Christmas Lunch

It's hard to believe Christmas is over so quickly. We have had our real Christmas dinner on Boxing Day and I did manage to make some bread.....I made French sticks, not as light as I would have liked them as I think I may have over handled them, I wasn't quite sure on the instructions. The menu consisted of arancini with salad for entree, then roast lamb, roast turkey, roast sweet potato and pumpkin, roast potatoes and green beans for main, and for dessert we had cheesecake which I have made heaps of times and is delicious. It was nice to have everyone at the dinner table, even my papa sat in his urn in the middle as our centre piece. Some people may think this was a little weird but really it was ok and everyone was fine with it and mum was content he was there.
Steph

Christmas Day a success

Well we managed to survive Christmas day and we ate well but not as much as we normally do thank goodness, although I did go to bed feeling rather full but I think that may have had something to do with the amount of alcholic drinks I had and the water I drank to counteract it. Well it is Christmas and unfortunately the Christmas spirit results in drinking more! I'll be better today, I promise! Today my boys are coming for dinner.....we are having our proper Christmas feast today because all of us will be under the one roof. So today is the day and this also means more cooking and more eating. Yesterdays food was delicious, I made prawn and avocado salad, broad bean and cherry tomato salad, kipfler potatoes with rosemary and seasalt and stuffed chicken breasts (stuffed with my own concoction of mushrooms, onions, thyme, garlic, parsley, olive oil, butter and bread crumbs). It was the first time I had ever stuffed a chicken breast and I can safely say I will be repeating it. They all enjoyed their chicken and the salads were pleasantly different and tasty. For dessert we had mixed berry and marshmallow mousse which was delectable. I woke this morning thinking about today's cooking endeavors and realized that I forgot to put the starter in the bread machine for my sour dough bread, it will now be too late to make it, perhaps I can find a recipe for bread that will be quick to make. Oh I should also mention that I was pleasantly surprised to find that Karen joined my new blog.....exciting! Thank you Karen, can't wait to get some comments.
Steph

Christmas Eve and it's early to bed for Zoe.

Early to bed for our gorgeous Zoe, I think it may have had something to do with Santa visiting as usually we have arguments every night trying to get her to go to bed. Today has been quite different but nice to have my family (minus my two boys) here together and to top it off we all had a bit of a go at helping to make our food.
Steph

You Can Tell It's Christmas

You can tell it's Christmas at our place because the fridge is overflowing and I'm cooking up a storm. And while I did so I had a well deserved pale ale or two.
Steph

Smoked Salmon dip and Spring Onion and Garlic dip

Rissotto in the making

Inspiration And New Beginnings

I want the world to know how passionate I am about creating.......Anything to do with.food, art, decorating, gardening and much more! So I have started this new blog to do just that and of course to help me be inspired to create more of the things I love the most!
Here are a few photos of previous creations:

Creative and Inviting Bedroom

Delicious and Appetising Food

Delicious Herb Mini Garden

Creative Children

Funny Pics

Loving Kids

Great Family Relationships