Once I did get up, after a fortifying cup of black coffee, it was a case of rounding up everyone to unwrap presents. I think everyone was pleased with what they received - a major feat in our household!
In my case I received some really great presents:
- Every Day cookbook by Bill Granger
- Cook with Jamie by Jamie Oliver
- Instant Entertaining by Donna Hay
- Irresistible Italy by Bill & Patsy Rowe
- Luscious Chocolate Desserts by Lori Longbotham (chocolate recipes to die for)
- An apron and pot holder
- Recipe stand
- Blender
- earrings and pendant
- butterfly brooch
- electric toothbrush
- cat calendar
So I will be cooking up a storm in 2007! Well that's my intention anyway.
After making egg and bacon muffins for the family for breakfast, I then got busy preparing lunch. Luckily I had done some of the preparation the night before but even so the time went really quickly and I was getting worried, thinking we might be eating lunch late in the afternoon.
Our Xmas lunch menu:
- salt and pepper prawns with lemongrass mayonnaise (from Good Taste magazine, Dec issue)
- Corn fritters
- Cold ham, turkey and chicken
- Potato salad made with baby potatoes and roasted garlic mayonnaise
- Crunchy coleslaw salad with macadamias and cashews and crispy noodles
- Rice salad with roasted vegies (sweet potato, pumpkin, capsicum and onion) (Donna Hay magazine, Dec issue, a Sunrice recipe)
- Mini Xmas puddings (this batch turned out much better than the first lot I made)
- Fruit & nut mini cakes (these turned out ok; not too dry)
- Mixed nuts and Xmas lollies
So that was Xmas for another year. Tomorrow morning I will be running 25km with a few hills thrown in for good measure. I'm going to need it!
2 comments:
I wasn't 100% sure this was you CJ, so many girls love chocolate and coffee. Then I read the bit about running 25k :-)
Yay - its me! I'm exploring my newfound love of cooking which means I am going to do a helluva lot more running! My family love me at the moment!
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