Portion Christmas like a pro

For many, Christmas dinner is the biggest food event of the year. But that doesn't have to mean mountains of food waste.

Get savvy this Christmas and work out the amount of turkey, roasties and veggies you’ll need to feed the family.

Remember to think what you’d like as leftovers to enjoy later too and scale up those items accordingly.

Dust off your scales, let’s get measuring….  

Turkey

An average portion of cooked turkey per person should be 140-175 grams, but as you tend to buy turkey as a whole it’s easiest to use the turkey guide below.

How big is your bird?  

  • Turkey crown (2-2.5 kilograms) will feed 6  

  • Small turkey (3-4.5 kilograms) 6-8  

  • Medium turkey (4-5 kilograms) 8-10 

  • Large (5-5.5 kilograms) 10-12 

  • Extra large (6-6.5 kilograms) 12 -15. 

What about roasties?  

The ultimate crispy, fluffy, tasty potato, no Christmas dinner would be complete without roasties.

Make 250 grams per person – you’ll need 2 kilograms for eight people. 

Feeling stuffed?

If you’re buying stuffing, we recommend at least 100 grams per person or 2-3 balls, so to feed eight people you’ll need around 800 grams.  

Don’t want to be left with sprouts?  

We know sprouts are like marmite, cook more if you love them, don’t cook any if you hate them.

We recommend cooking 80 grams per person, 650 grams for eight people.

You could turn any leftovers into this hash or brussel sprout detox salad.  

Carrots…

Not just for reindeers, 80 grams per person is a good serving, you’ll need roughly 800 grams for eight people

Pigs in blankets

The ultimate Christmas delight, we recommend 2-3 per person, so don’t leave any pigs without blankets this festive season.  

It’s all gravy…

With gravy, make a minimum of 125 millilitres per person – that’s one litre for eight people. But, if your family are all about the gravy then prepare a little more.  

All the weights are given prior to preparation and cooking –  simply multiply by the number of guests you’ve got coming. If you’ve got big eaters or want leftovers then go for the higher of the two amounts for meat and roasties.