30 December 2010

Christmas

A very belated Merry Christmas to you all! We had a lovely, relaxed Christmas. The boys loved their presents and we had friends over for Christmas lunch, which I cooked. Grant took one photo of the boys and then we pretty much forgot to take pictures all day - except that I photographed the food!

The boys, opening their stockings:

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This was the view from the kitchen window - a white Christmas.

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My master list for cooking the meal:

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The drinks chilling outside in the below-zero weather:

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The food we had:

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1 - gammon (ham) which our guests brought
2 - roasted new potatoes
3 - Yorkshire puddings
4 - roasted butternut squash
5 - chippolata sausages
6 - stuffing balls
7 - Brussels sprouts
8 - steamed broccoli
9 - roast chicken
10 - roast lamb
11 - steamed carrots

For dessert we had rocky road (with shortbread, marshmallows and Brazil nuts) and individual raspberry trifles:

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6 wonderful readers have commented:

  1. food looks wonderful........you are uber organized Jen!

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  2. Merry Christmas!!! I've been such a complete slacker this year about sending wishes etc. Looks like you had a fab time though - With that much deliciousness how could you not?

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  3. Looks like you had a lovely day! xxx

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  4. It looks incredibly delectable! I love that last shot, and would you know? We eat brussel sprouts at our holiday dinner, too!

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  5. OMG -- your meal looks wonderful, what a spread! thanks for sharing... pardon my drool! ;) a white christmas indeed! sort of jealous... california weather so nice now but it would be nice to "visit" your snow. :)

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  6. "With a Rowley, powley, gammon, and spinach, Heigh ho! says Anthony Rowley."

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