Pre-Christmas meal planner: Light, healthy recipes

Pre-Christmas meal planner: Light, healthy recipes

Alert! Only one week to go until Christmas. Better make space in your stomach for feasting, so go easy with plenty of salads and lighter meals.

Hot, hot, hot! Corn fritters with jalapeno butter.

Tomatoes, pickles, za'atar and yoghurt-tahini dressing.

EASY

Tomatoes, pickled cucumber, za'atar and yoghurt tahini dressing

< 30 mins

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Asparagus, pea and buttermilk quiche.

EASY

Asparagus, pea and buttermilk quiche

30 mins - 1 hour

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Grilled lamb salad with fresh mint, feta and peas.

MEDIUM

Grilled lamb salad with fresh mint, feta and peas

< 30 mins

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Tony Tan's Persian pilaff rice.

MEDIUM

Addas polow (Persian rice pilaf and lentils)

< 30 mins

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Summer peach split

EASY

Summer peach split

< 30 mins

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Tandoori chicken salad?

EASY

Tandoori chicken salad with cucumber raita

< 30 mins

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Neil Perry's spicy stir fried prawns and scallops with garlic stems, spring onions and snow peas.

MEDIUM

Spicy stir-fried prawns with scallops and XO

1-2 hours

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Neil Perry's cos lettuce with parmesan dressing.

EASY

Cos lettuce with parmesan dressing

< 30 mins

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fritters

EASY

Corn fritters with jalapeno butter and heirloom tomato salad

< 30 mins

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A summer combo ... Watermelon, feta and mint.

EASY

Watermelon, feta and mint salad

< 30 mins

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Jill Dupleix's spicy sambal pork belly skewers.

EASY

Sambal pork belly skewers

< 30 mins

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Orrechiette with cherry tomatoes, basil and pine nuts.

27 summer pasta recipes

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Hazelnut macaroons, coconut jelly and soft chocolate.

COLLECTION

The ultimate list of dinner party recipes

24 items

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Rachel Khoo's pomegranate pavlova wreath for Christmas.

MEDIUM

How to pimp your Christmas pav

1-2 hours

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Cypriot grain salad.

EASY

Hellenic Republic’s Cypriot grain salad

< 30 mins

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Summer pasta with cherry tomatoes, basil and pine nuts.

MEDIUM

Orecchiette with cherry tomatoes, basil and pine nuts

< 30 mins

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