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Christmas 2012

So this years Christmas was a good one so here's some pics of my Christmas.....how did you spend yours?

lovely dinner made by all the Bwoga women in the house....

ackee and saltfish

Saltfish and lentils stew with hot peppers.

Macaroni and cheese

Pastries

Merry Christmas to all x 

Merry Christmas Family x

Dear Friends,

I just want to take this time to wish you a  Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Christmas time is one for happiness and cheer so this Christmas spend it with the ones you love celebrating the birth of Christ.

Have a wonderful Christmas

Lots of Love DayDay x

Whats's your retail therapy?

Okay retail therapy is a good way to release stress and to cheer yourself up. So what do you buy when u get a well needed shopping day? Well let me just share with you what I buy......and it's a little strange but hey who cares. I love to buy things clothes etc but if I am down I will get socks as their always a perfect fit and their cheap meaning I can but many. I love shoes and clothes but if im down and they do not fit or make me look fat that will make me feel worse....so I go for SOCKS the perfect fit. 

True story one day my friends and I went out to lunch on our break (college times)  to Tesco and after 10 minutes there i left with 6 pairs of socks and little to no lunch.

Whats your retail therapy?

Hessien Secret Santa 2012

So this year with my flatmates we did a Secret Santa gift exchange and here are a few pics of my gifts.My flatmate Rachel, I was her secret santa which I already knew just couldn't figure out what she would get me....hmmm. I got a lemon as in the first week of uni i had over 12 lemons (i had the flu), gloves as I love cleaning and a picture frame with my beautiful flatmates and friends in it.

Thank you Rach huni x

fancy gloves for cleaning..........

Christmas Dinner #1

Okay so this is my first of two Christmas dinners this year which is a first in years and my first with my new university family :) So the night before Nay and I decorated the table which unlike when I do it at home was a Christmas table decor filled with individuality (everyone used their own plates, cups and cutlery).

my plate

So food wise for this dinner would prove to be interesting as I would be cooking most of my meal (as I'm a vegetarian and my flatmate are not) on my own.
On the menu was: rice, macaroni, stew(saltfish and lentils with hot chilli's), potatoes and veg.

Preparation
So preparation was easier than i expected as I had never cooked saltfish from scratch and I thought I was going to mess it up. Luckily for me I didn't and it came out lovely. 

These are my chilli's and red pepper chopped into small dices.









During the prep of pealing the potatoes I cut my hand.....it had to be me....only me.

Ready to cook! 

macaroni ready.......

saltfish stew ready to be consumed.,..by me!

My hot chilli saltfish and lentils stew is ready!

chicken........cooked by Chef Mais.

 

 

Christmas feast is prepared!

Ready to EAT!

Here above are pics of my final dinner made by me (veg meal) and Chef Mais.
Enjoy and have a Merry Christmas x 

Adventurous in the Kitchen.....

Okay so since I began university in September I have had to cook for myself and it has been interesting. The one thing I love about cooking is learning new things through trial and error. I have perfected simple things as in how I like my pasta since September. So I never would have attempted saltfish just because my mummy makes it how I like it and I did not want to ruin it. I tried it earlier in September when I first got to university as my mummy left me some to use. To be honest it did not come out perfect and I did to attempt it again. Well I was feeling brave so I went and got some spices and just thought what could go wrong....I have watched my momma a few times, this should be fine. And luckily for me it all turned out great...i think I may cook this for Christmas dinner. Yes me I said I'm gonna cook something for Christmas dinner....shocking I know as all i usually do is decorations and eat.  Being away from home has made me grow in every way and especially as a homemaker.

Date: December 1st 2012
Dish: Rice, Veg Burger & Lentils with saltfish 
Seasoned: Black pepper, Mixed Spices, Hot Chilli Powder, Red & Green Chills (x4 small)

the beginning

all spices added including tomato chilli pasta sauce....

all mixed together.......

Hot chilli powder added to to enhance flavor....

finished product :)