Make-ahead Christmas sides
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Vegetarian Christmas dinner recipes
Baked sherry onions with nutty sourdough stuffing
These elegant, flavourful stuffed onions are a perfect vegetarian option to serve at dinner parties or as a veggie Christmas main course.
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Olive oil roast potatoes
We've used olive oil in this roast potato recipe so they're suitable for everyone – perfect if you're catering for vegans or vegetarians at Christmas.
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Brussels sprouts recipes
Sprouts and roasted carrots with butter and macadamia nuts
Fry off your brussels sprouts with carrots and macadamia nuts and watch everyone at the table wolf them down. A Christmas dinner winner.
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Make-ahead Christmas sides
Black pudding in blankets
Replace your chipolatas with black pudding or Spanish morcilla in this year's pigs in blankets for a stand-out Christmas side dish.
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Sausage and bacon stuffing balls
Create crispy Christmas stuffing balls with this easy throw-it-all-in recipe. The sausage and bacon recipe is packed with fruit for a festive touch.
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Make-ahead Christmas sides
Make-ahead bread sauce
Give your Christmas meal a lift with this luxury homemade bread sauce. Bay leaves, garlic and onion bring the flavour.
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Apples stuffed with chestnut and sage
Our make-ahead stuffed apples recipe makes great addition to the Christmas day spread or an exciting side-dish for a Sunday roast.
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Roast potatoes with herb salt
Herb salt. Sounds a bit cheffy doesn't it? It's ever so simple to make, and adds a touch of luxury to this roast potato recipe.
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Get-ahead gravy
Prepping a big roast, Christmas dinner or Easter lunch is a breeze with our make-ahead gravy recipe. Serve with chicken or turkey.
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Boozy sauces, butters and creams
Mulled cranberry sauce
This mulled cranberry sauce recipe has a real kick to it - serve alongside bread sauce and turkey gravy for the ultimate in Christmas side dishes.
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Kale recipes
Fried cavolo nero
This simple fried cavolo nero recipe provides the perfect healthy side dish to any hearty main. It's especially lovely with a roast, stew or casserole.
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Make-ahead Christmas sides
Pigs in blankets for Christmas
Take pigs in blankets to the next level with these rosemary and honey wonders. Prepaer and freeze them ahead to reduce prep on Christmas Day.
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Classic sauce recipes
Freezable cranberry sauce
Homemade cranberry sauce is a winning accompaniment to roast turkey. To save time on Christmas Day, this sauce can be made ahead and frozen.
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Coleslaw recipes
Bang bang turkey coleslaw
Marcus Wareing's family turkey coleslaw recipe – made up of Christmas leftovers – is perfect for Boxing Day entertaining.
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Christmas roast parsnips and carrots
Make Christmas dinner (or any Sunday roast) a little easier with our all-in-one roast parsnip and carrot recipe with a touch of honey for a little sweetness
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Gratin recipes
Potato, celeriac and apple gratin
As well as being the perfect side dish with a roast, this celeriac and potato gratin recipe is a satisfying vegetarian main course.
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