Low-fat Christmas recipes
All the flavour without the fat. Sounds too good to be true, but it's not. (Relatively) healthy Christmas recipes.
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Roast pork with couscous & ginger yogurt
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- Ready in 50 mins
Give your system a boost of iron with this low-fat yet satisfying roast pork recipe
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Cranberry chicken salad
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- Ready in 25 mins
Use up leftover cranberry sauce in this healthy salad. Add a can of cannellini beans if you want to bulk it up
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Creamy smoked salmon, leek & potato soup
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- Ready in 40 mins
Creamy and low-fat aren't words you often hear together, but that's exactly what you get with this freeze-ahead starter
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Roasted root vegetables
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- Ready in 1 hr 15 mins
Root veg is a must with Sunday lunch and Christmas dinner, and this easy recipe is low-fat, superhealthy and high in fibre to boot
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Red cabbage with Bramley apple & walnuts
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- Ready in 30 mins
A sweet, crunchy cabbage dish with a superhealthy boost of vitamin C
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Mashed parsnip & sprout colcannon
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- Ready in 35 mins
This is a delicious accompaniment to Christmas dinner, but is also a great way to use up those leftover cooked sprouts
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Clementine & prosecco jellies
- Ready in 4 hrs 25 mins
James Martin's glamorous and refreshingly light dessert will be right at home at a festive dinner party
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Squashed baby potatoes with rosemary
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- Ready in 1 hr 15 mins
Lighter than your average roastie, these roasted new potatoes make a healthy addition to your Christmas plate
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Pan-fried venison with blackberry sauce
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Blackberries are delicious in savoury sauces, and this version is the perfect match for the richly flavoured venison
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Braised red cabbage with cider & apples
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A great accompaniment to cooked meats, cold or hot.
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Caramelised carrots & onions
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The perfect caramelised carrots to accompany any roast - try them alongside your Christmas turkey
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Sticky spiced red cabbage
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This colourful dish will complement any festive main course. Toss any leftovers with a drizzle of olive oil and serve with cold cuts, pâté or cheese
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Pumpkin & parsnip cassoulet
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- Ready in 1 hr 45 mins
This warming dish is perfect for a weekend get-together
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Sweet potato stackers
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For an added kick to these canapes, try swapping the lemon juice for a teaspoon of mustard in the mayo
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Winter cannellini bean soup
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- Ready in 1 hr
A freeze-ahead soup that's perfect for a festive meal - no more last minute panics
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Perky turkey soup
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- Ready in 35 mins
A warming winter treat, this spicy turkey soup is a great use of Christmas leftovers - happy Boxing Day!
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Squash & nigella seed soup
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Nigella seeds are a flavourful addition to this winter soup; they taste like oregano and have the slight bitterness of mustard seeds
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Mushroom & tarragon pâté
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- Ready in 35 mins
This low-fat, easy pâté is a perfect vegetarian starter
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Poached pears in spiced tea
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- Ready in 25 mins
This low-fat, easy and fresh-tasting pudding is perfect for feeding a crowd on a budget
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Really simple cranberry sauce
- Ready in 15 mins
Making your own sauce is really easy, and you can do it a few days ahead. Plus, this one uses only three ingredients
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Braised sea bass with spinach
- Ready in 50 mins
This simple but festive recipe will see you cooking sea bass in no time at all
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Low-fat roasties
- Ready in 1 hr 10 mins
Enjoy these guilt-free roast potatoes - they contain around 6g fat compared to the usual 14g!
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Herby slashed roasties
- Ready in 1 hr 40 mins
A much-less-fiddly version of classic Hasselback potatoes which are healthy yet totally tasty too
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Maple mustard roots
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- Ready in 50 mins
The sweetness of this side dish makes it the ideal accompaniment to roast turkey
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St Clements carrots
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Use some of the heap of clementines lying around over the Christmas period to make these sticky, citrussy roasted carrots
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Oranges in saffron
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This simple dessert has a fab deep orange colour. Eat by itself or pass round some posh biscuits as well
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Sticky apple cups
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- Ready in 20 mins
These simple dessert cups are made in the microwave and are brilliant to use up leftover dates and prunes
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Peas with roasted shallots
- Ready in 30 mins
This flavoursome side dish of peas with caramelised onions from James Martin is healthy and versatile
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Root vegetable & mustard mash
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- Ready in 35 mins
Make the most of cheap and tasty seasonal root vegetables in this low fat and super healthy side
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Marmalade carrots
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Sticky, buttery and sweet - this versatile side dish is simple yet glorious
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Crispy hedgehog spuds with sage
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Give your roasties a crispy finish and prepare ahead of time for the ultimate of ease
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