Or what I got for Christmas. Well, one particular present. It seems someone didn’t think there were enough photos of her on display at Christmas, so she got me this with a self-portrait on it. Cool, eh?
In other news, the mince pies went down a treat:
The diet bit the dust for the Christmas break. Variously, I can recommend:
Mary Berry’s Christmas Chocolate Log. Recipe here. Picture of our version above.
Nigella’s Roast squash and sweet potato soup with buttermilk blue cheese sauce. No need to peel the squash or the sweet potato; we used low fat yogurt instead of buttermilk. Recipe [...]
From me, Sarah and of course, Phoebe – who chose this Christmas message.
I’m just ordering Sarah’s last Christmas gift (something she told me yesterday she wanted and they didn’t have in the shops), so a quick message before going quiet for Christmas.
The cake is just about to be iced, the mince pies are done, [...]
The last Sunday before Advent is often called ‘Stir-up Sunday.’ Traditionally it’s when Christmas pudding was made. As we’re not having one of those this year, we made our cake instead. I forgot to post this last week; the cake is now safely tucked away coming out only to be ‘fed’ with brandy on an [...]
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