Easy Christmas food
- Liquidize cooked peas with crème fraiche + parmesan 4 easy dip. Add chilli sauce for extra zing. Serve with celery, carrots, red peppers, bread strips
- For best flavour, instead of leg of ham, use loin and roast instead of boiling. Brush with honey + mustard. Oven gas 4. Time depends on weight
- Sandwich chocolate cookies (bought are ok) with dessp each butter + icing sugar, 1 teasp cocoa powder, drop vanilla extract + 1 teasp milk mixed til cream
- Mash leftover roast potatoes with chopped onion, parsley, chilli powder. Shape into patties, coat flour and shallow fry. Serve with grated carrot + yoghurt
- Toss whole almonds in hot frying pan with sea salt + chilli powder for serving with drinks.
- Slice brussels sprouts thinly. Mix with balsamic + olive oil. Serve with fried almond slivers for easy seasonal salad
- Add tabsp curry paste to softened onions, carrot, celery. Add stock + coconut milk + chopped turkey. Simmer 10 mins. Serve with pitta bread or rice
- Cook onion, garlic, carrots, celery in butter until soft. Add chopped beetroot, little horseradish, stock to cover. Simmer until soft. Puree to serve
- Serve spiced beef with mashed sweet potatoes + chopped parsley. Accompany with shredded cabbage cooked in skim chicken stock + butter
- Mix canned corn with creamed coconut, teaspoon tahini + dash tamari or soy to serve with turkey
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