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Showing posts with label Turkey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Turkey. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Our Christmas In July Dinner!!!

We have just this last weekend had a Christmas in July dinner...and our daughter and her lovely little family were able to be here as well!!!


Little ornaments I made last year from Homespun magazine...pattern by Lenna Green of Little Green Cottage...


The menu came from Australian GoodFood magazine...


Velvety Pea & Lettuce Soup with Croutons garnished with deep fried Mint...


and a smaller bowl for the littlies...


Roast Root Vegetables with Thyme, Orange & Vinegar...
these are going into the oven...


Well and truly roasted!!!


Pistachio, Bacon & Sage Stuffed Turkey Breast...



 Green Beans with Lemony Breadcrumbs were made also!!!


And a really moist Tipsy Pear & Sultana Cake...




served with Brandy & Vanilla Custard...



One of the little decorations that were on the table...
This was a beautiful and tasty dinner...looks like Christmas in July is here to stay in this house...
JoJo just loves it!!!


Little faery having fun the next morning...


Talk about with it techo children...one has his Mum's iphone and the faery has her Mum's ipad!!!


And what to do with left over turkey...make spring rolls...these were a hit and I think I'll be making more spring rolls in the future...
Bon Appetit...Dzintra

Welcome To My World

Hello, my name is Dzintra Ingrid ... have been known as Ingrid and since our Sea Change I have started to use Dzintra ... pronounced without the D ... (but still known as Ingrid, I know, it's confusing ...)

Welcome to my world ... a journal of our Sea Change ... Mum to three wonderful children ... bringing up a daughter with a disability and seeing life through her eyes ... being a new Nanna ... photos ... inspiring quotes ... taking on a cookery course ... the odd recipe ... and trying to get some stitching done amongst all this ...