
Easy Budget Christmas Dinner (Just £3.73 per head!) + Time Plan
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A complete Christmas dinner with roast turkey, roasted vegetables, stuffing, pigs in blankets, and gravy. Tender, savory, and festive, designed to feed a family affordably. Served at Christmas dinner.
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Nutrition & ingredients
Ingredients
serves 4- 2 large onions (peeled and each one cut into 8 wedges)
- 2 large carrots (chopped into large chunks (no need to peel))
- 1 stick of celery (chopped into large chunks)
- 1 garlic bulb (halved)
- 3 dried bay leaves
- 300 ml chicken stock (from a cube is fine)
- 1 kg turkey leg ((turkey drumstick))
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 tablespoon cornflour ((US – cornstarch))
- 2 tablespoons cold water
- 1 large red or white onion (finely diced)
- 200 g white breadcrumbs ((see Note 4))
- 2 teaspoons dried sage
- 2 teaspoons dried mixed herbs
- Salt and pepper
- 1 medium egg (beaten)
- More olive oil
- More salt and pepper
- 750 g baking potatoes (peeled and cut into 30g/1oz (ish) pieces)
- 4 medium parsnips
- 2 large carrots (peeled and cut into batons)
- 200 g sprouts (outer leaves peeled off and each sprout cut in half vertically)
- 12 pigs in blankets
- 1 jar cranberry sauce
- 400 g Christmas pudding
- 150 ml double cream
At a glance
PER SERVING · TIME 250M
BARS = SHARE OF RECIPE CALORIES · RINGS = FDA DV
Complete estimate · 100% of estimated mass resolved
All countable ingredients resolved. Figures are per serving.
- Prep
- 10m
- Cook
- 4h
- Sodium
- 2117mg
- Total sugar
- 65g
Added sugar is not shown when one or more ingredients lack reliable added-sugar evidence.
Nutrition estimated from ingredients, per serving.
Vitamins & minerals
- Potassium
- 2380mg
- Calcium
- 392mg
- Iron
- 11mg
Estimated from ingredients; USDA coverage varies by food.
- PREP
- 10M
- SODIUM
- 2117MG
- ESTIMATE
- COMPLETE
Nutrition estimated from ingredients, per serving. 100% of estimated mass resolved.
