Now is the time to get the house looking festive and with Christmas just round the corner it can be a busy and stressful time of year. There is so much to do, especially if you want to do your part and give a helping hand to Mother Nature or holly and use it to decorate frames of pictures and mirrors. You could also use your holly and tree branches to create a wreath.
Pine trees are taken and put into our homes to become the main focus of the living room. We neatly put all our presents underneath the tree and decorate it with lights and baubles. Christmas just wouldn’t be the same without a Christmas tree.
In November it was the time to harvest your broccoli, carrots, squash and lettuce and what wonderful vegetables to serve up alongside your Christmas Turkey. It is great to serve your crops to family members, not only do you know it is organic it also helps you save a few pennies.
Christmas Starter
Prawn Cocktail has once again become a fashionable dish to serve. So why not serve it to the family using your newly harvested lettuce?
- Pick a couple of avocados a couple of days before Christmas day for them to ripen, chop up and mix them with the lettuce.
- Neatly position your prawns on top of your avocado and lettuce bed.
- Mix tomato sauce, mayonnaise and some lea & Perrins in a bowl, then pour generously over the prawns.
- Serve with a slice of lemon on the side to compliment the flavour of the prawns.
Christmas Dinner
To get the most out of your squash, potatoes and parsnips why not glaze then with some honey and roast them as usual? The sweetness of the honey will pull all the flavours from your crops and give your meal a sweet taste that will melt in your mouth.
If you are lucky enough to have a cranberry bush in your garden, they are ready to be picked from September and October up until Christmas. So why not make your own cranberry sauce?
Ingredients
- 4 cups of fresh cranberries
- 1 cup of orange juice
- 1 cup of sugar
- Rinse the cranberries well
- Put the sugar and orange juice in a saucepan and bring to a boil over medium heat.
- Add the cranberries to the saucepan and let it return to a boil. Most of the berries should start to pop within 5 – 10 minutes, releasing their natural fibre, which will thicken the sauce.
- When the berries are popping remove the saucepan and add more sugar to sweeten the sauce to your liking.
- Cool for 10 minutes before serving.