Happy New Year!

Greetings from a very chilly Suffolk seaside town – it’s been mild and damp here for weeks and now winter is upon us all of a sudden. I hope you had an enjoyable time over the Christmas period and have stayed well – many of our friends have been coughing and sneezing, probably due to the miserable damp weather. It was lovely to catch up with family and friends – we ate too much and laughed ourselves hoarse with silly games and wind-up snowmen, elves, santas and penguins racing down the hall… We wasted very little food thank goodness, but next year I might resist making braised red cabbage as that was the least popular vegetable dish (unless there are shouts of dismay from at least one of our young people). Turkey is my favourite meat so we had a very big one and there was plenty for me to graze on when I went to the fridge 😉 . Today, however, I’ve bought some stewing lamb from the butcher at the top of our road and have got it marinading ready to make Tagine tomorrow. There will be enough to put some in the freezer for later in the month too. I’m a great fan of batch cooking and always have Slow-bol and soups ready to thaw and enjoy. Some of our young friends find them handy too… So, back to normal? Our decorations came down today, but where did all that dust come from ?? 🙂