Sunday 23 December 2012

Stuffing ready to go!

Last year on Christmas Eve I spent my evening stressing out wrapping presents and getting the stuffing made and ready to go in the oven the next day.  I didn't enjoy my Christmas Eve and went to bed tired and stressed out instead of relaxed and anticipating the kids opening their presents the next day.  I promised myself that this year would be different.  So, here I sit on Christmas Eve eve (see what I did there!) with a Bulmers (or Magners if you aren't from Ireland) in hand congratulating myself on how much better prepared I am this year.  Well done me!

Chestnut & cranberry roll
Just before sitting down this evening I finished making my stuffing and it's in the fridge ready to go in the oven on Christmas day.  For the last few years I have made the same stuffing for each year - chestnut and cranberry roll - which was published in the December 2007 Goodfood magazine.  If you haven't decided what stuffing to make this year, do yourself a favour and make this.  Take it from me, it looks impressive, but it is fairly simple and straight forward to make.

Monday 17 December 2012

Menu plan 16th December 2012 - 21st December 2012

As I get older I frequently find myself wondering where the time has gone.  It's not different today when I look at my last post - where has the time gone?  I am sure that, like me, all of you are up to your eyes in Christmas preparations.  I decided to take a break from the wrapping and writing cards to type up my menu plan for this week. 

So, my menu plan from the 16th December to the 21st December 2012 is as follows