50 essential recipes for the ultimate Christmas dinner

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These bonbons are a delicious twist on traditional Christmas ham and turkey. They’re easy to prepare and are loaded with Christmas flavour without breaking my food budget.

I made this recipe up about 4 years ago as a nice Christmas version to my usual bacon mini quiches. I have made them every Christmas since, and they have been a huge hit with my family, friends and colleagues.

Fantastic party finger food, or a quick and easy snack for the kids.

Watermelon is normally best eaten by itself, but every now and then it’s nice to mix it up and serve it in a salad. I can think of no better accompaniments than the herbs of Asia and this to-die-for dressing.

A delicious hearty family dinner that will warm the house, as well as your bellies.

This simple 4-step lamb rack takes just 15 minutes to prepare so you can sit back and relax.

A quick and easy to make salad for the hot season.

Make this easy, warm vegetarian salad on lazy weeknights or as part of your BBQ lunch.

I’m obsessed with this salad. It’s tasty, quick and easy. The combination of salty haloumi and sweet, maple roasted carrots is so moreish. Yum!

This super salmon salad is perfect to whip up when you're running short on time.

An easy glaze for a fragrant and delicious glazed ham.

This healthy salad is me in a bowl! I love the divine colours, textures and flavours in this one – filled with delicious roast vegies, crunchy walnuts and fresh herbs. Love! As the days get cooler this salad is the perfect autumn meal.

Spice up your week with a succulent Mexican-style rib eye steak.

Inspired by the flavours of Mexico, this black rice salad is vegetarian and vegan-friendly.

This refreshing spring salad by Justine Schofield, former MasterChef contestant and star of Channel 10’s Everyday Gourmet, is just the side you've been looking for to impress your guests.

Honey-mustard-glazed turkey with thyme and pancetta stuffing, brought to you by Woolworths Christmas.

This recipe is a little unusual with the addition of tomato. The flavours blend together beautifully. Everyone who has tried this stuffing just loves it and wants the recipe. Try it, you won't be disappointed.

A delicious ham that everyone will love.

A classic potato salad gets a tasty makeover.

Sergio Perera is Chris Hemsworth's Centr nutrition and diet consultant, and this recipe is an absolute family winner for dinner and special occasions.

Delicious at your Christmas lunch

Fire up your barbecue for this tasty turkey meal that will serve the whole family and then some.

This crowd-pleasing roast lamb is studded with garlic and rosemary for a dish fit for a queen.

A standout roast needs to be accompanied by these perfectly cooked and deliciously sweet carrots.

This cauliflower and cheese cottage pie will be a winner on the dinner table!

A different way to cook lamb.

This sticky, cheesy onion pizza pull-apart uses garlic bread as it's base for an extra flavour kick. It is great as an easy dinner, or served hot or cold as an entree at a dinner party.

Mac and cheese is one of the ultimate comfort foods, and this version doesn't disappoint! Two cheeses, plus crisp bacon and a golden breadcrumb topping make it one to remember, plus it serves six, so it's perfect for a crowd – or brilliant as leftovers!

The all-time classic choice for a Sunday lunch, roast lamb is an irresistible meal, sure to get the whole family to the table! With just five ingredients, this simple recipe uses honey and mustard to add beautiful flavour to the lamb leg.

2009 MasterChef runner-up, Poh Ling Yeow, has come up with the easiest and most delicious recipe to stuff inside your protein, but it also makes a great side to your main dish as well.

Crispy roast pork and apple Stuffing, brought to you by Woolworths Christmas.

You don’t need to add gallons of cream to your potato bake to end up with a creamy tasty side dish. Try this potato bake made with chicken stock and flavoured with bacon and onion as an alternative.

This is the best and easiest slow cooker ribs recipe. This dish makes a super simple dinner, that anyone can cook without any fuss or mess.

Try this bright and colourful plate of sesame pork rissole lettuce cups for a quick, healthy dinner. The rissoles are incredibly moreish with a crispy sesame crust.

With only 15 minutes prep, these easy pork cutlets will be loved by all for a simple family meal.

Let your slow cooker do the hard work for you to bring you this easy-as pork belly complete with crispy, crunchy crackling!

This simple giant couscous salad with grilled veggie and creamy fetta can be served warm or cold. So you can eat it all year round.

A Christmas day treat.

The salad is light and easy and in hot weather absolutely amazing.

Tossed in a simple mustard lemon dressing and served with crispy, golden haloumi, plate up this crowd-pleasing vegetarian side salad.

An ideal Christmas ham, or an any occasion ham that can be cooked in an oven or even done on a barbecue that has a lid on it.

This salad celebrates the simple, earthy goodness of broccolini. Brimming with smoky ﬂavours, charred lemon delivers a surprisingly complex citrus zing to the tender broccolini stems.

Broccolini is the most versatile of vegetables – it is mildly peppery, yet sweet, and is perfect in stir-fries, roasted, or charred on high heat until it is slightly blackened, but still vibrantly green and just tender-crisp.

The perfect hot weather meal that also makes a great dish for when you need to 'bring a plate'.

Bring the family together with this easy throw-together salad.

Kisir is a delightful Turkish salad traditionally made with bulgur. I created a gluten-free version with quinoa.

Feed a family of six with this barbecued lamb leg that's sure to wow a crowd.

Aussie restauranteur, Bill Granger, first put avocado on a piece of toast and served it at his cafe in Sydney’s Darlinghurst back in 1993, and enter the smashed avo as we know it today.

Prep, cook and serve dinner for two in under an hour with this speedy salad.

This is a simple glazed ham. It is very easy but does require a close eye for the final 30 minutes of cooking.

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50 essential recipes for the ultimate Christmas dinner

These bonbons are a delicious twist on traditional Christmas ham and turkey. They’re easy to prepare and are loaded with Christmas flavour without breaking my food budget.

Turkey, Ham Cranberry and Brie Bonbons with Roasted Balsamic Cherries

I made this recipe up about 4 years ago as a nice Christmas version to my usual bacon mini quiches. I have made them every Christmas since, and they have been a huge hit with my family, friends and colleagues.

Turkey and Cranberry Mini Quiches

Fantastic party finger food, or a quick and easy snack for the kids.

Mini Turkey Sausage Rolls

Watermelon is normally best eaten by itself, but every now and then it’s nice to mix it up and serve it in a salad. I can think of no better accompaniments than the herbs of Asia and this to-die-for dressing.

Watermelon and Asian Herb Salad

A delicious hearty family dinner that will warm the house, as well as your bellies.

Creamy Tuscan Potato Bake

This simple 4-step lamb rack takes just 15 minutes to prepare so you can sit back and relax.

Lambsey Bolton cutlets herb crusted lamb racks with roasted vegetable salad

A quick and easy to make salad for the hot season.

Summer jacket potato salad

Make this easy, warm vegetarian salad on lazy weeknights or as part of your BBQ lunch.

Roast cauliflower and egg salad with avocado dressing

I’m obsessed with this salad. It’s tasty, quick and easy. The combination of salty haloumi and sweet, maple roasted carrots is so moreish. Yum!

Maple Roasted Carrots with Kale and Haloumi

This super salmon salad is perfect to whip up when you're running short on time.

Salmon and avocado chopped salad

An easy glaze for a fragrant and delicious glazed ham.

Christmas Glazed Ham

This healthy salad is me in a bowl! I love the divine colours, textures and flavours in this one – filled with delicious roast vegies, crunchy walnuts and fresh herbs. Love! As the days get cooler this salad is the perfect autumn meal.

Classic Roasted Vegie Salad

Spice up your week with a succulent Mexican-style rib eye steak.

Beef Rib Eye with Spicy Quinoa and Bean Salad

Inspired by the flavours of Mexico, this black rice salad is vegetarian and vegan-friendly.

Cumin-spiced pumpkin and avocado rice salad

This refreshing spring salad by Justine Schofield, former MasterChef contestant and star of Channel 10’s Everyday Gourmet, is just the side you've been looking for to impress your guests.

Justine Schofield's Pear and Haloumi Salad

Honey-mustard-glazed turkey with thyme and pancetta stuffing, brought to you by Woolworths Christmas.

Honey-Mustard-Glazed Turkey with Thyme and Pancetta Stuffing

This recipe is a little unusual with the addition of tomato. The flavours blend together beautifully. Everyone who has tried this stuffing just loves it and wants the recipe. Try it, you won't be disappointed.

Christmas Turkey Stuffing

A delicious ham that everyone will love.

Pineapple Glazed Ham

A classic potato salad gets a tasty makeover.

Flaked Salmon Potato Salad

Sergio Perera is Chris Hemsworth's Centr nutrition and diet consultant, and this recipe is an absolute family winner for dinner and special occasions.

Baked Salmon Fillet with Raw Broccoli Salad

Delicious at your Christmas lunch

Lime Glazed HamLime Glazed Ham

Fire up your barbecue for this tasty turkey meal that will serve the whole family and then some.

Moroccan-Style Barbecued Turkey

This crowd-pleasing roast lamb is studded with garlic and rosemary for a dish fit for a queen.

Cersei Lambister roast lamb with olive sauce

A standout roast needs to be accompanied by these perfectly cooked and deliciously sweet carrots.

Caramelised Carrots

This cauliflower and cheese cottage pie will be a winner on the dinner table!

Cauliflower and cheese cottage pie

A different way to cook lamb.

Rosemary and Lemon Roast Lamb

This sticky, cheesy onion pizza pull-apart uses garlic bread as it's base for an extra flavour kick. It is great as an easy dinner, or served hot or cold as an entree at a dinner party.

Sticky Onion and Cheese Pizza Pull-Apart

Mac and cheese is one of the ultimate comfort foods, and this version doesn't disappoint! Two cheeses, plus crisp bacon and a golden breadcrumb topping make it one to remember, plus it serves six, so it's perfect for a crowd – or brilliant as leftovers!

Macaroni cheese

The all-time classic choice for a Sunday lunch, roast lamb is an irresistible meal, sure to get the whole family to the table! With just five ingredients, this simple recipe uses honey and mustard to add beautiful flavour to the lamb leg.

Roast lamb

2009 MasterChef runner-up, Poh Ling Yeow, has come up with the easiest and most delicious recipe to stuff inside your protein, but it also makes a great side to your main dish as well.

Poh Ling Yeow's Gluten-Free Rice, Mushroom & Bacon Stuffing

Crispy roast pork and apple Stuffing, brought to you by Woolworths Christmas.

Crispy Roast Pork and Apple Stuffing

You don’t need to add gallons of cream to your potato bake to end up with a creamy tasty side dish. Try this potato bake made with chicken stock and flavoured with bacon and onion as an alternative.

Potato bake with no cream

This is the best and easiest slow cooker ribs recipe. This dish makes a super simple dinner, that anyone can cook without any fuss or mess.

2-ingredient slow cooked pork ribs

Try this bright and colourful plate of sesame pork rissole lettuce cups for a quick, healthy dinner. The rissoles are incredibly moreish with a crispy sesame crust.

Sesame pork rissole lettuce cups

With only 15 minutes prep, these easy pork cutlets will be loved by all for a simple family meal.

Pork cutlets with mushroom and thyme sauce

Let your slow cooker do the hard work for you to bring you this easy-as pork belly complete with crispy, crunchy crackling!

Slow Cooker Pork Belly

This simple giant couscous salad with grilled veggie and creamy fetta can be served warm or cold. So you can eat it all year round.

Pearl couscous with grilled zucchini and fetta salad

A Christmas day treat.

Honey Glazed Ham

The salad is light and easy and in hot weather absolutely amazing.

Cauliflower salad

Tossed in a simple mustard lemon dressing and served with crispy, golden haloumi, plate up this crowd-pleasing vegetarian side salad.