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Budget-friendly Christmas recipes

Christmas cooking doesn’t have to break the bank. This selection of budget-friendly recipes, from slow-cooked ham to tasty sides and delicious puds, will help you save on much needed cash without compromising on flavour.

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The best new cookbooks of 2019

2019 has been a truly exciting year for new cookbooks. Ready your bookshelves: you’re going to want to add all of these to your collection, we promise.

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Festive baked Christmas ham recipes

In this collection of recipes, our authors show you how to get the most out of your festive ham with flavourful marinades and glazes of different persuasions, and even a vegetarian version.

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Easy recipes to help you survive the Christmas period

As Christmas gets nearer and our diaries get busier, midweek dinner inspiration tends to get lost amidst the flurry of festive drinks and late-night Christmas shopping. So to make things...

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A Venetian-inspired Christmas feast

Add festive Italian flavours to your Christmas feast this year, with inspiring recipes from Russell Norman’s stunning cookbook, Venice: Four Seasons of Home Cooking.

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Easy make-ahead Christmas dessert recipes

Take the stress out of Christmas and get the dessert done and dusted before the big day arrives with these epic festive puddings, pies and sweet treats. 

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Cook from the Book: Nigella Lawson’s How to Eat

To mark the 20th anniversary of Nigella Lawson’s How to Eat, and its re-release as a Vintage Classics Anniversary Edition, a team of happy foodies have been cooking their favourite recipes from this seminal cookbook.

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How to cook and prepare butternut squash

Sweet and nutty, butternut squash is a vegetable that is as tasty as it is versatile. Here are all the ways you can cook with it to add flavour and sustenance to both sweet and savoury dishes.

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How I wrote and photographed my own cookbook

As if getting a degree from university isn’t impressive enough, Rachel Phipps embraced the challenges of student cooking and wrote student cooking bible, Student Eats. Here’s how she did it…

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Everything you need to know about Ottolenghi’s new cookbook, SIMPLE

As devotees of every cookbook ever released by the inimitable Yotam Ottolenghi, The Happy Foodie could not be more excited for the release of SIMPLE, his latest collection of recipes dedicated to making those unparalleled Ottolenghi flavours accessible and achievable no matter how skilled you are in the kitchen or how much time is at your disposal. We caught up with Tara Wigley, who wrote SIMPLE with Yotam, to find out more about the book.

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Healthy vegetarian and vegan student recipes that won’t break the bank

Healthy, meat-free recipes that won’t break the bank for students and budget-conscious cooks alike.

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Cook from the Book: Jamie Cooks Italy

A team of happy foodies has been cooking away from Jamie Cooks Italy, the latest cookbook from Jamie Oliver. Find out how we got on…

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