The $50 Christmas Barbecue Lunch Meal Plan for Six

Only got $50 to spend on a decadent Christmas celebration?

No’wuckers! – We got you! – Here is a delicious traditional Christmas Lunch Meal Plan that comes in right at $50 exactly!~

Entree: – – – Curry Cheese Ball with Corn Chips

Mains: – – – Honey Soy Barbecued Chicken Pieces with a Layered Garden Salad

Dessert: – – Mango Condensed Milk Cheesecake

All prices were taken from the Woolworths website

Curry Cheese Ball:

• 2 x 250 gram Philidelphia Cream Cheese – – $6.00
• 1 x jar Gherkin Relish – $3.55
• 1/2 cup grated cheese – $0.93
• 1/2 cup curry powder – $3.00
• 1 packet of corn chips – $3.00

Total Cost : – $13.48

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Honey Soy Barbecued Chicken Pieces:

• 2kg chicken pieces, bone in – $8.50
• 1/3 cup honey – $1.47
• 1/3 cup soy sauce – $0.76
• 2 teaspoons crushed garlic – $0.10

Total Cost: – $10.83

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Layered Garden Salad:

• 4 fresh tomatoes – $3.40
• 2 cans baby beetroots – $3.50
• 1 can corn kernels – $1.00
• 1 iceberg lettuce – $3.00
• 1 cup grated cheese – $0.18

Total Cost: – $11.08

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Mango Condensed Milk Cheesecake:

• 1 x pre-made Shortcrust Pastry Shell $4.00
• 1 x tin condensed milk – $1.60
• 1 lemon – $0.64
• 1 fresh mango $3.00
• 300ml fresh cream – $2.30

Total Cost: – $11.54

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Total Cost of Meal: – $46.93

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Clare Whitfield is the Editor of Stay at Home Mum and a recognised voice in practical home management for Australian families. Based in the northern suburbs of Sydney, she balances editorial leadership with life as a stay at home mum to two school age children. Her background in home economics and more than a decade of experience in recipe development, family budgeting, and household systems inform her work.

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