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Home » All Recipes » 4 Cracking Christmas Recipes and #CookBlogShare Linky Weeks 51 & 52

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4 Cracking Christmas Recipes and #CookBlogShare Linky Weeks 51 & 52

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Ready for Christmas yet? Christmas dinner plan finalised? Whether you are all set or still working on it, you are definitely going to want to add at least one of these 4 Cracking Christmas Recipes to your plans!! Plus find the linky for Weeks 51 and 52 of #CookBlogShare below.

 

4 Cracking Christmas Recipes and #CookBlogShare Linky Weeks 51 & 52

 

Well, Christmas is nearly upon us and I am finally feeling a bit more organised. All the Christmas presents have been bought, the Christmas cards are now written and have been sent, I’ve even done my Christmas food shop already (got to love online shopping – just hoping they bring everything I wanted!), but best of all, as far as I am concerned…the bathroom is finally finished!! (Yes I was that stupid person who thought it would be a good idea to have their bathroom totally redone just before Christmas!)

 

Baked Apples with Mincemeat, Maple Syrup and Brandy Butter

 

I’ve also managed to keep up with the slightly bonkers schedule of blog posts, that I thought was a good idea back in November. I’ve been posting nearly every day for the last 3 weeks…and somehow managed to keep up. How, I’m not quite sure. My focus this Christmas has been on creating and blogging about recipes that will make life easier at Christmas, without compromising on flavour!

 

Prosciutto Wrapped Turkey Mini Fillets with Sage and Sausage Stuffing

 

If you want to catch up on what I’ve been blogging about, do check out my roundup post: The Ultimate Easy Peasy Christmas Dinner, where I share 5 recipes that will make for a really easy Christmas lunch that can be ready in ONE HOUR (yes, it is possible) and without too much washing up, either! And I also include a roundup of all the other easy festive recipes I’ve been sharing over the last few weeks.

 

 

You would think that that would be enough now and I could put my feet up for the rest of the year, but no, back in November I also thought it would be a good idea to share some leftovers recipes – so that is what I’ll be doing for the next 4 days…but you’ll be glad to hear I won’t be blogging on Christmas Day…even I draw the line at that!!

 

Christmas Turkey Burgers with Cranberry Relish and Sproutslaw

 

OK, it’s time now for the #CookBlogShare roundup which, unsurprisingly, is Christmas themed this week. It was a tough decision as there were a lot of amazing posts linked up last week, but these 4 Cracking Christmas Recipes were my absolute favourites – hope you love them as much as I do!

 

If you are not a #CookBlogShare regular and are wondering what an earth I am going on about, #CookBlogShare is a place for bloggers to share their recipes. If you are a blogger and have a recipe to share, you can link up your post by following the instructions below. If you are not a blogger, but love food and cooking, do check out the recipes that will be appearing below. If this week is as good as they usually are you will find some awesome recipes – the #CookBlogShare bloggers are very good at what they do!

 

 

4 Cracking Christmas Recipes

 

Pesto Christmas Tree

 

First up is this amazing Pesto Christmas Tree from Jacqui at Recipes Made Easy. You know me, I love a show stopping recipe that is actually easy peasy to make and this one is most certainly both! It looks great and, with a combination of puff pastry, parmesan and pesto, you know it’s going to taste great, but the actual recipe is super simple. I would be proud to serve this to guests at a Christmas party, or even as a starter on Christmas Day! As an added bonus, Jacqui has also included a fabulously easy recipe for a totally delicious sounding bubbly cocktail: Lemon Cranberry Fizz, featuring Limoncello AND Prosecco – definitely my kind of drink!

 

 

Christmas Sprouts with Cranberries, Chestnuts and Orange

 

Still wondering what to do with your sprouts this year? Wonder no longer, as Monika from Everyday Healthy Recipes has it totally covered with this delicious sounding Christmas Sprouts with Cranberries, Chestnuts and Orange. As you are probably aware, I am a huge fan of sprouts (I wrote a post last year featuring a whopping 7 sproutilicious ideas and this year I have been experimenting with raw sprouts in my sproutslaw and raw sprout salad), and this year I’ve gone a bit bonkers for cranberries too, so this dish had me super excited. I love the idea of combining all these delicious flavours and then drizzling the whole lot with honey and orange juice before roasting them off in the oven. Yum, yum, YUM!

 

 

Orange Liqueur Truffles

 

For many people a chocolate orange is essential at Christmas, while for others it’s liqueur chocolates, so Charlotte from Charlotte’s Lively Kitchen came up with the genius idea of combining the two to create Orange Liqueur Truffles. This recipe is also packed with super helpful tips on how to temper chocolate and how to colour tempered chocolate, but the bit that appealed to me most is that Charlotte has included a fabulously easy peasy version for busy (or should that be lazy???) people like me, who haven’t got time to faff around tempering chocolate. Seriously tempted to make a batch of the easy ones!

 

 

Leftover Turkey Ragù

 

Last, but by no means least, I’ve chosen this delicious Leftover Turkey Ragù from Corina at Searching for Spice. I don’t know about you, but I find no matter how hard I plan, I always end up with loads of leftovers after Christmas. Corina’s recipe looks like a delicious way of using up some of that leftover turkey. But, as Corina points out, often we get a sick of eating turkey leftovers straight after Christmas, so Corina suggests making, then freezing the ragù and saving it for an easy and delicious dish later on in January. I think this is just brilliant. A great way to have some easy, healthy homemade ready meals stashed away and a fabulous use of leftovers too. (If you want any more inspiration for your Christmas leftovers, don’t forget to pop back to my blog this week as I will be sharing several of them.)

 

 

#CookBlogShare Linky Week 51 & 52

 

And so we come to this week’s linky, or rather the linky for the next two weeks. The #CookBlogShare team decided that, rather than take a week off this year, we would roll this week’s linky on for two weeks, meaning you have a place to link up all those fabulous Boxing Day and New Year’s posts next week (and it also means I can take a bit of a break from Cook Blog Share over Christmas and I won’t be manically trying to catch up with all my commenting on Boxing Day!!).

 

You can link up any foodie post that you have – both old and new posts are welcome. All you need to do is:

 

  • Link up a recipe or foodie post by clicking the blue ‘add your link’ button below and following the instructions
  • Add a link from your post back to this post (so everyone else can find it and link up too!)
  • Add the #CookBlogShare badge to your post (you can find the code below)
  • Comment on some of the other recipes linked up here and generally share the love with a bit of social media action!

 

If you wish, you can tweet a link to your recipe to me @easypeasyfoodie, using #CookBlogShare and I will retweet them. You can also post your recipe on the Cook Blog Share Facebook Page.

 

I will comment on all the posts this week and pin them all to the Cook Blog Share Pinterest Board. I can’t wait to see what you’ve all been making!

 

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Just to remind you, by joining in you are giving the #CookBlogShare hosts permission to use your pictures in a round up and on social media, if your recipe is selected as one of our favourites!

 

Finally I just want to say a huge thank you to all of you for linking up your wonderful posts this year (and thank you to all those who have been reading them too) and to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a fabulously happy 2017!!

 

Eb x

 

P.S. The first linky of the New Year will be hosted by Mandy over at Sneaky Veg and will go live on January 3rd.

 

4 Cracking Christmas Recipes and #CookBlogShare Linky Weeks 51 & 52

 

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  1. Jhuls says

    20th December 2016 at 9:14 am

    Hello, Eb! Thanks a lot for hosting the party & happy holidays! 🙂 x

    Reply
    • Eb Gargano says

      20th December 2016 at 12:48 pm

      Happy Christmas to you too Jhuls!! Thanks for linking up 🙂 Eb x

      Reply
  2. Monika Dabrowski says

    20th December 2016 at 9:38 am

    Morning Eb. I can’t believe this is the last linky of the year! Thank you so much for featuring my sprouts recipe! I’ve shared the linky everywhere:)

    Reply
    • Eb Gargano says

      20th December 2016 at 12:51 pm

      I know, it’s crazy isn’t it??? How did it get to be December 20th already!! A pleasure to feature your sprouts recipe. In fact I wanted to feature your stuffing recipe too as it was so good, but though it fairer to share the love and feature 4 recipes from 4 different bloggers. And you know how much I love sprouts!! Thanks for all the shares 🙂 Eb x

      Reply
  3. Angela / Only Crumbs Remain says

    20th December 2016 at 9:52 am

    There’s some great ideas there for Christmas baking and entertaining Eb, I’m particularly loving Jacqueline’s Pesto tree, and who couldn’t resist a chocolate orange truffle – or three! Are you sure you’re not wonder woman, what with all of the Christmas food ideas that you’ve shared these past few weeks and yet with more to come you really deserve that rest. Glad to hear you’re atleast taking Christmas day off 😉
    Angela x

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    • Eb Gargano says

      20th December 2016 at 12:58 pm

      Haha, yes I will definitely be taking Christmas Day off and scheduling posts for the week following, so not much to do that week either so I can have a bit of a rest and hopefully catch up on some sleep!! Eb x

      Reply
  4. Kirsty Hijacked By Twins says

    20th December 2016 at 11:53 am

    Wow almost another year has gone by! Thank you for hosting and supporting CookBlogShare and I look forward to continuing the linky with both you and Mandy next year xxx

    Reply
    • Eb Gargano says

      20th December 2016 at 1:08 pm

      Crazy isn’t it? Time flies so fast. It has been an absolute pleasure to be a part of the #CookBlogShare team these last 6 months or so and I am delighted to be continuing with you and Mandy in 2017. I totally love what a sociable linky it is – it almost feels like a family! I think the Facebook group really helps with that (and all your hard work building it up, of course!!) Definitely think we should investigate the idea of a #CookBlogShare bloggers meetup in 2017 🙂 Eb x

      Reply
  5. Corina says

    20th December 2016 at 1:36 pm

    Thanks so much for featuring my turkey ragu and I love the other recipes you’ve featured too! I am seriously considering making Jacqui’s lovely pesto puff pastry Christmas tree. I’m still not quite ready for Christmas and we’re going away in a couple of days so I’m still feeling a bit frantic! If I have time I’ll come back and link up something after Christmas. Hope you manage to get a well deserved rest and have a fabulous Christmas too x

    Reply
    • Eb Gargano says

      20th December 2016 at 5:36 pm

      A pleasure, Corina 🙂 Jacqui’s tree is gorgeous, isn’t it? I think a lot of people will be making that this Christmas! Sorry to hear you are feeling a bit frantic…hope everything falls into place soon and you have a lovely Christmas break 🙂 See you after Christmas!! Eb x

      Reply
  6. ema says

    20th December 2016 at 3:50 pm

    yum! Lots of xmas deliciousness x

    Reply
    • Eb Gargano says

      20th December 2016 at 6:21 pm

      Totally!! Thanks Ema 🙂 Xx

      Reply
  7. Jacqui Bellefontaine says

    20th December 2016 at 7:49 pm

    Thanks for including my Party Pesto Christmas tree in the round up. I really dont know how you have managed to post everyday. I have upt my post to 3 a week and that was enough!
    Im passing on your recipe for the mini turkey fillets christmas dinner to my father-in-law. He was asking me about a simple xmas dinner today and it immediately sprang to mind.

    Enjoy a break when you finally get it.
    Jacqui x

    Reply
    • Eb Gargano says

      20th December 2016 at 9:17 pm

      A pleasure, Jacqui. I really love your tree – especially how easy peasy it is!! No I don’t know how I managed to post everyday either. Though I did start planning and writing my posts back in November, so that helped!! And I seem to have found some extra efficiency from somewhere. I’ve also been blogging 50-60 hours a week for the last few weeks, which makes a difference, but totally not sustainable long term!! Especially juggling it round the children – there have been some very late nights!! Ooh I hope your father-in-law likes my idea! It’s such a great one to get all the flavour of a turkey roast dinner, but without the stress!! Thanks for sharing it 🙂 Would love to know what he thinks if he tries it! Eb x

      Reply
  8. Mandy says

    21st December 2016 at 10:29 am

    Those recipes are all gorgeous, I’m especially taken with Jacqueline’s pesto Christmas tree bread – it’s so stunning!

    Reply
    • Eb Gargano says

      21st December 2016 at 12:22 pm

      Me too!! It’s gorgeous isn’t it? I love that she created little stars out of the off cuts 🙂 Eb x

      Reply
  9. apply to face blog says

    21st December 2016 at 10:33 pm

    Thanks for all your hard work hosting too.What a great bunch of Xmas recipes.Merry Xmas!x

    Reply
    • Eb Gargano says

      22nd December 2016 at 12:18 pm

      Thanks Jenny 🙂 Merry Christmas to you too!! Eb x

      Reply
  10. Nico @ yumsome says

    22nd December 2016 at 5:10 pm

    What a lovely collection this week – I especially love the look of the pesto Christmas Tree!

    Will share the link love, of course!

    Reply
    • Eb Gargano says

      22nd December 2016 at 8:23 pm

      Thanks Nico!! That pesto Christmas tree is pretty special, isn’t it? Eb x

      Reply

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