You Too Can Enjoy A Stress Free Christmas Dinner I know, cooking Christmas dinner and getting to the end of the day unfrazzled may seem like a pipe dream, but I promise you it's not. A few years ago I started preparing some of Christmas dinner in advance by cooking and freezing roast potatoes, ... [ Read More ]
How To Cook Christmas Dinner In Advance
Shhhhh... Don't tell anyone, but the only way I manage to get Christmas dinner on the table on Christmas day is with preparation; I cook and freeze the roast potatoes, Yorkshire puddings (Mum loves them), pigs-in-blankets and stuffing in advance. In This Post... I am going to show you how to cook ... [ Read More ]
Our Great Christmas Clear Out
Our Great Christmas Clear Out I Can't Believe It's December Already! Which can only mean one thing; that Christmas is just around the corner. I don't know about you, but I like to have a bit of a clear out just before Christmas. I've done it for the past few years now and find it a cathartic ... [ Read More ]
Spare A Thought This Christmastime…
For Those Less Fortunate Than Ourselves... Christmastime is without a doubt my most favorite time of year. I love the glitz and the twinkle of Christmastime. I love the food. And I have even grown to love the fact that my birthday is very close to Christmas. But for me Christmastime is really all ... [ Read More ]
Vanilla Fudge Recipe
Vanilla Fudge I love making vanilla fudge almost as much as I enjoy eating it and this recipe always goes down well at parties and special occasions. It's not something I make often these days as I can't justify making more than a couple of batches over the festive period and eating too much of ... [ Read More ]
Melt In The Mouth Shortbread Recipe
Shortbread There is no doubt that shortbread is one of the most moreish biscuits around. In my mind a good shortbread is firm, but melts nicely in the mouth, leaving me wanting more. In our house shortbread is a Christmas favourite and I wouldn't dream of buying the shop bought variety when ... [ Read More ]
Mommy Reality #24 – What This Mum Would Like For Christmas!!
Having missed the last Mommy Reality Challenge, I am getting in early with this one! For anyone who doesn't know the #MommyReality Challenge is a fun fortnightly challenge set by Jen and Celeste, where Mums are asked to take a picture of something specific and to share it on social media using the ... [ Read More ]
Christmas Jumpers
Christmas Jumpers... Although it's still only November and being a firm believer that Christmas shouldn't really start until December (to prevent Christmas overload), I will admit to feeling more than a little Christmassy. It all started on Monday when I decided that this was the year we were ... [ Read More ]
Please Don’t Make The Christmas Pudding Mum!…
[countdown] Christmas Traditions... Many of us have our own Christmas traditions that we look forward to and enjoy every Christmas. And we are no different, although maybe one of our traditions was ( I say was, as it was one that had to go). For more years than I care to remember I ... [ Read More ]