Succulent roast lamb, tangy mint sauce, fluffy homemade focaccia, crispy rosemary potatoes, roasted courgettes with feta and lemon, a tuscan inspired tomato salad AND a pavlova with passionfruit, strawberries and cream all for UNDER $100!!!
Christmas is often a very expensive time of year and with the cost of food higher than ever, the magical Christmas meal we idolise is becoming a financial stress for many families! I’m here to show you that you can create an absolutely INCREDIBLE FEAST on a budget this year! I am SICK of seeing “budget friendly” recipes that rely on a cupboard full of staples or require you to bulk buy items that blow the budget out the window. I wanted you to be able to make this epic Christmas meal with $100 in your hand and empty cupboards at home!
Feel free to ask any questions in the comments below and I will do my best to answer them as quickly as I can! 😊
A huge thank you to Woolworths for covering the costs of the food for this video!
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This is the full shopping list I purchased. If you already have some of these items at home even better! Most things I chose Woolworths home brand as they were the cheapest but keep an eye out for things that are on offer when doing your Christmas shop and don't feel like you have to stick to the list exactly! You can absolutely mix things up to suit your budget and family best!
SHOPPING LIST
300ml cream
200g Foodsnob Bulgarian feta
2 lemons
250g strawberries
1 small mint plant
1kg agria potatoes
1 red onion
500g odd bunch courgettes
250g strawberry tomatoes
1 bulb garlic
2kg lamb shoulder bone in
1.5kg Woolworths plain flour
Cerebos table salt
Edmonds dry yeast sachets
500g Woolworths icing sugar
Woolworths dried rosemary shaker
6pack free range eggs
170g can passionfruit pulp
Jar of capers
250ml Red Island Olive oil
TOTAL COST: $99.27
FOCACCIA
400g warm water
1 tsp sugar
1 sachet instant dry yeast (or 8g)
1 tsp salt
500g plain flour
good glue of olive oil plus extra for baking
PAVLOVA
6 free range egg whites
300g icing sugar
300ml cream
250g strawberries
1 small tin passionfruit pulp
a few mint leaves
ROAST LAMB
~2kg lamb shoulder
drizzle of oil
1 tsp salt
zest of 1 lemon
1 tsp dried rosemary
1 large clove garlic
ROAST COURGETTES WITH LEMON AND FETA
500g courgettes
1 red onion
1 lemon
150-200g feta
ROSEMARY POTATOES
1kg agria potatoes
1 tsp dried rosemary
2 tsp salt
generous drizzle of olive oil
TUSCAN TOMATO SALAD
~50g capers
About 1/4 of the focaccia
6-8 cloves of garlic
olive oil
250g tomatoes
juice of half a lemon
1tsp salt
MINT SAUCE
handful of mint leaves
1 tsp icing sugar
1 tbsp hot water
juice of half a lemon
MENUS
If you’d like to print out my little menus for your Christmas table too you can download the template here, I just printed them as regular size photos (4 x 6 inches)
drive.google.com/file/d/1ZfM_UVNwIGE9scqVkn7sj8M1URCmlBI7/view?usp=sharing
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