Follow this topicFrugal Xmas Recipes!
Check out these amazing recipes for an alternative three course Christmas dinner and Boxing Day leftovers - for £7.57 per person!
Christmas can be a stressful and an expensive time of year, especially if you're cooking for the family on Christmas day (not to mention Boxing Day as well).
I’ve created a menu which is a delicious alternative to the traditional Christmas dinner that I guarantee your family will enjoy, at very little cost.
Over the next 3 weeks I’ll be showing you a starter (today's recipe, below), a main course (one for vegetarians, one for meat-eaters), a delicious Christmas dessert and what to do with the leftovers for a family of six.
And all for £7.57 per person!
Get Xmas off to a smoking good start!
The starter
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Smoked mackerel pate on crostini and red onion confit
This delicious smoked mackerel pate recipe will make the perfect starter for a Xmas meal - for just £1.15 per person!
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Here are the ingredients for my frugal starter: smoked mackerel pate on crostini and red onion confit (serves 6, total cost £6.89 - £1.15 per person). Read the full recipe here.
- 600g of smoked mackerel (£4.42)
- 5 large red onions (80p)
- 1 lemon (27p)
- 300ml of crème fraiche (£1)
- 1 fresh granary baguette (40p)
Don't forget the cupboard staples (salt, black pepper, olive oil, horseradish sauce and red wine vinegar). Read the recipe.
A pheasant day to spend the day
The main
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Roasted pheasant, caramelised sprouts, rosemary potato roasts, sauce and stuffing
Check out this delicious Christmas dinner recipe for roasted pheasant, caramelised sprouts, rosemary potato roasts, bread sauce and peach, sausage and thyme stuffing - for just £4.45 per person!
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Here are the ingredients for my frugal main course for meat-eaters:
Roasted pheasant (with garlic and bacon), caramelised sprouts, rosemary roasts, bread sauce and peach, sausage and thyme stuffing.
Yum!
Serves six, total cost £26.73.
That's £4.45 per person.
What a bargain!
- 2 x 250g packs of unsmoked streaky bacon (£2.56)
- 2 x 398g of Porkinson sausages (£3.76)
- 3 x whole Gressingham pheasants (£15)
- 1 can of Tesco value peaches (39p)
- 25g of fresh lemon thyme (68p)
- 1 pint of whole milk (45p)
- 500g of Brussel sprouts (£1)
- 2.5kg of Tesco white potatoes (£1.20)
- 25g of fresh rosemary (79p)
- 1 bulb of garlic (24p)
- 1 large onion (16p)
- 1 loaf of Tesco crusty white bloomer (50p)
- The cupboard staples (salt, black pepper, olive oil, cloves, bay leaf, butter and a splash of white wine).
Read the the full recipe here.
Vegetarians get stuffed!
Vegetarian alternative main
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The Portobello mushroom, port and stilton wellington
Check out this frugal recipe for Portobello mushroom, port and stilton wellington for just £1.99 per person - a fantastic alternative Christmas dinner for vegetarians!
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Here are the ingredients for my frugal main course for vegetarians: Portobello mushroom, port and stilton wellington.
Serves five, total cost £9.99 - £1.99 per person. Read the full recipe here
- 500g of Jus Rol puff pastry (95p)
- 750g of Portobello mushrooms (£3.75)
- 2 large red onions (32p)
- 25g of fresh thyme (68p)
- 100g Tesco pine nuts (£2.49)
- 215g of Tesco finest mature blue stilton (£1.80)
A tasty tart
The dessert
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Lemon tart with fresh vanilla mascarpone
Looking for a lighter Xmas dessert? Check out this recipe for lemon tart with fresh vanilla mascarpone, for just £1.36 per person!
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Here are the ingredients for my frugal dessert: a delicious lemon tart with fresh vanilla mascarpone.
Serves six, total cost £8.13 - that's £1.36 per person.
- 4 lemons (£1.08)
- 250ml of long life double cream (90p)
- 250g of Italian mascarpone (£1)
- 6 Hoads farm medium free range eggs (£1.49)
- 1 fresh vanilla pod (£1.44)
- 1 pack (500g) of caster sugar (72p)
- 1 block (500g) of sweet shortcrust pastry (£1.50p)
- The cupboard staples (icing sugar and a dash of milk).
Put those leftovers to good use!
The leftovers
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What to do with your turkey leftovers!
Turn those turkey leftovers into a deliciously frugal meal for just 61p per person.
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Here are the ingredients for a delicious meal you can make with either your turkey or your pheasant leftovers (if you've been following this series of recipes): Massaman curry.
Serves 6, total cost £3.70 – that's just 61p per person. Read the full recipe here.
- 1 large white onion (16p)
- 1 lime (25p)
- 2 cans (400ml each) of Island sun coconut milk (90p)
- 1 jar (105g) of Bart Massaman paste (£1.75)
- 500g of Tesco easy cook rice (64p)
- The cupboard staples/leftovers: salt, black pepper, olive oil, peanut butter, brown sugar, fish sauce, leftover potatoes from Christmas day, pheasant/turkey legs and wings and the carcasses.
If you like these recipes, why not also try Paul's other Frugal Recipes:
Turkey with bacon, cream, parsley and peas | Beef koftas, roast pepper couscous and a red cabbage and carrot salad | Sticky toffee pudding with toffee sauce | Roast pumpkin, sausages, potatoes and sage with kale | Tandoori grilled pork chops, pilaf rice and coriander yoghurt |Whole baked mackerel with tarragon, tomatoes and potatoes | Hungarian pork goulash |Butternut squash stuffed with mushrooms, stilton and thyme | Fusilli with a rich beef ragu sauce |Toad in the hole with mustard crème fraiche sauce & pickled red cabbage | Pot roasted chicken with paprika, shallots and potatoes | Smoked haddock and leek risotto | Prawn and chilli linguine| Homemade Cornish pasties | Teriyaki chicken legs with coriander and lime noodles | Turkey, mozzarella and sage meatballs with fettuccine and tomato sauce | Lemon and garlic roasted lamb breast, boulangere potatoes and minted peas | Posh macaroni cheese with crispy bacon and oven dried tomatoes | Falafel, roast pepper and feta salad with chilli tomato salsa | Chicken ‘oven baked’ with cream, mushrooms and thyme | Slow roasted pork shoulder ‘Chinese style’ with pak choi | Chilli steak burgers, paprika wedges and homemade coleslaw |Broad bean, halloumi and mint farfalle | My chicken curry, basmati rice and coriander yoghurt | Barbecued whole mackerel and a spicy lime salsa | Moussaka | Pan fried trout fillets with a dill potato salad |Chicken braised with cider and red cabbage (and proper baked potatoes) | Lincolnshire sausages with red onion gravy and thyme and Gouda polenta | Beef enchiladas with a lime sour cream | Slow roasted duck legs and charlotte potatoes with a carrot and cumin salad | Paella |Asparagus and gruyere tart with new potatoes | Haddock fishcakes with radish and watercress salad and lemon crème fraiche dressing | Prawn and pea risotto | Honey roasted gammon and apples with champ | Hot chocolate fondants with crème Chantilly | Shin of beef, kidney and ale pie Tandoori chicken with coconut rice & mint raita | Homemade gnocchi with a tomato & thyme sauce, spinach and ricotta | Frugal Pancakes | Griddled black pudding, chimichurri mash and caramelised apples | Mixed bean and coriander green curry with fragrant rice | Lamb koftas with a feta, mint and chickpea salad & chilli grilled pittas | Pork, rosemary and white bean ravioli with a chilli tomato sauce | Sausage & leek casserole with parsley dumpings | Pork, chorizo & cannellini bean stew | Rabbit, bacon & thyme pie | Potato rosti with creamed spinach and poached egg | Pumpkin and sage risotto | Slow braised oxtail with autumn mash | Spiced whole mackerel with chickpea salad | Twice cooked belly pork (with gravy) parsnips and sweet apple red cabbage | Roasted pheasant | Portobello mushroom, port and stilton wellington | Lemon tart with fresh vanilla mascarpone | Massaman curry | Smoked mackerel pate on crostini and red onion confit |Rolled breast of lamb with garlic mash and Savoy cabbage | Lemon & rosemary chicken thighs | Thai Pollock curry with egg noodles | Chunky pea and ham soup| Spaghetti alla carbonara | Pork stroganoff | Green chilli meat balls, sunflower seed couscous salad and mint yoghurt | Tagliatelle with air dried cured ham and minted peas | Beef, thyme and mushroom loaf with potato dauphinoise | Mixed bean and coriander green curry with fragrant rice | Egg Florentine with smoked cheddar and rocket salad | Beef, mushroom and thyme pie | Spicy tuna, bean and coriander lasagne | Beef koftas with a feta, spinach and fresh mint salad | Chorizo and pea risotto | Sausage and rosemary hotpot | Beef & thyme (Lancashire) hotpot
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