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This recipe is a total winner in my books.  It's full of fantastic colour and flavour.  You can adapt it quite easily by replacing the turkey with ham or fish or prawns.

Tom Ka Gai is a Thai soup which is traditionally made of coconut milk, galanghal, lemongrass and ginger.  This is my twist on it using turkey instead of chicken.

You can make these spring rolls with either turkey or ham or both.  If you have a lot of brussel sprouts leftover, you can finely chop them and add them in instead of the Chinese cabbage.

This tart is not only delicious but also makes the most of leftover ham and cheese.  The true highlight of dish however is the caramelised red onions.

You can't beat a grilled cheese sandwich, except at Christmas! Make this with leftover turkey, brie and cranberry relish and you will have on your hands the ultimate leftover sandwich!

I love little make ahead desserts which will happily sit in the freezer until you are ready to serve.  These little leftover Christmas pud bombs are delicious and extremely easy to prepare.

This dish is full of festive flavors and makes life simple for anyone not completely convinced on tackling a full traditional Christmas dinner this year.

This trifle is adapted from one of my favorite Australian cookery writers, Donna Hay, and it truly is a crowd pleasing dessert.  It is important to get your hands on the correct sized trifle dish for this. You can order them on Amazon or onthetable.co.uk, or Meadow's and Byrne stock them also.

These make a very elegant Christmas starter and are quite easy to prepare.  You can make these ahead of time and they will puff up again when you place them back in the oven.

These little rocky road squares are perfect to serve up to any guests this festive season.  They are very easy to make just be sure to melt the butter and condensed milk low and slow.

Knäck, or Swedish toffee is traditionally made at christmas. This is a great recipe, you can adapt the recipe easily by adding chopped nuts, vanilla, ginger or lime zest for different tastes. The longer you cook the mixture, the harder the toffee gets so make sure to use the cold water test before you pour it into the paper cases.

Not your traditional Turkey but an absolute must for any of those with a fear of carving.  By removing the bones and rolling the meat with the stuffing, it becomes easy to slice.  Your butcher will happily bone and roll the turkey for you, just be sure to bring the prepared stuffing with you and they can pop it in for you, tie it up tight and send you home with a perfect little packet.  I love the combination of maple, orange, smoked bacon and apple, but you can easily adapt this with your own favourite flavours.

Cinnamon, Apple and Ginger are matches made in heaven and go wonderfully together in this jam.  Transfer the jam into little jars, label them and they make wonderful homemade gifts.  The jam is great on toast, muffins and pancakes.

These wonderfully crisp chocolate biscotti are perfect for serving with coffee and keep quite well so are ideal for wrapping up and giving as a gift.

These have to be the most amazing potatoes, just the way I like them, crispy and crunchy on the outside and light and fluffy on the inside.  It's really worth getting some goose fat as it imparts wonderful flavour.

Traditionally in our house we always steamed sprouts, but I really like the flavour you get from pan frying them.  You could also add a few rashers of smoked streaky bacon for even more flavour.