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Healthy Christmas recipes

51 Recipes

Our best ever healthy festive dishes make a wholesome addition to your Christmas Day spread, including roast centrepieces, starters and sides.

  • Whole roasted cauliflower with red wine, shallots & wheatberries

    Whole roasted cauliflower with red wine, shallots & wheatberries

    For vegetarians, cauliflower is veg patch royalty. This dish captures all that is right about the marriage of grains and vegetables 

    Easy
  • Turkey minestrone

    Turkey minestrone

    Contains pork – recipe is for non-Muslims only

    A warm and comforting turkey soup recipe to put your Christmas leftovers to good use. Easy to prepare and low fat, this soup is a perfect post-Christmas pick me up

    Easy
  • Roast chicken & roots

    Roast chicken & roots

    This one-tray, vibrant and veg-heavy roast chicken dish provides four of your five-a-day

    Easy
  • Potato rösti cakes with sage leaves

    Potato rösti cakes with sage leaves

    These pan-fried, golden potato patties with onion and sage make a delicious side dish for two

    Easy
  • Corn cups with prawns, mango & chillies

    Corn cups with prawns, mango & chillies

    Buy ready-shaped corn tortillas to save time with these easy, healthy seafood canapés – perfect for a party or buffet spread

    Easy
  • Butternut soup with crispy sage & apple croutons

    Butternut soup with crispy sage & apple croutons

    The apple and sage contrast beautifully with naturally sweet butternut squash in this low-fat, gluten-free festive dinner party starter

    Easy
  • Crispy cubed roasties with garlic & thyme

    Crispy cubed roasties with garlic & thyme

    Cut your potatoes smaller so that there’s no need to par-boil to achieve perfectly crispy garlic and thyme flavoured spuds, with fluffy centres

    Easy
  • Glazed sprouts with caramelised red onions

    Glazed sprouts with caramelised red onions

    Fry red onions in butter until golden and fragrant, then cover with a sweet and tangy sherry vinegar dressing for a delicious Christmas side

    Easy
  • Lemon & garlic roast chicken with charred broccoli & sweet potato mash

    Lemon & garlic roast chicken with charred broccoli & sweet potato mash

    A healthy, all-in-one roast lunch, that supplies two portions of veg and a vitamin C boost

    Easy
  • Mini hasselbacks with dill

    Mini hasselbacks with dill

    Slash baby potatoes then bake with dill breadcrumbs for the perfect, crunchy accompaniment to a roast or stew

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