Quest for Christmas: An Ode to Cranberry Sauce, and all the Other Bits

Where would we be each Christmas dinner without the humble jar of cranberry sauce? Our meals would lack a certain fruity kick and the turkey would perhaps taste even drier without it. It'll be on our Christmas dinner table without question this year, ready to bring a bit of the classic Christmas colour to our plates. But like every seasonal decoration or tradition, it'll be promptly shelved the moment Christmas ends, and the jar is likely to stick around in the back of the fridge until early next year.

Rebecca and I had our own mini Christmas dinner tonight, and I think we really smashed it. We didn't go full out and roast a whole bird seeing as we were going away tomorrow so we opted for chicken breasts wrapped in parma ham instead (a 'chicken in blankets' if you will). Nestled in the corner of my plate though, you'll see a dollop of the faithful cranberry sauce. It served us both well tonight, lifting a good meal to an excellent one.

For pudding Rebecca and I attempted to make some decorated Christmas biscuits / shortbread. It's been on her winter wishlist for a while now so it was good to do it on such a foodie day. Here's some shots of her impromptu, 'I wish I worked at Lindt' workstation, and some of the finished biscuits. I think they look pretty cute.