Hi - so been cooking up a storm lately. The highlight being a kiddy Xmas party at the weekend. We had no salt crisps (to the derision of all) and normal crisps, ham (made from a lovely gammon joint) and watercress/ smoked salmon and cream cheese and cheese & tom sandwiches for the grown ups. Cream cheese and cheese sandwiches for kiddies. Mince pies (although I forgot to put these out so been eating them ourselves! He he). I even made the mincemeat myself - with cranberries and orange - yum. A gingerbread tree tower with candy necklace tinsel. Vanilla snowman cup cakes and banana and honey (with candy cane decs) cup cakes. Mini breadsticks, sausage rolls and quiche - all the cliché food! And for drinkies it was a fab (adoooooore this) mulled apple juice. People were super kind about it. Red wine, OJ, tea, coffee etc. It was such fun. Why can't it be Xmas every day?????