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Christmas dinner cheats
Do you make everything from scratch for your Christmas dinner? I always buy my stuffing, we all love M&S chestnut stuffing in this house. And I always buy cranberry sauce although I know it is easy to make. I buy Christmas pudding too, we are always so full that we only have a small portion so it's not worth all the faff of making it myself.
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I'm making it all from scratch but I have to get up at a ridiculous time in the morning to do it! The stuffing is my own spicy bacon and potato recipe so I can't buy that and no one coming likes cranberry sauce. Pudding is Bannana cream pie and chocolate fondant with raspberry coulis amd my home made is better than most of the stuff I can buy in the shops.
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If you have a microwave save a hob by getting steam microwave veg bags.
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Christmas dinner cheats
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Microwave dinner for one |
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I make the starters and cook all the dinner from scratch. I also buy M & S luxury stuffing and I don't make my own cake or pudding because only two of the family eat it. Cranberry sauce from a jar - haven't the time to make that and I bet hardly anyone does.
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Hmm "cook all the dinner from scratch. I also buy M & S luxury stuffing"
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I buy the stuffing and cranberry sauce too.
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If you have a microwave save a hob by getting steam microwave veg bags.
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I make the stuffing by squeezing out a few raw sausages and mixing it with paxo sage and onion stuffing which has only had a LITTLE bit of hot water added to it beforehand as the fat in the sausagemeat helps moisten it as it cooks
![]() also gravy comes in granules. |
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Yes - called Waitrose and M&S. if you are going to cheat, do it with quality food and ingredients.
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I make the stuffing by squeezing out a few raw sausages and mixing it with paxo sage and onion stuffing which has only had a LITTLE bit of hot water added to it beforehand as the fat in the sausagemeat helps moisten it as it cooks
![]() also gravy comes in granules. ![]()
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But there's no comparision to real gravy. It's one thing I love making. I add lots of wine and a splash of port and have lots of tastings while it reduces.
![]() ![]() ![]() Real gravy is for when I'm feeling fancy. |
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gravy granules is what I had when I was ickle sprog at xmas cos mum had so many people to feed. She couldn't make gravy for the thousands out of one turkey dribble, she wasn't the chosen one
![]() Real gravy is for when I'm feeling fancy. But honestly, if you've cooked a large turkey it's one of the few days of the year that it's worth the effort. In fact, this year I'm going to make mine a couple of days early with chicken wings and add the turkey juices (and maybe a bit more wine ) on the day.
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But there's no comparision to real gravy. It's one thing I love making. I add lots of wine and a splash of port and have lots of tastings while it reduces.
![]() ![]() Nowt wrong with gravy granules, but I do prefer making my own gravy (although I cheat by using browning to get the 'right' colour, esp with chicken gravy) |
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Port makes lush gravy
Nowt wrong with gravy granules, but I do prefer making my own gravy (although I cheat by using browning to get the 'right' colour, esp with chicken gravy) |
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If you have a microwave save a hob by getting steam microwave veg bags.
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gravy granules is what I had when I was ickle sprog at xmas cos mum had so many people to feed. She couldn't make gravy for the thousands out of one turkey dribble, she wasn't the chosen one
![]() Real gravy is for when I'm feeling fancy. |
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gravy can make or break a nice meal.
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I always use Aunt Bessies roast potatoes. As for the stuffing - since I was a child we had paxo mixed with sausage then oven baked. Its the best ever! I have made my own stuffing in the past and everyone says its nicer than paxo but not in my opinion mmm
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My brother cooks the ham in Cherry Coke.
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My brother cooks the ham in Cherry Coke.
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Yuk! it has to be fresh veg for me sorry.
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Yuk! it has to be fresh veg for me sorry.
They have made me eat a lot more veg now and so easy to do. |
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Yuk! it has to be fresh veg for me sorry.
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They are fresh.
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