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In the final part of our recipes for Christmas dinner, we will learn how to prepare a tasty side dish; potato salad. Potato salads are not only delicious, they are easy to make and store. Kids will love this so if you have children you should be preparing for a bigger serving.

Step One – Boil the Potatoes  Read more...

With a fruitcake and roasted turkey from our previous recipes for Christmas dinner, your dinner table is surely looking good. How about adding some cookies to the mix? Gingerbread cookies taste great and share the same theme of healthiness with fruitcakes so let’s see how we can make these little snacks for life after your roasted turkey.

Step One – Flour mixture

For this you will need about 1 teaspoon of ground nutmeg, cinnamon and cloves. Create a mixture of 5-6 cups multipurpose flour and 1 teaspoon of baking powder. Stir up well and throw in the nutmeg, cloves and cinnamon. Stir again until the mixture is homogenous.  Read more...

In part 1 of recipes for a Christmas dinner, we learnt how to roast a simple turkey. This time round, we are going to bake a fruitcake which is equally beginner friendly yet value-added to the table. A fruitcake is chosen here as it is the healthiest and most suitable cake for both your granny and kids. So without further ado let’s take a look on how this is done:

Step One – Mash and grind different fruits  Read more...

If you are looking at recipes for a Christmas dinner, start from turkeys. The staple for any Christmas dinner is a big nice turkey stuffed with your favourite fillings (or mine!). No matter where you hail from, turkeys should be available at least during the Christmas season so it’ll be a great idea for you to learn how to cook one for the coming holidays. In the first part of this series of recipes, we will learn how to roast a turkey for Christmas.

Step One – Thaw the turkey  Read more...