Merry christmas to all

ready for christmas. Sorry about the serious face. We were deep in conversation about something .I think this was boxing day. Like the red chrissy shirts?... We had late xmas lunch at Sandy"s in the city.

. MMMMMMMMMMm baked salmon and salsa verde..

And amazing prawn and scallop salad...So fresh

Then my rolled stuffed turket breast with pecans, cranberries,

garlic, fresh sage and onion.

there was also my raspberry and moscato jelly ,that I forgot

to photograph before it was demolished.....

The making of the jelly with the muslin for straining,

the raspberries cooking and the Moscato

( sweet and slightly fizzy chilled wine )bottle

and a sparse but weighted xmas tree. Brought inside from the hot sun.

Early December

Happy HAPPY CHRISTMAS. to you and to you and to you...

My gourmet traveller is full of chrisymassy ideas..

Just a small snippet of our place this week.

I did find a few branches from the pine tree outside

to bring inside and put in a vase. Then I put a few large baubles on it and

gingerbread cookies. and with the warm glow of the evening you can also see the gingerbread stars.

they are from the newest gourmet traveller christmas edition.

It is a recipe for speculaas,mmmmmmm

yum very buttery and made with freshly ground spices.

and then my happy hens

have been hard at work trying to hide the latest eggs.

And then the hoya has produced the most perfect clusters of flowers. Five separate blooms. They are quite hard to photograph