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Budget Christmas dinner: feed 8 for just £50

by Mimi Harrison
Budget Christmas dinner: feed 8 for just £50
Photographs by Stuart West

Celebrate with your nearest and dearest and still keep an eye on your budget with our feeds-eight festive menu

Mimi Harrison heads up Beat the Budget, a recipe platform specialising in healthy, inexpensive meals and meal plans. Here she shares her ultimate Christmas menu featuring six recipes for just £49.69 - that's £6.22 per head!*

Rosemary and garlic butter turkey

Rosemary and garlic butter turkey

What's Christmas dinner without turkey? A luscious garlic and herb butter under the skin keeps the meat moist during cooking.

 

Get the recipe for rosemary and garlic butter turkey

Crispy roast potatoes with thyme and garlic

Crispy roast potatoes with thyme and garlic

To reduce the stress of juggling oven space when cooking a roast (and risking your potatoes not crisping up properly because of overcrowding), try this trick for part-roasting your veg the day before.

 

Get the recipe for crispy roast potatoes with thyme and garlic

Maple-mustard glazed carrots and parsnips

Maple-mustard glazed carrots and parsnips

Lift humble roasted root vegetables to another level with a sticky maple and mustard glaze.

 

Get the recipe for maple-mustard glazed carrots and parsnips

Sausage-stuffed portobello mushrooms

Sausage-stuffed portobello mushrooms

Family favourite sausage, sage and onion stuffing puts in an appearance, stuffed into baked mushrooms and topped with Parmesan.

 

Get the recipe for sausage-stuffed portobello mushrooms

Brussels sprouts with pancetta and walnuts

Brussels sprouts with pancetta and walnuts

Jazz up festive sprouts with crunchy, sticky maple-glazed walnuts and nuggets of smoked pancetta.

 

Get the recipe for Brussels sprouts with pancetta and walnuts

Golden ale gravy

Golden ale gravy

The finishing touch! Golden ale adds a mellow note to gravy made from the rich turkey roasting juices; use cider instead of ale if you prefer.

 

Get the recipe for golden ale gravy

*Prices correct at time of publishing

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