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items: Christmas without the hassle – 15 recipes you can freeze ahead before the big day
items: 15 easy December recipes to add to your weeknight dinner rotation
items: Celebrate like an Italian with these traditional Christmas dinner ideas
items: Pancetta, cheddar & cranberry croquettes
items: Chorizo & purple sprouting broccoli gnocchi traybake
items: The best healthy soup recipes to warm you up this winter
items: Polish Christmas dinner ideas
items: Meet your new kitchen sidekick
items: 8 benefits of MCT oil and how to use it
items: Whole trout with almond & herb stuffing

Christmas without the hassle – 15 recipes you can freeze ahead before the big day
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date: 2025-12-04T14:50:47.000Z
creator: Helen Salter
subject: News & Trends
subject: Recipes
description: Enjoy all the flavours of a traditional Christmas feast with none of the last-minute hassle with these freezable recipes. Simply defrost, reheat and serve.
encoded: Christmas should be a time to be merry and enjoy the company of loved ones, not to be chained to the kitchen in a last-minute panic. We've got you covered. By preparing and freezing a few festive staples in advance, you can take (most of) the stress out of Christmas Day. Our easy, freezable recipes shared below span starters, mains, sides and desserts, meaning you’ll have all the Christmas favourites ready to go — leaving you with more time for presents, games and that all-important glass of fizz. Hosting for the first time? Our tried-and-tested recipes will ensure all your Christmas feasting needs are covered, from Christmas snacks, starters, centrepieces and desserts. We also have a selection of freezable Christmas baking recipes, perfect for last-minute Christmas guests needing a sweet treat. 1. Unbelievably easy mince pies No Christmas is complete without a batch of mince pies. Simply fill melt-in-the-mouth shortcrust pastry with our zesty homemade mincemeat and pop in the freezer up to a month ahead, then bake straight from frozen for a freshly baked treat whenever guests arrive. See our ultimate collection of freezable mince pie recipes for more ways to bake this festive favourite. 2. Golden roast potatoes Did you know you can par-boil and freeze your roasties ahead of time? Instead of spending time peeling potatoes on Christmas morning, simply roast from frozen for crisp, fluffy potatoes without the faff. We have plenty more crispy and fluffy Christmas roast potato recipes to try. 3. Super-simple cranberry sauce Cranberry sauce lovers, you're in luck: homemade sauce can be made well in advance and frozen in portions (plus, this recipe calls for just three ingredients). Simply defrost then serve with your turkey for a sharp, fruity contrast. Find more varieties for this festive trimming in our collection of cranberry sauce recipes. 4. Best ever Yorkshire puddings These Yorkshire puddings taste light and fluffy even after freezing. And using only four ingredien…

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15 easy December recipes to add to your weeknight dinner rotation
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date: 2025-12-03T14:08:58.000Z
creator: Helen Salter
subject: News & Trends
subject: Recipes
description: Embrace December’s seasonal bounty and keep weeknight dinners easy and exciting with these comforting, seasonal recipes.
encoded: It’s all too easy to fall into a dinner rut, especially as the nights draw in and the temperatures fall. However, with longer evenings and more time spent indoors, December is a great time to shake things up in the kitchen while making the most of the season’s bounty. With ingredients like leeks, sweet potato and kale at their best, there’s plenty of inspiration to be found. These easy weeknight recipes below are designed to help you try something new, comforting and delicious — each one simple enough for busy evenings, but special enough to become a firm favourite in your winter dinner rotation. Check out what's in season in December for more recipe inspiration, as well as our round-up of the best December recipes, winter dinners and British comfort food recipes. 1. Chicken, kale & mushroom pot pie This satisfying one-pot pie featuring tender chicken, earthy mushrooms and nutritious kale is easier to make than you think. Using ready-made puff pastry to cut corners, it's ideal for a comforting family supper, and any leftovers can be frozen for another day. We have plenty more chicken pie recipes for you to try, including this curried chicken pie. 2. Turkey pasta bake Use up any leftover turkey (or chicken) to create this super-comforting pasta bake. You can even turn it up a notch by topping with pigs in blankets (if there's any spare). Discover our freezable pasta bakes to help you get ahead with family dinners. 3. Smoky sausage & squash traybake Make the most of seasonal butternut squash in this oven-baked traybake with sausages, red onions and warming spices. An all-in-one meal that’s both simple and satisfying, it will be a hit with everyone at the table. Try more of our easy traybake recipes, such as this vibrant za’atar & lemon chicken traybake. 4. Thai curry noodle soup This speedy and spicy prawn noodle soup is great for using up whatever vegetables you have on hand. It's a warming bowl that's packed with flavour and is ready on the table in just 20 minutes …

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Celebrate like an Italian with these traditional Christmas dinner ideas
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date: 2025-12-02T12:22:50.000Z
creator: Giovanna Solimando
subject: Guide
subject: How to
subject: News & Trends
subject: Recipes
description: Want to try something different this Christmas? Discover some of the main Italian dinner traditions and dishes for Christmas Eve (La Vigilia) and the rest of the festive period.
encoded: This holiday season, bring new flavours to your table with an Italian Christmas feast. From rich fish and seafood dishes to comforting stuffed pastas, roasts and panettone, these Italian Christmas dinner ideas offer a delicious alternative, or a perfect complement, to your traditional British spread. In Italy, the Christmas holidays start on the 24 December, Christmas Eve. That’s when the celebrations and food gatherings officially begin, with Natale (Christmas Day) as the main event, and Santo Stefano (26 December, Boxing Day) as the closing act. Across Italy every region has its own traditional festive foods and even within a single region recipes often change from town to town. Still, some dishes are similar and many traditions are shared. Here’s a look at Italy’s festive tables, from Christmas Eve’s meatless meals to the long, abundant lunches on Christmas Day and the relaxed, leftover feasts on Santo Stefano. These are some of the traditions kept alive in Italy and by Italian families across the US who continue to celebrate customs brought over by earlier generations of immigrants. Christmas is celebrated in many ways around the world. We’ve got plenty of menu inspiration from classic British Christmas dinners to plenty of alternative dishes. You might want to lay on a buffet from all around the world, incorporating some Polish Christmas dishes as well as being inspired by these Italian Christmas dinner ideas, as well as our collection of Italian-inspired recipes. Christmas Eve – La Vigilia and The Feast of the Seven Fishes (24 December) On Christmas Eve, Catholics celebrate the birth of Jesus by staying up until midnight and attending Mass. Many families mark the occasion with festive gatherings, whether or not they’re religious. Traditionally, Italians abstain from meat on this day, opting instead for fish, vegetables and legumes. Popular dishes include spaghetti alle vongole (spaghetti with clams), assorted fried fish, seafood salads, vegetable stews or comf…

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Pancetta, cheddar & cranberry croquettes
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creator: Helena Busiakiewicz
subject: Recipes
subject: Chorizo
subject: Cranberry
subject: croquettes
subject: Pancetta
description: Take a little effort to make these delicious croquettes – they store well in the freezer and make a quick starter that takes just minutes to cook
encoded: This recipe was updated after retesting on 20/11/25.

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Chorizo & purple sprouting broccoli gnocchi traybake
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creator: Helena Busiakiewicz
subject: Premium
subject: Recipes
subject: Chorizo
subject: Gnocchi
subject: Mascarpone
subject: Purple sprouting broccoli
subject: Traybake
description: For a fast fix of comfort food, this gnocchi traybake is ideal – buy pre-chopped chorizo and garlic and you won’t even have to chop anything

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The best healthy soup recipes to warm you up this winter
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subject: Collection
subject: Health
subject: Recipes
subject: goodhealth
description: Make one of our vibrant, healthy soups for a wholesome lunch or light supper. These warming bowls are low in calories yet packed full of veggies and flavour

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Polish Christmas dinner ideas
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creator: Ren Behan
subject: Guide
subject: How to
subject: Recipes
description: Change up your Christmas table with a Polish Christmas dinner, including crimson beetroot soup and pillowy pierogi with potatoes and cheese
encoded: If you are looking to branch out from a traditional British Christmas dinner this year, then why not join the one million Poles and people of Polish descent in the UK and make a Polish Christmas dinner, featuring recipes and traditions for a showstopping feast from Poland. Poles tend to celebrate Christmas over three days, but the highlight is the Polish Christmas Eve feast, called Wigilia, or the vigil meal, filled with symbolism and centuries-old customs. Although the dishes served will vary regionally and from family to family, here are some of the most popular festive Polish traditions and menu ideas. Polish Christmas food is a celebration of family, togetherness and joy, and you’ll find dishes such as crimson beetroot soup (barszcz) or borscht, vegan-friendly sauerkraut, mushroom puff pastry rolls and pierogi dumplings filled with potato and cheese. Christmas is celebrated in so many ways around the world, and Christmas tables all over the UK are filled with plenty of alternative dishes. You might want to lay on a buffet from all around the world, incorporating some Italian Christmas dishes, as well as Polish dishes and some British classics. Don’t forget to help younger ones make some traditional Christmas biscuits to hang on the tree. Polish Christmas feasting Polish Christmas feasting begins on Christmas Eve with a meal called Wigilia. During the day you should usually fast, and traditionally, no meat or alcohol is consumed. The evening begins when you see the first star in the sky, as a nod to the star of Bethlehem and to the wise men who found their way to the stable. A small bundle of hay is placed under the tablecloth to represent the manger, and a spare place is left at the table for the unexpected guest. Everyone around the table shares opłatek, which is a thin wafer, along with good wishes for the whole year ahead. This is followed by sharing 12 dishes, representing the 12 apostles. Christmas Eve vigil meal – Wigilia A traditional Polish Christmas Eve…

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Meet your new kitchen sidekick
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date: 2025-11-24T00:01:11.000Z
subject: Advertisement features
subject: Recipes
description: Whipping up tasty meals just got easier – and smarter – with the Monsieur Cuisine Smart, available soon from Lidl via Click, Reserve & Collect
encoded: Are your kitchen worktops overflowing with gadgets? From air fryers to slow cookers and that mixer you haven’t touched in months, it doesn’t take much for your counters to become cluttered with single-job appliances – and your washing-up pile to grow. That’s why Lidl has partnered with Monsieur Cuisine, so you can save time, space and hassle with the Monsieur Cuisine Smart. This handy kitchen companion does the work of 15 appliances in one, helping make food prep and cooking easier, faster and more enjoyable. Read on to find out how it works, and how you can be one of the first to not only get your hands on it, but also save £100 through Lidl’s Click, Reserve and Collect service between 27th November and 1st December… Reserve now Why Lidl customers love Monsieur Cuisine For more than 30 years, Lidl has been committed to making high-quality products affordable for everyone – and the Monsieur Cuisine Smart is no exception. Developed by Monsieur Cuisine, which has been helping home cooks with its innovative multicookers for over a decade, this latest model is the most advanced yet. With a large touchscreen, built-in voice control, Wi-Fi connection and a library of pre-installed recipes for you to browse and follow, this is a must-have addition to your kitchen – whether you’re a keen cook or just want to make daily meals simpler. What is a multicooker? Multicookers are designed to perform multiple functions, such as steaming, cooking and mixing, reducing the need for juggling single-purpose appliances. With the Monsieur Cuisine Smart, you’ll not only save counter space, but time, too, as it can handle several jobs at once. One appliance, endless possibilities The Monsieur Cuisine Smart does the work of up to 15 kitchen appliances, effortlessly weighing, chopping, mixing, kneading, cooking, whisking, sautéing, stirring and more. So, no matter whether you’re whipping up a quick midweek dinner, batch-cooking for the freezer or experimenting with new recipes, everything you…

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8 benefits of MCT oil and how to use it
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date: 2025-11-21T17:49:52.000Z
creator: Kerry Torrens – Nutritionist
subject: Guide
subject: Health
subject: Recipes
subject: Supplements
subject: How to
subject: do supplements work
subject: food supplements
subject: goodhealth
subject: herbal supplements
description: Find out about medium-chain triglyceride fats and how they fit into the keto diet
encoded: What is MCT oil? Medium-chain triglyceride (MCT) oil is a supplement sourced from coconut or palm kernel oil, and is found naturally in some other foods, like dairy products. Fats are classified dependent on the number of carbon atoms they contain: Short contain less than six carbon atoms Medium contain between six and 12 carbon atoms Long contain more than 12 carbon atoms As its name suggests, MCT oil is made up of medium-chain triglycerides (fats); these are easier and potentially quicker to digest than the long-chain variety, which is why the oil may be effective at supporting energy levels. There are four main types of MCTs, but MCT oil will predominantly contain caprylic (C8) and capric acid (C10), with smaller amounts of caproic (C6) and lauric acid (C12). The rise in MCT oil’s fame is partly down to its ability to convert into chemical substances called ketones; this makes MCT oil a useful addition to a ketogenic diet. How is MCT oil made? MCT supplements may be naturally derived, whereby the fat is separated or fractionated from the original food source. Sometimes the MCTs may be blended with long-chain triglycerides. It’s also possible to buy MCT oil that is 100% synthetically made. The benefits of MCT oil include: May lower calorie intake May boost energy May promote fat burning May optimise body composition May support a ketogenic diet May be anti-microbial May support gut health May help blood sugar management Discover our full range of health benefit guides, including the benefits of coconut oil, and learn all about bulletproof coffee. 8 potential health benefits of MCT oil 1. May lower calorie intake One of the benefits of MCT oil is its ability to promote fullness and curb cravings. This helps reduce appetite and makes it easier to stay in a calorie deficit, potentially improving weight loss. That said, some research suggests a contradictory effect, reporting MCT oil may actually stimulate hormones associated with hunger, such as grehlin and neuropept…

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Whole trout with almond & herb stuffing
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creator: Angela Hartnett
subject: Premium
subject: Recipes
description: We cooked this dish after [my husband] Neil had been out fishing and had caught a fresh-water trout. It's the stuffing that makes this such a delicious dish; just soften onions and garlic in butter and mix it with the breadcrumbs, fresh herbs, almonds and slices of lemon. Trout is quite forgiving so you can use any mix of herbs you fancy. The stuffing would work just as well with a whole salmon or with small sea breams or seabass. I really like cooking fish en papillote, and you could certainly use the sealed paper technique here - just cut a big sheet of baking paper to line the oven tray. Once the fish is in and drizzled with the oil, gently bring the sides together, being careful not to wrap the fish too tightly, then crimp to seal and cook as per the instructions below.

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