It's now time to start planning those Christmas Menu's, whether its just the normal household your feeding, or extra for guests, can we make healthy swaps to the festive menu recipes.
Lets share our Christmas swaps allowing us to support our journey through the festive season.
Lets have fun whilst sharing, testing our knowledge on Christmas foods.
What do you “roast on an open fire”?
A. Chestnuts - Use bacon medallions, skimmed milk, onion, chestnuts
In which tin of chocolates would you find ‘The Green Triangle’?
A. Quality Streets - 65kCal, 3P, 2 syns
Which sauce is traditionally served with Christmas pudding?
A. Brandy Sauce - Just Brandy or Skimmed Custard with Brandy
What sweet pies are typically left out for Santa?
A. Mince Pies - 249kCal Shop Brought (Medium) (11P)
-113kCal Shop Brought (Mini) (6P)
-262kCal Homemade (60g) (12P)
-44kCal Samosa Parcels (3P)
There are more than 110 different varieties of which popular vegetables?
A. Sprouts - Coleslaw
Which meat is traditionally eaten for Christmas dinner?
A. Turkey - What are you having...
What vegetables are typically left out for Santa's Reindeers?
A. Carrots - Steamed, Boiled, Roasted
What aromatic flower buds are often used to decorate and flavour a Christmas Ham joint?
A. Cloves - Bread Sauce
Skimmed milk, Fage Greek Yoghurt or Philadelphia Lightest, half the butter, Onion, Cloves, Nutmeg, Bay,
Sourdough
What is the most popular vegetarian Christmas dinner meat Alternative?
A. Nutroast - BBC Good Food; Chestnut, Spinach & Blue Cheese en Croute - 889kCal per serving
Which Christmas goodies are shaped to resemble a shepherd’s staff?
A. Candy Canes - 40kCal Options Hot Chocolate
47kCal Candy Cane Stirrer's
What spice infused wine is often served warm at Christmas?
A. Mulled Wine -McGuigan Alcohol Free Zero Shiraz 750cl = 218kCal - Bag Schwartz Mulled wine spice =8kCal
-Mulled Zero Non Alcoholic Mulled Read 75cl = 293kCal
In Chile they eat their Christmas Lunch at Dawn - True or False?
A. True - What time do you normally eat.
What beverage company has been using Santa Claus in its advertising since 1931?
A. Coca Cola
What is ‘The Bûche de Noël’ better known as?
A. Yule Log - Swap the Double Cream filling for Philadelphia Lightest or Fage Greek Yogurt
-Topping instead of Butter Icing use Philadelphia Lightest with Coco powder
Which fruit is traditionally put inside a Christmas stocking?
A. Orange medium 58kCal/Clementine Medium 25kCal/Terrys Chocolate Orange 821kCal or 41kCal per Segment
What is the name of the popular Christmas dinner item consisting of a sausage wrapped in bacon?
A. Pigs in Blankets - Low fat Sausages, Bacon Medallions
-Shop Brought Cocktail Versions around 50kcal each
Whilst wrapping meat in pastry can be dated back to ancient Greeks and romans, the modern sausage roll is thought to have originated in 19th Century?
A. France - Vegan sausage?? Parcels 84kCal
-Mini Sausage Rolls 53kCal
-Medium Sausage Rolls 211kCal
Which pudding features in the song “We wish you a Merry Christmas”?
A. Figgy - Flour, Suet, Figs and other dried fruit
What Bird did Scrooge give the Cratchit family?
A. Turkey - Cook upside down
In which tin of chocolates would you find ‘The Hazelnut Swirl’?
A. Cadburys Roses - 51kCal, 3P, 2 syns
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