Snacks

roast pumpkin dip, hummus dip, cheese ball with biscuits and chips, and an assorted plate olive, smoked mussles, pickled onlions etc

Lunch

roast beef, pork, turkey breast and ham, sauted potatoes and steamed veg, salad on offer this year are sweet potato and spinach in balsamic dressing, Thai noodle, caesar potato, beetroot and bean, with stuffed eggs, plain eggs, tomatoes, etc etc I am also trying two new ventures sushi rolls with smoked salmon, rice patties. Garlic Bread....traditional and modern combined to fill the masses

Dessert and coffee/tea

Pavlova, pudding (bought that) with brandy custard, mince piec and fruitcake I make and they can drink (heheheh soaked the fruit for weeks) chocolate truffles and apricot slice.

Whatever you have

where ever you are

have a wondeful Christmas

and a great 08 to you all  

If you want a change from boring salads try these, they are really easy to make:

wombok salad....chinese cabbage...it's a sweet and crunchy taake on coleslaw (has almonds and pine nuts in it)

tomato, avocado and bacon salad

potato and kumara salad with honey mustard dressing

If anyone wants the recipes let me know and I'll post them.

Breakfast is champers with pancakes and yummy fruit and some muslie over at my sisters while we do the pressies

Lunch at my mums is: Turkey roll is in order I think, and maybe some seafood.  Prawns etc..  We will have roast potatos, beans  etc....   I can't remember what it is either mashed pumpkin or sweet potato wrapped around marshmellows in to a ball and then backed, this is to die for.   For dessert it is the traditional plum pudding with brandy butter.  Then a cheese Platter, with some fruit.  Then tea and coffee and far too much to drink.

Salad: One platter will hold the normal salad stuff compartmentalised, lettuce, tomato, carrot, cheese, cucumber, Onion, Beetroot. Then I might make pasta salad, potato salad, spinach salad- just depends on how creative I feel on Christmas morning to put it all together.

hugs jo xxxx