Actual Price for Breakfast £3.70
The other day I decided to do a little shopping exercise on the Sainsbury's website, to see how little I could spend and still have a nice simple, but well fed Christmas Day. Now this isn't how my actual Christmas Day will be, but it won't be hugely dissimilar, and not because I am in any way a skinflint, but because keeping it simple suits me the most.
Actual Price for Christmas Dinner £6.00
It all started while I was eating a meat-free Aldi sausage roll the other day for a quick grab it and go lunch, and the thought struck me that a sausage roll is really just a simple version of a meat-free Wellington, and that with all the trimmings and some lovely thick gravy it would make a lovely easy and fuss free Christmas dinner.
So I decided to price it up ... and while I was at it to price up what I could do my whole Christmas Day for. I was assuming that salt, pepper, oil and coffee would be already be available.
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Evening Nibbles £5.95
Then I decided that I would break the £16 barrier that had been in my head, and buy some suitably Christmas fruit. You have to have a nod to health even on Christmas Day. 😄
Total Spend for Christmas Day - £16.54 ... or £8.27 a head.
Breakfast per person
Coffee
One and a half Vanilla Doughnuts
2 Easy Peelers
Small glass of Bucks Fizz
Lunch per person
One Meat-Free Wellington
Roast Potatoes
Mashed Potatoes
Roasted Carrots
Sage and Onion Stuffing Balls
(save a couple for later)
Gravy
followed by
Christmas Pudding
and
Dairy-Free Cream
Coffee
Nibbly Evening Buffet
Quartered 'Chicken' and Stuffing Rolls
Mini Sausage Rolls
(remaining sausage rolls each cut into 3)
Hummus
(to spread thinly on buns and then for dunking tortillas in)
Tortillas
Dark Chocolate and Bucks Fizz
Easy Peelers
Doughnuts
All food that I could and would very happily eat on a nice relaxing Christmas Day. There's nothing too taxing or stressful to cook, but it's all of the flavours of Christmas that I love.
What would your budget Christmas menu have to include?
Sue xx 🎄
We have duck and all the trimmings, lots of green veg, no doughnuts for breakfast I just have toast and my husband has pork pie!
ReplyDeleteWe always go for the 'treaty' breakfast on Christmas Day, our choice is Pains au Chocolate along with the Bucks Fizz ... but only after I've had my coffee. :-)
DeleteGood budget! My son’s in-laws live in Melton Mowbray and they have pork pie for breakfast too. We tried it last year and it was good, otherwise it’s salmon and scrambled eggs. This year I see that the food standards agency have issued a word of warning that cold smoked salmon could contain listeria and should be cooked until piping hot. Their warning is directed at pregnant women, the elderly and those with a weakened immune system.
ReplyDeleteThat's two comments both mentioning pork pies ... what a coincidence!
DeleteI would eat the menu quite happily although I have not tried Quorn slices. My husband is a traditional breakfast eater so doughnuts would not be on his menu 😀 When I told him we are having smoked salmon, scrambled egg and a bagel for Christmas morning, he made a little boy face, wot no bacon!!!!
ReplyDeleteThey are not the healthiest thing in the world, being UPF but they do stand in for chicken slices in a sandwich and with stuffing as well are very festive. Aw ... your poor hubby, maybe a couple of rashers on the side would be allowed. :-)
DeleteSprouts-I love them freshly steamed on 25th and made into bubble and squeak on 26th. I was smiling at your double vegan alternative to cream until I reworked the word order and realised it was a plant alternative to double cream-pedantic but satisfying when my head is still full of cotton wool! Catriona
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you picked up on that, I noticed it straight away and thought how odd the wording was. I mean what the hell is a 'double vegan'!!
DeleteThat looks absolutely delicious! I'd be very happy with that menu :-) xxx
ReplyDeleteMe too, and it's not hugely dissimilar to what I will actually be eating. :-)
DeleteWhat a helpful post to anyone stressing about the cost of Xmas!
ReplyDeleteAs usual, its only just dawned on us that it's Xmas day next week and we ought to think about if we're going out with the Dead Relatives Society for a curry or cooking for them at home. I did discover a vegan Wellington lurking in the back of the freezer we found in Lidl's clearance section for 99p earlier in the year so I'm okay! xxx
Hopefully it will give someone some ideas and perhaps help. Yes, although the build up to Christmas seems to have been going on for ages, it has actually crept up on us hasn't it. I too have last years Christmas Wellington type choice in the freezer ... and one that Alan bought me AND one that I found at Mums. I think I have Christmas dinner sorted!!
DeleteVery impressive for the price. We like smoked salmon for breakfast and something like a mushroom Wellington with all the usual Christmas trimmings.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a very tasty day. :-)
DeleteI'm another one who would have to have some sprouts on my Christmas dinner, otherwise everything else is perfect ;) Breakfast sound very indulgent!
ReplyDeleteAngie x
Alan loves sprouts and I hate them ... horrible green smelly balls. 😄
DeleteI once tried to start a tradition of crumpets for breakfast on Christmas Day, didn't carry on once the older two were out late Christmas Eve and didn't get up until half an hour before dinner!
ReplyDeleteGrown up kids foil the plans a bit don't they. 😀
DeleteSprouts but we have started to roast them in the oven (frozen ones) defrost, first, slice in half and drizzle with olive oil, salt and pepper and roast in the oven (we have a small oven outside) so delicious😍 Well done on the budget Christmas Day meals 👏
ReplyDeleteOne day I might try this method, but not just yet. 😬😬
DeleteYou have shown that one can have delicious, budget friendly meals on Christmas Day. My budget Christmas meal will have chicken curry and rice with maybe dhal and a cucumber salad. :)
ReplyDeleteNow that sounds delicious, you have me really wanting to make some deal for Christmas. 😀
DeleteThis looks good to me - as usual I’m wanting super simple but OH has other ideas 😉😂 Your breakfast looks particularly appealing 😍
ReplyDeleteAlison in Wales x
I think Christmas is the perfect time to have whatever you want for breakfast. Yesterday I had a mince pie with my coffee. 😄
DeleteAre you ready for this as we don’t celebrate Xmas. Our version of KFC boneless banquet as we hate bones. No starter. Mashed potatoes, corn on the cob, and a strawberry gateau that I make. As my family says it’s banging lol. We don’t really bother with tea. As there is usually leftover KFC. Or I just make more. And a Yule log , Coffee, tea, soft drinks, juice and candy for laters.
ReplyDeleteNew years is when we go all out we will be home and we have ordered our new year boxes not cheap but full of yummy Japanese treats that last 4 days. I can’t wait!