Gone a bit Nigella . . .

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Well I do try to do my domestic goddess bit at least once a year.

It's become a bit of a tradition for me to have one full day of baking just before Christmas - then I take all the goodies round to friends and family with their Christmas gifts.

There's something really therapeutic about starting with a pile of raw ingredients and producing something yummy at the end of it . . . and it tastes so much better too (especially when it's all just come out of the oven and is still piping hot)

This year I've made :

cakes (with 3 x different fillings)
sausage Rolls
mini pasties (2 x different types)
scotch eggs
fruit loaf
cheese & onion bread

And I'll be making on some homemade chestnut stuffing for the turkey later this afternoon.

Thought I'd share a couple of pics from this year's effort :



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Hmmmm yummy... I'm hungry now... Looks like you've got some form of production line going there Sarah
 
You are sooooooooo right things taste better home cooked.

I make most things from scratch.

And Nigellas best tip for me is for the ham....bolied then simmer it in COCA COLA.......delicious, mine is bubbling away right now...
 
jgs001 said:
Hmmmm yummy... I'm hungry now... Looks like you've got some form of production line going there Sarah
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:lol: :lol: It did get a bit like a production line in the end.
I started at 7:30 Tuesday morning and finished up at around 8pm - then yesterday was the trek around to the family to give them all out.


jolsterj said:
You are sooooooooo right things taste better home cooked.

I make most things from scratch.

And Nigellas best tip for me is for the ham....bolied then simmer it in COCA COLA.......delicious, mine is bubbling away right now...
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Yummmmmy!!!! I've seen that recipe for ham in cola but never tried it.
I might add that to my list for next year.

You just can't beat home cooking.

And I keep telling myself that all the running around preparing it burns off enough calories to justify stuffing my face when I've finished. :D
 
Thanks for showing us those pictures.........I've probably gone and put on a few pounds just looking at them. :(

I do agree with you - home cooking is unbeatable.
 
Beautiful, can't beat a bit of Nigella, easy on the stomach, easy on the ears and easy on the eye - one sexy lady! :)

surely with your username you'd be concentrating on suites and gateaux's though :lol:
 
Love the pics Sarah.

I make Nigella's Christmas chutney every year. Goes down a treat.

And I really miss making cakes but if I eat them I end up the size of an elephant :(
 
mmmmmmm, Nigella

Sorry, I mean mmmmmmm, cakes!

I hope the recipients appreciate them.
 
Thanks all.

As Wibbly said, I try to live up to my user name :lol:

And Jill, you're forgetting one of the golden rules of the magic of Christmas. Between 24th December and 1st January all chocolate and cake actually contains negative calories ;)
(and if I say that often enough I might actually convince myself that it's true)
 
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