December 2010

Road Trip Reunion

 Last night we had a Road Trip Reunion. It was a lovely evening with everyone getting together to look at photos and share stories from our trip to America this summer. We were hosted by the Speer family and special guest Judy who kindly made us dinner when we met up with her in Charlotte. As she was over for Christmas, last night she recreated the amazing spaghetti and meatball dinner we had while visiting. I contributed these

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Mince Pies

Mince pies are a must at Christmas apparently. I don’t tend to eat them and I’m not sure why, but I do like to make them. I used a pastry recipe that my family swears by. I filled them with

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Edible Gift Tag

 Christmas present wrapping gets stepped up a notch every year in my house. This year I was inspired by this cute wrapping paper I bought for my mum. I made

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Christmas Biscuits Half Dipped in Chocolate

 In my family we have a lot of Christmas traditions, but making these biscuits has to be one of my favourites. They are normally our Christmas breakfast while opening presents. Although I’m told we can never have too many, this time I thought the dough would never run out… I made 49 trees and 29 snowflakes.

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