How to make a Twixmas feast on a budget, and three recipes to impress

Four cooks talk about making the most of what's in the house between Christmas and New Year while keeping an eye on the cost

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Twixmas: That indeterminate time after Christmas and before the new year when the house is still full of family and food, with people calling in on an ad-hoc basis so that you never quite know how many will sit down at the table. 

With that in mind — and keeping an eye on costs because you’ve inevitably bought too much food — we’ve asked chefs and food writers for their budget-friendly Twixmas ideas.