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3 healthy Christmas recipes

Make the festive season delicious with these refreshingly light ideas

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Pumpkin and carrot muffins on New Year's table.

Plum Pudding Muffins

Ingredients

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What to do

    1. Heat the oven to 160 degrees Celsius. Spray 2 cupcake tins with oil.

    2. Mix all the dry ingredients in a large bowl, and add the mixed egg, milk, butter and alcohol.

    3. Stir until just combined and spoon into prepared tins.

    4. Bake for about 15 mins until they are firm to touch.

Red and Green Salad

Ingredients

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What to do

    1. Put soy sauce dressing ingredients into a jar and shake well to blend.

    2. Place salad ingredients in a bowl and add the soy sauce dressing to taste. Toss well and serve.

Easy Berry Trifle

Ingredients

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What to do

    1. Zest and then juice the orange. Place frozen berries and orange juice in a saucepan and cook until soft.

    2. Take off the heat and mash berries slightly to form a sauce but leaving half the berries intact, and let cool. Meanwhile, stir the orange zest through the yoghurt.

    3. Once berry sauce is cooled, break up the sponge into a glass dish and layer with sauce and yoghurt, finishing with a yoghurt layer.

    4. Top with leftover sauce and fresh berries. Pistachios make a nice addition too!

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