Christmas recipes 2016

Welcome to taste Christmas! You will find Christmas baking and sweets recipes, mains, sides and salads, desserts, finger food, seafood and entertaining recipes plus tips, articles and how tos. Everything you need to make your Christmas special!

Looking for traditional Christmas recipes? You've come to the right place! GoodtoKnow is here to make your Christmas cooking a little bit easier. We've found our favourite cheap, quick and easy Christmas recipes to put together a guide for what to make and when.Christmas cakes are the best place to start if you want to get in the Christmas spirit nice and early. They are delicious if you make them in advance and feed it your chosen liqueur gradually over the weeks leading up to Christmas. Traditionally, this is done three months before but don't worry if you've left it late. Mary Berry's Christmas cake is our most popular Christmas cake recipe, from the queen of baking herself.

Christmas pudding is traditionally made on Stir-up Sunday, which is on 20 November 2016. It's not only a great way of getting one part of Christmas sorted early, but a fun family tradition to start. Get the whole family involved in the stirring and make a wish as you go. Cutting back a bit on spending this year? Make some homemade food gifts for your loved ones. A big batch of jam or chutney will spread quite far - all you need is a few jars and ribbons and hey presto!