December's Greatest Hits

There's been a lot of cooking this month. I hosted a party for 25 people, then helped friends stock the freezer for their mom who is sick. We cooked an obscene amount of food -- ribs, mac & cheese, turkey a la king, spaghetti sauce -- and packaged it all up in ziplocs.

Then the Brit and I went skiing for a week, but we cooked all of our own meals. Of course then it was Christmas! A smoked salmon champagne breakfast

Mr roast beef

A few mince tarts

And then best of all, in the sleepy, hazy days after the big day, a table laden with leftovers, pickles and a hearty soup:

 

Merry Christmas!