Don’t cut back on the festive cheer, you can make your Christmas dinner surprisingly cheap with a few simple tips!
Many of us spend a fortune at Christmas and this grows every year. It’s not surprising when you are pressured into buying for the sake of buying and with a flock of hungry guests at your door, it’s easy to feel very overwhelmed. However, you don’t need to splash out the cash on Christmas dinner, with a bit of clever cooking you will be laughing!
USE YOUR LEFTOVERS
Many of you wouldn’t think twice of using the leftovers after Christmas dinner. Put the abundance of food you face the next morning into good use! Turkey sandwiches, leftover turkey casserole, Christmas slaw and yummy Christmas pudding trifle? This way you won’t need to buy an excessive amount of food for Boxing Day.
BUDGET COOKING
A lot of you will skip the starter of the Christmas dinner, I don’t blame you with the prices of shop bougth canapes and smoked salmon, racking up the shopping bill as we speak! However, you bring the starter back, why not try cheap and easy classics? Such as a prawn cocktail (frozen prawns, salad mix, sauce, done!), homemade soup (boil a bunch of frozen veg and blend, add cream & seasoning, done!) and smoked mackerel salad (smoked mackerel, salad mix & dressing, done!).
EDIBLE GIFTS
Homemade gifts are always special and are a fantastic way in keeping Christmas costs down. Get the kids making their own gifts with recipes like chocolate buttons and festive jammie dodgers. For the adults, why not indulge cheese and chocolate loving friends with the baked Camembert kit and the triple chocolate cupcake kit.
Why not browse our range of cheap Christmas hampers? From traditional food hampers to chocolate and sweet hampers, you can have a fantastic Christmas that doesn’t have to send you into the red.
