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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Lifestyle
Tory Shepherd

Christmas dinner on a budget: plan your shop, trim the fat and change expectations

There’s fat to be trimmed when it comes to keeping costs down during a cost-of-living crisis.
There’s fat to be trimmed when it comes to keeping costs down during a cost-of-living crisis. Photograph: Paul Collis CC/Alamy

One of the hardest times to tighten your budgetary belt is when planning a Christmas lunch or hosting family and friends over the festive season.

Many Australians have moved away from old-school roast turkey or ham with pudding and all the trimmings. But with prawns, berries and cherries often on the menu instead, there’s fat to be trimmed when it comes to keeping costs down during a cost-of-living crisis.

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