Saturday night dinner

I decided to get a little creative

First course

Freshly shucked oysters with lemon and a bloody Mary shot in a salt rimmed glass

Second course
Thinly sliced tuna sashimi with a home-made wasabi mayonnaise, soy, pickled ginger and seaweed crunch

Main

Beef served with beetroot purée, roast potatoes and carrot straw

Dessert
Orange Macarons with a caramelized orange centre

Backpack Cake

When only the best will do for our little princess... we had a full birthday event for her second birthday - call it OVERKILL!!!

Including a Jumping castle, face-painter, Dora themed goodie bags and of course a backpack cake.

Other bits and pieces

Macarons - these are still may favourite thing to make - they are fun, nice and lets face it there is something a bit special about them....

Also there is nothing nicer than tea in a beautiful cup
Thanks to my MIL for the lovely cup for my birthday

Christmas Dinner

Every year Christmas is one of those times where our familys come together but it is a MAJOR.

Being Swiss we do Christmas Eve (and this year it was my turn) and then the next day we do Christmas Day at A's family.

So what did we do....

Nibbles - Bruschetta

Starter - Gazpacho

Entree - Prawn Salad

Main 1 - Ham with mustard fruit

Main 2 - Beef, potatoes etc etc

Dessert - chocolate mousse, Pavlova roll

Unfortunately I don't have pics of it all as after a few Champagnes I forgot to take pictures....

Here are a few of the shots!!

Christmas Biscuit Surprise

Every year it is a tradition in our family to make some Swiss Christmas biscuits.

This year was the first time that Princess was interested and wanting to help - I think she ate more of the raw dough than actually making biscuits.

Some of the finished products (promise I'll post the recipes and step by step this year )

Surf Cake

I think this has to be one of my favourite cakes I have made. It had a certain element of Reto .. fun and some new bits and pieces - oh and not to mention the cool glitter sand, small shells and fun.

Work in progress

The Cake

Catching up to do...

Wow - it seems like forever since I last posted something.. that doesn't mean I abandoned cooking - life just got in the way.

In retrospect I will post some of the cakes - the surf cake and backpack cake, some dinner party pics and will try to keep it a little more regular in the future.....