Saturday, December 24, 2011

My Christmas Eve

So not only has our living room been halved in size for renovations, our christmas tree has shrunken considerably. Despite the immediate instinct to complain about the lack of space, somehow a smaller home feels cosier and more christmassy. Who needs chestnuts roasting on an open fire or snowflakes falling poetically on your window pane when you have a table full of good, hearty food? 

Mutant ham leg studded with cloves 

And to balance the insanely huge ham with something nutritious: 
Apple and walnut salad dressed with olive oil, walnut oil, honey and balsamic vinegar

Oregano lemon potato salad

medium rare argentinian beef

Mummy slicing the ham 
homemade pineapple apple chutney to go with the ham
 

Prive log cake
fruit cake from a friend 

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