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Posts Tagged ‘Christmas’


Ho Ho Hotties!

Posted 186 days ago

Hubby in the Nuddy Christmas special!
 

Christmas tip – Gift cards

Posted 202 days ago

My 7-year-old son Benjamin loves making gift tags out of old Christmas cards I save – keeps him quiet for ages!
Lucy Travell, Gloucester

Decorating tip – Stocking calendar

Posted 202 days ago

Mini-stockings filled with treats make a wonderful way to count down to  Christmas – better than all that chocolate in advent calendars!
Heather Sutcliffe, Hebden Bridge

Craft tip – Santa dolls

Posted 202 days ago

Red paper, cotton wool and empty toilet rolls can quickly be transformed into little Santas!
Jackie Patrick, Hayling Island

Baking tip – Christmas cake

Posted 202 days ago

Cut a snowflake out of paper and sprinkle icing sugar over the pattern to create a pretty Christmas cake.
Jacqueline Wilkins, Frome, Somerset

Young Love!

Posted 426 days ago

My fave snap of me and my boyf Chris during our first Christmas.  it’s been four years now and I love him lots!
 
Carly McCready, County Down

Sweet and sour cranberry and turkey chilli

Posted 532 days ago

Serves 6
Prep 10 min
Ready in 25 min
Price per portion 45p
INGREDIENTS
2tbsp olive oil
1 chicken stock cube
2 onions, peeled and finely chopped
1 red pepper, deseeded and chopped
1tbsp chilli powder (or to taste)
1tsp ground coriander
2 x 400g tins chopped tomatoes
2tbsp tomato puree
410g tin red kidney beans, drained and rinsed
150g wholeberry Ocean Spray cranberry sauce
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
700g-cooked turkey, cut into bite-size…

Party Pieces

Posted 551 days ago

Really quick and easy Christmas party food

Christmas Pudding Wrap with Brandy Dipping Custard Sauce
Makes 16
Cooking time 15 min
Price each 12p
INGREDIENTS
350g leftover Christmas pudding
4 wraps
2-3 tbsp brandy
1 medium egg, beaten
caster sugar
2 x 150g pots ready to eat custard
4 tbsp Brandy
METHOD
1 Cut the Christmas pudding into 16, 6cm x 1cm sticks, and drizzle with the brandy.
2 Square off the round edges of…

Have Your Elves A Merry Little Christmas!

Posted 553 days ago

Don’t you think my Freya, 4, looks so cute as an elf?
 
Jodie Giblin, Penarth

Merry Kiss-mass!

Posted 553 days ago

Celebrating a successful snowman with a kiss.  My daughter Jasmine, then 1, and her uncle Finley, 2.
 
Madelaine Adams, South London