs, or picked white crab meat dressed with a little mirin and finely chopped red chilli,Mbt  served on crisp little gem lettuce leaves; peeled prawns with wasabi mayonnaise, to dip.

Serve with: plenty of brown bread and butter and ½ lemons wrapped in muslin for squeezing.

ANTIPASTI/CROSTINI BAR

Lay out: Grissini bread sticks wrapped with parma ham; chunks of 24-month aged parmesan drizzled with truffle oil; bowls of buffalo mozzarella, sunblush tomatoes, grilled baby artichokes, marinated green and black olives; figs filled with creamed goats’ cheese and wrapped with parma ham; bundles of parma ham, buffalo mozzarella and wild rocket.

Serve with: ghd straighteners  boards of Italian salami, bowls of marinated olives, baskets of crostini and elegant vases filled with grissini.

OTHER IDEAS

Make a salad of peat-smoked salmon, warm new potatoes, baby spinach and horseradish crème fraîche.

Bake a whole vacherin with garlic and thyme and serve with toasted sourdough soldiers for dunking.

Serve your favourite caviar on fat chips with sour cream.

Make mini paninis Mbt trainers  with leftover turkey, Swiss cheese and cranberry relish.