Just needed to be heard for a little while

whitewing

Avocao-something? A salad with fruity bits and cheese? Terry's chocolate orange, lol (although that's usually xmas breakfast!)

I'm in a skiving mood today. I want to write Xmas lists, and browse round shops.

Aunt has said that we can buy our own presents this year and give them to her to wrap. I get the joy of spending without it costing me. I am very excited.

Waves_and_Smiles

Ooooh, cheese food! Now they sound nice! I have never tried them before, I think that would be perfect, thank you, code! Avocado is also yum, whitewing and something I rarely buy. I wonder if I could do both?

What fun buying your own presents! Do you have anything in mind?

codemonkey

Hmmm, I was supposed to be meeting a friend for tea and cake at lunchtime and she's cancelled. Do I go and get cake anyway?

tea_lover

You even have to ask?

lostinrates

Why not have avocado and prawns? Something both like? Then have a little cheese board of three cheeses

Re puddings, what about a Christmas spiced and fruited bread and butter pudding....like Christmas pudding but lighter. You could use stollen or pandoro or pannetone for the bread.

In the 'old days' we used to have minimum three types of pudding but I pared right back and we just have Christmas pudding if its just us now. We don't even have 'all' the trimmings but spread them over the time off for enjoyable seasonal meals.

tea_lover

You are all making me very hungry

My crackers and babybel lunch is going to seem very disappointing now that I'm craving prawn cocktail, a turkey roast, trifle and chocolate yule log :santa2:

codemonkey

Don't forget the sausages wrapped in bacon.

lostinrates

Or panettone as it is, served with zabaglione ( can you have alcohol?) zabaglione is delicious .......buy wasp better do the whisking......that's hard work!

Waves_and_Smiles

Haahahaha! Sorry, tea! Funnily enough Asda just opened their Christmas delivery slots which are essential for me, WaSp is usually driving MIL everywhere and I have no hope of getting to the shops. I just threw on a load of random food, I will sort it all out near the date. As long as I know food will turn up I am happy.

A version of bread and butter pudding sounds wonderful, LIR. I absolutely adore stollen and so does WaSp so that would work. You know I have never tried pannetone, I should remedy that. I can have small amounts of alcohol! I would never forget the sausages in bacon, it is one of the best bits!

codemonkey

Another thing to try as a christmas snack, if WaSP can get to a Lidl is pfefferneusse. Its glazed gingerbread cookies and amazing.