A little more than 12 days to Christmas...but

This might help... we can start with the slow roasted turkey!
Remove the wishbone for ease of carving. Loosen the skin over the breast and stuff with your choice of stuffing, fill the cavity with onions,  lemons cut in half, and a good handful of herbs.  Cover breast with a lattice of streaky bacon.  Rub butter over the skin.  Place in a roasting tin on a rack or a me poi (roughly chopped onion, celery, leek and carrot).  Cover loosely with foil and place in the simmering oven over night.
Note:  If your simmering oven is slow, you could start it off in the Roasting Oven for about 15mins to give a head start!

8-10lb - 8-10 hours
11-16lb - 9-12 hours
17 - 22ob 10-14 hours but it all depends on your simmering oven.

Here is a good stuffing recipe
125g Breadcrumbs
1 Onion chopped
2 Handful's Herbs (sage, parsley, thyme) chopped finely100g Tub of Cream Cheese
Chopped smoky bacon
1 beaten egg, seasoning.  Place all of the ingredients in a bowl and combine thoroughly then STUFF!

Feeling Christmassy?

We are about to purchase 'the tree' until then, Christmas is coming!  To get us all into the mood, we held a charity extravanganza for St Michaels Hospice and raised £602 - a great achievement and lots of hard work rewarded.  We played Christmas Carols while Jacqui demonstrated the best way to decorate your perfectly iced Christmas cake (wish we could all do it like that!).  After a few glasses of mulled wine, it all seemed possible.  Here she is, concentrating!

Toast and Jam

Tis the season of mellow fruitfulness and I am enjoying all those long evenings curled up in front of the fire with a nice slice of toast and jam.

So much so I have bought in a whole load of lovely jams from the Ludlow Jam Pan so I am spoiled for choice.

Choices include:

Greengage Jam

Classic Raspberry

Dumpsie Dearie

Marrow and Ginger 

Rose Petal Jelly

Victoria Plum Jam   

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Lovely festive stocking fillers for little ones

Keeping children entertained over Christmas can be tricky but encouraging them to get inspired with baking is always a good option!

The Fairy Cupcake Book and Teddy’s Dinosaur Book are perfect for keeping the little people in your house happy between Christmas and the New Year. These books allow children to keep a note of their cookery experiences and encourage them to experiment with new recipes. A perfect introduction to the world of simple baking.

Betty's pre-Christmas clean-up

  

Perhaps it is a little previous to be cleaning up ready for Christmas but 'being prepared' is my motto!

Get scrubbing and be kind to the environment with my  super clean all spray which has an ozone safe bag and valve spray system. Use all around the house on hard surfaces, UPVC frames, plastic, cooker hoods and filters, natural stone, synthetic and tiled floors, spectacle lenses and frames.   Everything will be bright and sparkling in no time. 

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Betty's fabulous squeaky clean soap giveaway!

Looking for fabulous stocking fillers this Christmas? Buy Betty’s beauty bar and George’s grooming bar for that extra little bit of luxury this Christmas. Both soaps are made from the finest pure and natural ingredients. Soaps are now just £2.99 each.

Beautiful stylish kettles - perfect for teatime

There is nothing like that familiar whistle to tell you that a nice cup of tea is on its way – and now there are even more colour choices when you buy an AGA Cookshop stainless steel whistling kettle.

These stylish traditional kettles will fit into any kitchen colour scheme offering you a top of the range functional product that looks great in any kitchen.

And with the new Claret added to the original three colours; Gloss Black, Cream Enamel and Polished you really will be spoilt for choice!

The kettles cost just £67.49 from Betty Twyford

For details visit http://www.bettytwyford.com/new-products.html?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=206&category_id=31

SPECIAL OFFER – keep your young guests cosy and comfortable this winter with Betty Twyford super sleepover beds.

Anyone who has had five excited ten-year-olds round for a sleepover will understand that the expression ‘sleepover’ in grown up terms actually can be translated as ‘sleeplessness’ for everyone over 30!

But my new super comfortable roll up beds, are bound to send everyone off to dreamland double quick.

These beds come in single and double size and it means no more scrabbling around trying to make up beds from cushions and quilts and your children’s young guests will spend longer snoozing which means less time for making mischief!

A double bed costs £108 while a single is £81 – 10 per cent off the listed price!

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