To be able to come up with affordable Christmas recipes for this year is essential not just in entertaining guests in your home but also in having an idea on what to give others as gift. Nothing can beat the way of touching someone's heart but by the stomach, right?

Here are several amazing ideas to come up with Christmas recipes that will allow you to stick to your tight budget:

Philly shared several Christmas recipes on a budget that can be a sure hit as a gift to any recipient. They mentioned homemade vanilla extract, peppermint white chocolate bark, homemade flavor infused vodka, peanut butter fudge, chocolate lavender biscotti, candy turtles, rosemary-cayenne spiced nuts, chocolate buckeyes, and even candied bacon.

Latin Times on the other hand concentrated on sharing cookies as best Christmas recipes for 2013. Some of the Christmas cookie ideas include sugar cookies, gingerbread cookies, turtle cookies, chocolate peppermint cookies, brown sugar oatmeal cookies, and cinnamon-spiced hot chocolate cookies among many others.

The site also shared several tips on how to make your Christmas cookies perfect. They reiterated the importance of having all the ingredients you need and be specific with meeting the right measurements. Time it perfectly so that the cookies won't be overcooked or undercooked. The quality of the equipment and cooking tools you need is also an important factor in coming up with the best Christmas cookies for your friends and loved ones.

Another site called Mumsnet also wrote an amazing list of Christmas recipes that are categorized according to the type of Christmas food or meal you want to serve. Some of them are as follows:

Party Nibbles - spicy nuts, pizza pinwheels, crispy potato skins, etc.

Starters - posh soup, smoked salmon pate, etc.

Christmas Dinner - boozy turkey, salmon fillets with bacon potatoes, etc.

Christmas Dinner Trimmings - cranberry sauce, pigs in blankets, Christmas stuffing balls, etc.

The rest of the categories the site mentioned include the all time favorite Christmas puddings, cakes, mince pies, Yule logs, biscuits, leftovers, edibles gifts and of course drinks.