I've decided to go all out this year (it's all about the food) and, going by my list, I'll be up by 4am cooking!!

Menu

Starter
  • Crudities with mayonaisse
  • Fresh prawns


Main
  • Roast Goose
  • Glazed ham
  • Turnip casserole
  • Braised brussell sprouts
  • Roast potatoes
  • Roast carrots


Cheese platter

Dessert
  • croquembouche
  • Boiled fruit cake with custard


I've ordered the ham and the goose. This weekend I'll start soaking the fruit and get DH to place an order for the seafood with our local shop. The wonderful thing is that the veges will all come from our garden.

The mayonaisse and seafood sauce I can make the night before (and also the custard). The choux pastry can be made a couple of days before hand and stored in an airtight container once cooked. DH is going to do the Ham in the weber and I'm really looking forward to cooking my goose! I've never had goose before, let alone cooked one!

I've been madly shopping online buying the bits and pieces I need for the the kitchen to make the cooking easier - just waiting on my platters to arrive.

Thanks to Julia Childs and her wonderful book, I have recently fallen in love with cooking and am having a torrid love affair with butter - we adore each other (I love it's taste and it loves my hips).

The next step is to check out all things Martha Stewart and get creative!