The Food Confessional

Posted by Paola

1:30pm Christmas lunch

My first meal was Christmas lunch which I prepared with my brother at my mother’s house.

Steamed asparagus with feta dressed in lemon juice and extra virgin olive oil. (The meat-eaters also had smoked salmon with cream cheese.)

Quorn lemon and pepper escalope and cranberry sauce (jam) with baked pepper, brussel sprouts, sweet potato mash with cream cheese,  and a mixed salad. Plus sparkling wine and diet ginger beer.

I later added some of the stuffing.

2pm Ben & Jerry’s mango and berry sorbet (lower in calories than ice cream) + fresh coffee

3:10pm Belgian chocolate truffles

(Given to me by my 9 yr old neighbour.)

7:30pm Baked apples with orange-soaked sultanas, meringue and custard

A Delia Smith recipe. A lower-calorie alternative to the usual Christmas pudding and panetone

9:15pm Stuffing and cheese salad with cranberry sauce + ginger beer

9:40pm Belgian chocolate truffles + port