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The All-Inclusive Christmas Dinner

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Christmas can be stressful to organise. If you’re having a house full, there’s plenty of preparation to do including cleaning, the food shop, and arranging accommodation for guests. Further issues can arise when you realise that some of the guests have particular allergies or dietary requirements that require you to think of alternative recipes or cook several versions of one meal. Imagine if you have a vegan and a celiac in one sitting! This blog is to help anyone cook a successful dinner for people with specific dietary requirements. So whether you’re vegan, diabetic or have a nut allergy, we’ve got the solutions covered for a dinner everyone can enjoy.

Dairy Free

Essentially a traditional Christmas dinner is very much like a Sunday roast, just with large chunks of turkey and some elaborate extras such as pigs-in-blanket. All the roast vegetables including carrots, potatoes and sprouts are fine for vegans so long as you cook them in olive oil rather than butter. Watch out for recipes which include honey glazed parsnips or carrots- honey is an animal by-product so isn’t suitable. Maple syrup makes a delicious alternative. The meat can be replaced with a main vegetable dish such as a vegetable casserole, stuffed vegetables such as a butternut squash, or mushrooms. For an alternative desert to Christmas cake, try egg-free cakes from Kool Cakes. These can be specifically designed using the cake builder, but make sure you request specifically no dairy products at all.

 

Christmas cakeMeat Free

Again, a lot of the Christmas dinner is accessible to vegetarians; the carrots, sprouts and cranberry sauce are all good. You can even get away with roasting your tatties in butter if you want to, and you can use cream in the sauces and honey on the parsnips. With vegetarians you have to be cautious with the gravy and the stuffing, especially if they’re shop bought. For the centre piece to replace turkey try a wellington, nut roast or pie. The BBC suggests a delicious-looking Squash, barley and spinach pie. It has texture, flavour and plenty of moisture, with all the traditional favours of Christmas including chestnuts. If you leave out the cheese, this recipe can be suitable for vegans too.

 

Gluten Free

Gluten free Christmas dinners aren’t too difficult: those who are gluten intolerant can still have the turkey, vegetable and potatoes. Foods that contain gluten are bread, cakes, crisps, cereals and many types of sauce. In your Christmas dinner you will have to consider replacing the gravy, stuffing and Christmas cake with alternatives. Also leave out carbohydrates such as Yorkshire puddings and bread sauce. Tesco do a great recipe for gluten-free stuffing and the BBC have create a recipe for the ultimate all inclusive dessert: Cranberry, maple and pecan pudding which is both gluten free and dairy free!

 

This isn’t an exhaustive list of possible dietary requirements and how to cater for them: we didn’t address the issues of those who are diabetic or nut allergy sufferers. The key to a successful all-inclusive Christmas is to plan ahead; do your research and also ask the person in question what they like eating, and if they have any recipe ideas. Luckily the internet is at hand for inspiration and supermarkets are getting better all that time at catering for specialist diets.


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