Christmas leftover recipes

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  • These quick and easy to make, tasty pastry starters are perfect to try for pre-dinner nibbles or as a light snack between meals

  • Don't buy ready-made bread sauce: it's quick and easy to make your own at home - and it tastes so much better. Perfect for your Christmas Day dinner!

  • If you've got lots of leftover turkey this Christmas, take TV chef Phil Vickery's advice and whip up this ten minute turkey with leeks and peas- a great Boxing day warmer.

  • Chestnuts and cranberries don't just go with turkey - they're great for a Christmas dessert! This lovely meringue concoction is loosely based on the Italian 'monte bianco'.

  • Cranberry and chicken bites
  • Bread Sauce
  • Phil Vickery's 10 min turkey
  • Mark Hix's Christmas mess

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Turkey curry

Put those Christmas leftovers to good use and use up leftover turkey or sprouts in brand new and delicious dinners. If you need some leftover recipe ideas for Boxing Day, here goes:

Leftover turkey:  Turkey and vegetable curry

Leftover ham: Ham and sprouts salad

Leftover cranberries: Christmas mess


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