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Alice Irving

Want to cook a budget Christmas dinner for £2.29 per head? Here's how you do it

Christmas is an expensive time of year.

And if you've volunteered to be this year's Christmas dinner host your festive big shop is bound to reach eye-watering amounts.

But by shopping smarter - you can purchase turkey, all the trimmings and a festive dessert to feed up to six people for just £13.75.

That works out at £2.29 per head.

For that budget price you'll get a whole turkey with giblets, potatoes, carrots, sprouts, parsnips, pigs in blankets, stuffing balls, gravy, cranberry sauce and a mince pie for dessert.

And all of these bargain ingredients are available at big brand supermarkets including Aldi , Iceland , Lidl , Morrisons and Tesco .

Here's our list of the cheapest supermarket Christmas dinner ingredients - with some other budget options just in case you can't get your hands on the cheapest.

Can you cook a Christmas dinner for up to six people on a budget? (David Davies/PA Wire)

Turkey (2kg-2.5kg for up to six people) - £8.99

Lidl Braemoor Ready Basted Small British Turkey with Giblets (2.8kg to 4kg) - £8.99

Other options:

Tesco British Frozen Small Basted Whole Turkey Bird (2.6kg to 3.8kg) - £9

Iceland Bernard Matthews Golden Norfolk Basted Turkey Crown (2kg-3kg) - £10

Aldi Medium British Turkey Crown (2kg-2.3kg) - £11.99

Festive veg (sprouts, carrots, parsnips and potatoes) - total price 76p

Aldi Carrots (1kg) - 19p

Aldi Sprouts (500g) - 19p

Aldi Parsnips (500g) - 19p

Aldi White Potatoes (2kg) - 19p

Other options:

Tesco has also slashed the prices of it's festive veg to 19p

Tesco Redmere Farm Sprouts reduced from £1.29 to 19p

Tesco Redmere Farms Carrots (1kg) reduced from 58p to 19p

Tesco Redmere Farms Parsnips (500g) reduced from 59p to 19p

Tesco Redmere Farm White Potatoes (2.5kg) reduced from £1.25 to 19p

The offer is valid for delivery until December 26.

Asda Grower's Selection Carrots (1kg) - 20p

Asda Sprouts (500g) - 20p

Asda Parsnips (500g) - 20p

Extra Special Marabel Potatoes (2kg) - £1

Pigs in Blankets - £1.97

Asda Butcher's Selection 12 Pigs in Blankets (222g) - £1.97

Other options:

Lidl Partytime 12 Pigs in Blankets (300g) - £1.99

Morrisons Frozen Pigs in Blankets (300g) - £2

Tesco 12 Pigs in Blankets (240g) - £2

Stuffing Mix - 32p

Aldi Sage & Onion Stuffing Mix (170g) - 32p

Other options:

Asda Sage & Onion Stuffing Mix (170g) - 38p

Tesco Sage & Onion Stuffing Mix (170g) - 40p

Morrisons Paxo Garlic & Thyme Stuffing Mix (170g) - 75p

Gravy granules - 25p

Tesco Stockwell & Co Gravy Granules (200g) - 25p

Other options:

Asda Gravy Granules (200g) - 25p

Morrisons Chicken Gravy Granules (200g) - 70p

Aldi Chicken Gravy Granules (300g) - 89p

Cranberry sauce - 59p

Asda Cranberry Sauce (200g) - 59p

Other options:

Tesco Cranberry Sauce (200g) - 64p

Morrisons Cranberry Sauce (200g) - 70p

Aldi Cranberry Sauce (230g) - 99p

Festive dessert - 87p

Asda Mince Pies (6pk) - 87p

Other options:

Morrisons Festive Chocolate Log (Serves 8) £1.50

Asda Iced Fruit Cake (Serves 6) - £2.29

Tesco Christmas Pudding (Serves 8) £3.50

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