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If you tend to buy or cook far too much over the Christmas period let Pennie Latin and the team advise you on how to minimise food waste this yuletide!

Chef and food consultant Christopher Trotter and Sue Hitchen, editor of Foodies magazine, offer inspiration for what to do with your leftovers if you DO cook too much!l Plus if money is tight this year, there are lots of ideas on how to create great festive food on a budget.

Pennie pays a visit to Glasgow's Lodging House Mission to see what they're cooking this festive season.

Cook and food writer Ghillie Basan makes Apricots In Orange Blossom Syrup. The recipe will be available online to download and print off.

The Kitchen Cafe team take a look at some of the most interesting cookery books to give as presents. The books they are talking about are:

Jamie's Great Britain (published by Michael Joseph),
Great British Bake Off 'How to Bake: The Perfect Victoria Sponge and Other Baking Secrets by Linda Collister, (Ebury Publishing),
Lorraine Pascale's '麻豆约拍 Cooking Made Easy' (Harper Collins)
Maw Broon's Cookbook: 'The Broon's Cookbook' and 'Maw 'Broon's But An' Ben Cookbook' (Waverley).