A Cheap Christmas meal

karren

can i ask what the sun deal on a turkey is????

Tamster150

you collect tokens each day, one of the gifts/prizes is a turkey

Hermia

I tend to just buy a butter basted frozen turkey crown. If you buy it before the Christmas season kicks in you can get one pretty cheap compared to what they will be charging before Christmas. I don't think it's quite as nice as buying a non-frozen turkey, but once the gravy is on no one can really tell the difference. Then I just pile the plates with home made roasties and lots of veg. My mum got some really lovely pigs in blankets in a BOGOF deal from M&S last November which we froze for Christmas.

heretolearn_2

Turkey drumsticks are huge and extremely cheap right now, you could even have a laugh and buy one each and sit there looking like the Flintstones with giant drumsticks :-) Asda has them for 99p normally.

Soup is good and cheap for starter, then do the veg from scratch, buy a bag of potatoes instead of frozen roasties, bag of carrots, make yorkshire puds yourself. £1 shop has some nice cakes for pud. And christmas crackers. It only takes a bit of atmosphere (have Christmas carols on in the background) to make it a special meal, you don't have to spend lots.

Grapey

heretolearn wrote: »

Turkey drumsticks are huge and extremely cheap right now, you could even have a laugh and buy one each and sit there looking like the Flintstones with giant drumsticks :-) Asda has them for 99p normally.

Soup is good and cheap for starter, then do the veg from scratch, buy a bag of potatoes instead of frozen roasties, bag of carrots, make yorkshire puds yourself. £1 shop has some nice cakes for pud. And christmas crackers. It only takes a bit of atmosphere (have Christmas carols on in the background) to make it a special meal, you don't have to spend lots.

I couldn't recommend them though - I bought one once because my OH moans if we don't have a Sunday roast and I was really short of money that week and it was horrible and gelatinous and made me feel quite _pale_ . Turkey legs - not for everyone!

roosterbean

I wouldn't recommend turkey legs either - more sinew than meat!

TrixieB

I love the turkey legs but beware of the "quills" that run through them!

tiff

Lidl has frozen turkeys in the run up to Christmas that are really good value, cant remember the price but I tried to get away with it last year but my Mum insisted on a fresh turkey, so she paid for it herself.

donquine

man_of_faith wrote: »

Am trying to plan and organise the cheapest possible meal for 4 adults and 2 kids.
Dont know where to start.
Any suggestions greatfully recieved.

Does it have to be traditional (i.e. turkey with all the trimmings)?

I don't really like turkey so never see the need to pay over the odds for one, faff around trying to cook it and then carve it. A good Christmas meal to me is just something I actually like, plus Christmas crackers! (Which can be bought from the pound shop if on a budget.)

shebangs

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