
Last-minute Christmas cake
That feeling when you realise you haven’t made a Christmas cake and then discover our fabulous last-minute recipe.

Prawn cocktail with zucchini and mint salad
Since Christmas is all about indulgent fresh seafood, enjoy these delicious prawn cocktails with zucchini and mint salad. Perfect for the warm weather!

Last-minute trifles
It is fine to use just 1 x 300ml carton of cream for this recipe. Note

Julie Goodwin’s last-minute Christmas pudding with caramel brandy sauce
Run out of time to make a proper Christmas pudding? You can still have a tasty treat on your festive table with this last-minute recipe thanks to Julie Goodwin.

Night-before-Christmas fruit cake
Forgot to make your cake weeks ago? Don’t fret – this one can be prepared the night before.

The-night-before Christmas ice-cream cake
Cool down Christmas Day with this frozen treat.

Night before fruit cake
You need 1 large (230g) overripe banana to get the amount of mashed banana required for this recipe. Note

Herb-brined turkey breast in pancetta
Herb-brined overnight, stuffed with olive and wrapped in pancetta – this turkey breast is full of flavour and stays beautifully moist when cooked.

Christmas blondies
Enrich and sweeten the festive season with these scrumptious fruit, almond and white chocolate brownie-like squares. They don’t exclusively need to be dessert either.

Barbecued squid salad
Deliciously fresh barbecued squid salad, this dish is perfect for spring entertaining.

Frozen Christmas pudding
Cool down this Christmas.

Christmas wreath salad
Turn your sides into the centrepiece.

Christmas chocolate brownies
They’re the kind of dessert you are more than happy to eat all-year-round, but we’ve given the classic brownie recipe a fun makeover, just in time for the festive season. Serve for dessert after Christmas lunch, or wrap up and give as gifts.

Grilled prawns with avocado cream and slaw
Fresh, flavoursome, and so delicious – these juicy grilled prawns with zesty avocado cream and slaw will please the entire family!

Warm spiced prawns with avocado salsa
This light, fresh and flavoursome dish is perfect as a starter or finger food for dinner parties.

Prosciutto wrapped haloumi
Prosciutto and haloumi are a match made in nibble-platter heaven – or use this recipe to take this pumpkin, spinach and haloumi salad to the next level.

Spinach dip cob loaf
Out of all the cob loaf recipes out there, this one takes the cake… or should we say the cob!

Blinis with smoked salmon
These mini pancakes are smokin!

Turkey with apricot & hazelnut stuffing
Instead of taking on a whole turkey this year. Why not try this turkey breast stuffed with apricot and hazelnut stuffing?

Maggie Beer’s fruit mince semifreddo with strawberries
Boozy fruit mince gives this classic semi-frozen dessert a Christmas twist.