One Creative Thing » christmas

Watched snowy landscapes

minim — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:52:53 +0000

through train windows on our way to Lancaster – first leg of the journey to the Isle of Man.

Made a full Christmas dinner!

minim — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:15:20 +0000

Nigella Lawson spiced turkey (fabulous recipe) with allspice gravy, roast potatoes, sweet potatoes, carrots, onions and garlic, River Cottage Brussels sprouts done in garlic butter (very fine but perhaps not the best match with the spiced turkey – I think the Nigella pecan sprouts might have worked better in context), Nigella soy and sweet chilli chipolatas, followed by ris a l’amande with hot cherry sauce and the chocolate chip and cranberry biscuits I made yesterday. We also made an awesome mulled wine and a fantastic non-alcoholic drink called a Xmas Xinger, containing pomegranate juice and ginger ale (both from Nigella’s Christmas – yes, it was very much a Nigella year – I did get the book for last Christmas!). Guests seemed to be happily stuffed by the end of it, so a good result all round.

Started Christmas

minim — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:36:21 +0000

Two days early , I know – but otherwise it would have been four days late.

Made a fabulous Christmas dinner!

minim — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 23:36:32 +0000

Everyone said so! Roast turkey with mascarpone, lemon, garlic and herbs, roast potatoes, sweet potatoes, pumpkin, parsnip and carrots, little cumberland and lincolnshire chipolatas. Djelibeybi played sproutmeister with a little help from our friend Robert. Lis made mulled wine. And I even made a passable ris a l’amande for pudding!

Made brownies, stuffed the turkey

minim — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 23:59:14 +0000

Getting a head start on Saturday’s big Christmas dinner party. Brownies are from Nigella Lawson’s How to be a domestic goddess. Pretty good. VERY fudgy though – I prefer my brownies a bit more cake-like in general.

Continued work on my Christmas painting project

minim — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:38:00 +0000

I started doing a Mr Pickleberry (my cartoon character I invented at school) Santa in watercolours as my Christmas card for my assortment on online friends the day before yesterday and have been doing a little more work on him each day. Today I filled in his sack of presents and worked on shadows a bit