Our family does our big Christmas dinner on Christmas Eve. The menu is pretty set - Fried Fish (haddock), Kielbasa, Two kinds of Pierogi, Salad, and Lasagna. Someone else will be bringing a veg and some kind of potatoes.

This year I have to do it all myself. The trick is how I am going to manage frying the fish so it is fresh, and getting all the boiled things - the pierogi and kielbasa - done at the same time by myself. And the lasagna will be in the oven so cant really use that for keeping things warm until the very end.

Any suggestions? Can I crumb the fish earlier in the afternoon and keep it in the refrigerator to save me some time?