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20 last-minute budget-friendly Christmas recipes to save the day

It’s not too late to serve up something special - yet affordable - this Christmas. Get savvy with these super ideas.

20 recipes
Barbecued glazed chicken for Christmas.

RecipeTin Eats x Good Food: Maple Christmas glazed chicken

  • < 30 mins
  • Nagi Maehashi
Crispy smashed potatoes with maximum crunch factor.

RecipeTin Eats x Good Food: Crispy smashed roast potatoes

  • Nagi Maehashi
Prawns with green mustard mayonnaise.
EASY

Adam Liaw's prawns with green mustard mayonnaise

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Shortcut Sunday roast lamb.
EASY

Shortcut Sunday roast lamb

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
Cracking crackling pork roast.

RecipeTin Eats x Good Food: Cracking crackling pork roast

  • 2 hrs +
  • Nagi Maehashi
Give a pumpkin half the Hasselback treatment.

Hasselback pumpkin with herb butter

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
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Charred corn kernels coated in creamy, cheesy dressing.
EASY

RecipeTin Eats x Good Food: Charred corn salad with creamy parmesan dressing

  • < 30 mins
  • Nagi Maehashi
Paprika-dusted corn ribs with garlic butter.

RecipeTin Eats x Good Food: Corn ribs with garlic butter

  • < 30 mins
  • Nagi Maehashi
Sticky Christmas glazed chicken.

RecipeTin Eats x Good Food: Sticky Christmas glazed chicken

  • Nagi Maehashi
Potato and pickle salad.
EASY

Potato and pickle salad

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Serve the chicken with salsa (top right), crispy potatoes and a simple 'slaw.

Barbecued chicken with salsa verde

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
This has to be the easiest cauliflower cheese recipe.
EASY

Roasted cauliflower and parmesan cheese recipe

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Large field mushrooms remain extra juicy when baked in a parcel.
EASY

Foil-baked field mushrooms with garlic, butter and thyme

  • < 30 mins
  • Andrew McConnell
Adam Liaw's classic roast chicken.

Classic roast chicken with buttered vegetables recipe

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Salmon and creamed spinach en croute.
EASY

Salmon and creamed spinach en croute

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
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Burrata with basil and capsicum salad.

Burrata cheese with capsicum salad recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Roasted eggplants stuffed with chickpeas.
EASY

Simple stuffed eggplants with chickpeas

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
RecipeTin Eats’ new favourite Christmas pumpkin salad.
EASY

RecipeTin Eats’ favourite Christmas pumpkin salad

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Nagi Maehashi and Jean-Baptiste Alexandre
Summer fruit salad.
EASY

Adam Liaw's summer fruit salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Watermelon and strawberry salad, pictured with my iced tea.
EASY

Watermelon and strawberry salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
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