Christmas Eve Dinner & Cake Disaster...

Christmas Eve dinner supposedly to be at my bro's place but the day before Christmas eve, my sis-in-law called to say that she can't host as her brother-in-law (who is a pastor) has just passed away from cancer. So our family dinner was held at my sis' place instead. Usually, we would also celebrate my son's birthday at the same time. So, I baked a chocolate cake for my son and decorated with his favorite candy, M&M's all around the cake. On our way to my sis' place - bumpy ride in the car with me trying to manage the cake as well as the roast turkey - the cake slide and broke into two! Arggh...

Wanted to make Beef Bourguignon as planned but everyone in my family asked me to roast turkey instead. So i ended up making my usual stuff, roast turkey & shepherd's pie.

Roast turkey all cut up into pieces easier to eat..:) I forgot to take photo for the entire turkey. Right behind is my Shepherd's Pie.

Disaster birthday cake!

So sad..all the decorations gone..

Cake slide (i tried to put it back!) and cracked in the centre

Birthday boy doesn't really care actually..

I'm the one who's more upset since all my hard work turned into mess..lol!

But nonetheless, the chocolate cake tasted great and my son loved it = he ate it! :D

Roast Chicken

Roast Chicken recipe taken from Jamie Oliver website. He has got great recipes but i am not really a fan of his shows though, maybe cos i can't really understand when he mutters a lot...
Happy New Year everyone!!

Christmas Turkey *success*!!!! :D

I'm really very happy that my first roast Turkey is a success!! Yipee!! Took about 3 hours to roast the turkey but it is worth every effort. Turkey turned out really very juicy, soft and succulent! So much better what i use to buy from hotels! So i think everybody should roast their own turkey..so much better! And this year is the first time that there are no leftover turkey!

No shepherd pie's photo ..but as usual, it is everyone's fave! lol!

Roast Chicken

Today, i roasted a whole chicken for the very first time and i am really happy to report that it was such a great success!! Yippe!! The meat was soo juicy and the vegetable which i initially thought was burnt wasn't and tasted great! I got the recipe from Chef Michael Smith - and i am a fan of his show "Chef at Home", but somehow i can't find any of his cookbooks here though! Have to order them online via amazon.ca.

I've no photos of the chicken i roasted cos my 'photographer' was out and about shopping and when she got back, she just wanted to eat the chicken. Anyway, she took what's left over of the chicken though from her plate..LOL!... I know it's disgusting..but here's the pic..