East Neuk Cooks new handmade Christmas Meal Package for One for Fifers

• New 3 Course handmade Christmas Dinner Package launched this week.
• No waste, low cost to heat and convenient for couples or people on their own.
• Delivered to the whole of Fife and focused on handmade food using local produce helping the local economy and environment.

Fife-based businesswoman Stacey Marshall of local catering business East Neuk Cooks has released her new handmade Christmas dinners this week.

During Christmas 2020 the business decided to supply home-cooked Christmas dinners for people who were unable to join their families at the traditional festive meal due to lockdown restrictions. An experienced cook, Stacey has long recognised that freezing food is a really effective method for locking in fresh flavours and nutrients, it meant that people could enjoy their celebration at a time that suited them and still benefit from tasty, home-cooked food made from local produce.

Positive customer feedback, coupled with a desire to give locals a healthy option for convenience food, has seen Stacey switch the focus of her business to making delicious home-made frozen meals in single portions (or as she likes to call them a ‘meal-in-a-tray’) all-year round now. Ordered online or over the phone, Stacey will deliver them to addresses all around Fife, ready to defrost and heat up in the microwave in minutes or to simply pop into the freezer.

East Neuk Cook’s new traditional Christmas menu launched this week features the favourite turkey dinner and also a 3-course vegetarian menu. Both meal packages are a set three courses with a wee treat of a slice of handmade clootie dumpling for Christmas night when having a cuppa in front of the television.

‘It can be hard to cook a full Christmas dinner for one or two people and keep the cost and the food wastage down. The menu I have provided only requires the main course and potatoes to be heated in the microwave so the energy cost for the meal is also at a minimum, with energy costs rising, for some people running the oven for just one dish is not an option. I feel this is a way of making Christmas that little bit easier, cost effective and eco friendly.’

Stacey’s new Christmas Dinner Package menus are as follows;

Christmas Dinner Package Menu

£32.00

Starter

Ham Hough & Parsley Terrine

Served with Handmade Oatcakes & Christmas Chutney

Main Course

Roast Turkey wrapped in Prosciutto with Sage & Onion Stuffing

Served with Homemade Jus, Sage & Onion Chipolatas & Cranberry Sauce

Side Dishes

Honey Roast Carrots & Parsnips

Braised Red Cabbage with Apple & Horseradish

Boulangère Potatoes

Dessert

Hand Made Christmas Pudding Cheesecake with a Biscoff Crumb

Christmas Treat

Slice of Handmade Clootie Dumpling

Christmas Dinner Vegetarian Package Menu

£32.00

Starter

Vegetable Provencal & Goats Cheese Terrine

Served with Handmade Oatcakes & Christmas Chutney

Main Course

Wild Mushroom Wellington

Served with Cranberry Sauce