There was a storm on Christmas Eve and we were woken by Hugo at 7am, to find this beautiful mist all around. Then we had the opening of gifts and checked to make sure Santa had had his milk and cake and the reindeer had had their carrots. Manami excelled herself with a French-style lunch - we started with prawns and a cheese platter, followed by a scallop and pear terrine which was so light you barely knew it was there:
Next came a salmon and pilaf coulibiac:
And salade rouge:
We ended up with trifle, but I forgot to take a pic of that before it was all eaten.
It was a most delightful day. I slept all afternoon! No thought of any jobs I should have been doing, including chapter 1 of my book on procrastination. It is, after all, the Christmas holidays!
But today I'm forced into action as the scales on the Thermomix have stopped working!!!! Disaster. I tried ringing the company, but of course they are on holidays, too. Meantime I need to find the warranty, which means a huge search. While I'm at it, I'm going to do a bit more of my new address book, which involves going through about 200 old notebooks and bits and pieces so I can leave out/change addresses of people who have died/divorced/moved.
It was a most delightful day. I slept all afternoon! No thought of any jobs I should have been doing, including chapter 1 of my book on procrastination. It is, after all, the Christmas holidays!
But today I'm forced into action as the scales on the Thermomix have stopped working!!!! Disaster. I tried ringing the company, but of course they are on holidays, too. Meantime I need to find the warranty, which means a huge search. While I'm at it, I'm going to do a bit more of my new address book, which involves going through about 200 old notebooks and bits and pieces so I can leave out/change addresses of people who have died/divorced/moved.
1 comment:
an amazing luncheon, what an artistic and clever cook she is.
I might pop around when she's 'chef in charge' another day xxx
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