A luscious Christmas – Part 1

This is PART 1 of A Luscious Christmas – see below for Parts 2, 3 and 4

Luscious pavlova with cream and strawberries

Happy holidays Luscious Lifers!

Some of you are interested in how we’re spending Christmas this year, as well as keen to scroll through our Christmas photos, so here’s a look at a Luscious Christmas…

 

**Don’t forget to check out the LUSCIOUS CHRISTMAS GIFT GUIDE as well as our top picks of other holiday gift guides from some of our favourite brands and stores**

 

 

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Mr Luscious and I live in a lovely seaside village called Mount Martha, about an hour south of Melbourne, on the Mornington Peninsula, so we’ll embracing heat and sand rather than snowballs and snowflakes.

We’ve got a large lot of family coming to Chez Luscious tonight (Christmas Eve) and then we’re off to my parents for a small-and-relaxed Christmas lunch.

 

 

 

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Christmas food

Here’s what we’re thinking for our Christmas menu tonight:

  • roast turkey roll (stuffed with nuts, camembert cheese, herbs – yum!), roast chicken, baked ham, roast vegetables such as potatoes and pumpkin, plus peas, green beans and gravy
  • possibly seafood and roast pork or roast lamb
  • a vegetarian-friendly, gluten-free rice pilaf and cauliflour curry bake
  • cranberry sauce, apple sauce
  • gluten-free desserts: cherry cake and Pavlova
  • traditional Christmas pudding
  • custard, cream, icecream, Brandy sauce
  • perhaps cookies and chocolates too, and maybe something with pomegranates if I can get organised!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Last year I made a white chocolate candy cane cake which, to be egotistical, was pretty fab. Sadly, not enough time to make it this year.

Here’s a link to a fab recipe for Cranberry Mojitos, via the We Are Not Martha blog.

 

 

Cranberry Mojito recipe via wearenotmartha blog

 

 

 

Keep reading our Christmas coverage:

 

There’s more lusciousness on our Wining, dining, entertaining and celebrating” photos gallery listing page, and we have heaps of other photos on our CHRISTMAS board on Pinterest.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enjoy a spot of Christmas shopping:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Do leave a comment about how YOU are spending the holidays this year – I’d love to hear your recipe and decorating ideas in particular.

And don’t forget to check out the new LUSCIOUS SHOP for men’s and women’s fashion, kids, homewares, gifts and themed pages for beach and countryside lusciousness.

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Cheers, Natasha
www.myLusciousLife.com

 

 

 

 

 

**Don’t forget to check out the LUSCIOUS CHRISTMAS GIFT GUIDE as well as our top picks of other holiday gift guides from some of our favourite brands and stores**

 

 

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