So somehow it’s Christmas in a few days. I really don’t
understand where this year has gone, it feels like last Christmas was just a
few months ago. But it’s upon us again, and I’m really behind in my menu
planning! This year Christmas lunch will be at our place, with our little
family of four plus my mum and two sisters. A nice, intimate gathering you
would think would be really simple to manage in terms of dietary requirements.
But, as well as the Stuntman and I being dairy and soy free, one sister, Aunty
G, is vegetarian, and the other, Aunty A, is Muslim so can only eat
Halal-certified meat (and certainly no ham or pork). Aunty A’s OK with seafood,
but D is not a fan. He’s from the UK and is something of a traditionalist, so
will need a hot-meat-and-roast-veg-with-gravy kind of offering, with a Yorkshire
pudding earning extra brownie points. (Actual brownies would earn even more
brownie points, but I’m not going that far). Little Miss still only eats white
food (and sweets of course). Mum, bless her, eats anything.
