SPROUT SIDES & GLORIOUS FIRST COURSE SOUPS

Christmas Dinner can be frantic and the temptation to cut out a course or 2 is strong...

Our favourite meal of the year - Christmas Dinner - will be here before you know it

67 confesses to occasionally considering not having sprouts or a first course soup just to save on time and effort.

With sprouts, it's because it's not easy to find a new low-fat recipe every year that tastes good, pleases the tastebuds and intrigues the entire family.  And yet, year after year, 67  manages to find something.  This year's treat Fruity Air-fried Sprouts with Tangy Mustard Dressing is no exception: it's  imaginative, tasty and satisfying.  Find it here.

67goingon50's first course soups for Christmas dinner are strongly recommended.  Usually part or wholly make-ahead, they can be a jewel in the crown and reward  effort with sensational first class flavours and textures.

Here  are some of the Blogger's classic, favourite recipes:

FIRST COURSE SOUPS 

These superb 67 soups are a grand first act, taking the edge off the appetite but preparing the palate for the feast to come.   

Silky Mushroom & Sherry Potage, sophisticated, no cream or potato; Vegetarian and kids' options 

 CELERIAC & APPLE POTAGE: (No.1 fav of all time) Silky, delicate, heavenly, dairy-free 

Veloute of Smoked Haddock: a special occasional indulgence; creamy with little dairy, rich thick & saatisfying

SPROUTS

Air Fried Sprouts with tangy mustard sauce

Oven-roasted Sprouts, Parsnips & Baby Corn: VEGAN one tray wonder; perfect consistency

Christmas Slaw: Sprout, Pear, Walnut & Cranberries, kids  love this 

Sensational Simple Sprouts: the cook's best friend in the frantic minutes before the food hits the table; easiest sprout recipe ever; popular with all ages

Stir-fried Sprouts & Corn: kid-ult pleaser; quick, easy & healthy

 

SOME FRUGAL OPTIONS FOR THE BUDGET CONSCIOUS OR LUNCHES DURING CHRISTMAS WEEK

 

 

White Bean Soup, VEGAN, Dairy Free with Veggie Bacon Bits; lovely!

 

Spinach & Bean Soup: VEGAN, strikingly delicious,  quick & substantial

Egg-Flower Pea Soup, kids adore this vegetarian soup with vegan option; low-fat/cholesterol/salt 

More Christmas recipes on the How to...Page (Nav Bar above): Christmas Year by Year/Special Occasion, about 2/3 of the way down the page

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These recipes were developed by B M Lee/ Bright Sun Enterprises and  may not be reproduced without the author's written permission.