other than the roasted turkey *which of course was the star on the night*, we also prepared a few other dishes for our xmas feast! this time, we tried to play safe and stuck with whats simple and achievable. afterall we had 18 mouths to feed, its probably not the best time to play around with new adventurous recipes :)
so, mum and i both started preparing in our own homes on the night of xmas eve. lucky i got off work at 3pm! next day i surprised mum by arriving her place early~! *pat on the back!*
so, first on the menu was a cold soup in shot glasses as starter:
-Chilled smoked salmon soup-
little olive nibbles marinated in lemon + spices to go with the cold meat platter:
-Marinated green olives-
sis made this beautiful white wine sangria - sooo good, i dont think we'll ever make the red wine version again!
-White wine sangria-
we also made 2 salads:
-Stone fruits, prosciutto + ricotta with balsamic vinaigrette-
so so simple to make and so colourful! its fabulous time of the year to make this salad as stone fruits are in season! get different types for the contrast in colour and in taste~ we used nectarines, peaches and apricots!
-Squid + green mango salad with vietnamese dressing-
a totally diff type of salad. this one is based on luke nguyen's green mango salad, but i used squid this time. just for fun i also chucked in some mango cubes. this salad is so refreshing its great for a hot summers day!
next on the menu we had lemongrass chicken, vermicelli + mint with sweet chilli sauce in lettuce cups:
-Lemongrass chicken in lettuce cups-
moving on to the hot food, we had prawns ~ halved lengthways *v skillful work of sis*, grilled and finished with a sweet soy sauce:
-Grilled prawns with garlic + sweet soy-
also from the oven we had lamb racks - mum bought these top grade racks, both huge in size and packed with flavours:
-Lemon + thyme lamb racks-
the poor oven worked so hard all day *just like us!!* half way through roasting the turkey, we also chucked in a tray on veg in - its not often that we turn on the oven for more than an hour!! so no wasting energy :) it can roast some veg at the same time! here we had carrots, potatoes, parsnips, zucchinis, green beans, red onions and garlic, tossed with olive oil and sprigs of thyme.
-Roasted vegetables-
enough in one post i think *am getting tired* :) next time i'll post a xmas dessert~!
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