The weather has been wild, the trees bending to the ground, the lashing rain almost horizontal but we’ve spent the day in the kitchen cooking up a storm, ready for next week when we will be 15 for meals on one day, 12 on three other days and 7 for the rest of the week. In the freezer now are a vegetarian Chilli, a Beef and Chestnut Casserole, two Sweet Potato and Chestnut Nut Roasts, a Chocolate Torte and a Lime and Ginger Cheesecake. All the makings for a Chicken and Sweetcorn Lasagne are there too and people start arriving on Friday. Happy days – family all together for the first time in four and a half years!
Mixture of chestnuts, cashew and sun-dried tomatoes just before the fried onions and garlic are added to be followed by mashed sweet potato. It’s a scrumptious nut roast!
utesmile
December 29, 2023 at 12:36 pm
Wow that is alot of work, but very rewarding having family with you. Enjoy and afterwards relax! 🙂 ♥
mybeautfulthings
December 29, 2023 at 9:31 pm
Thank you. I think we might sleep for a week when they have all gone! 🙂
ladysighs
December 28, 2023 at 11:50 am
You are too efficient! I open the freezer and just hope there is something there. My best dish is stew with something different thrown in every time. Get no complaints. 🙂
mybeautfulthings
December 28, 2023 at 10:16 pm
There’s no way I could have so many here for so long without getting lots of it in the freezer beforehand! I shall certainly need a rest when they leave in 10 days! 🙂
ladysighs
December 29, 2023 at 1:34 am
Enjoy!!
snoakes7001
December 27, 2023 at 9:56 pm
Have a lovely time – very impressed with that prep work!
mybeautfulthings
December 28, 2023 at 10:15 pm
Thank you. I couldn’t cater for so many for so long without a lot of prep! 🙂