Merry Christmas!!!
Peregrine Mountain tea and croissants with boysenberry jam to start the day, a sip of champagne at a friend's place, and Christmas meal of:
Cider Roasted Turkey Breast
Sweet Potato Gratin
Green Bean Bacon Bundles
My first time cooking turkey and it went very well! Mum was amazed at how juicy it was.
Followed up eventually by Mango & Brandy pudding (not homemade!) with ice cream. But we waited until we'd hooked up our new portable air conditioner and it had cooled things down a bit. Not strictly a Christmas present but very good timing given the 40+C temps ahead.
It's been a lovely restful day, even with all the cooking. Small children are descending tomorrow, hopefully they'll still be worn out from today.
XMas Day Bonus: We've been inflicting reindeer antlers on the greyhounds at every market this month (they're so good about it and people love it.) Today, we just put their bandannas on - but we stuck the cat with a sequinned bowtie for an hour. He looked terribly smart.
Hoping you all had wonderful, restful (or busy, if you like!) days as well.
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Cider Roasted Turkey Breast
Sweet Potato Gratin
Green Bean Bacon Bundles
My first time cooking turkey and it went very well! Mum was amazed at how juicy it was.
Followed up eventually by Mango & Brandy pudding (not homemade!) with ice cream. But we waited until we'd hooked up our new portable air conditioner and it had cooled things down a bit. Not strictly a Christmas present but very good timing given the 40+C temps ahead.
It's been a lovely restful day, even with all the cooking. Small children are descending tomorrow, hopefully they'll still be worn out from today.
XMas Day Bonus: We've been inflicting reindeer antlers on the greyhounds at every market this month (they're so good about it and people love it.) Today, we just put their bandannas on - but we stuck the cat with a sequinned bowtie for an hour. He looked terribly smart.
Hoping you all had wonderful, restful (or busy, if you like!) days as well.
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