Christmas Food and Cocktail Report

[Goldia]

Is anyone missing the food trip reports? I know I am, especially the Christmas ones there are usually a few to look forward to.

Well this got me thinking. I've been a very poor dibber recently and far too busy to browse the site let alone read posts or comment on them. Now I'm off for Christmas and I'm pretending Boris didn't drop a bombshell in our laps right at the end of term as all I want to do now is while away a few hours reading threads on here, pretending the World outside isn't really there .

After I've done that, which I'm sure you will agree is a very good use of my time, I want to spend a good long time looking up recipes for tasty food and drinks. Then I want to spend a good deal of time making some tasty treats and then I want to share the photos of what I make. Maybe that will inspire some of you to share your tasty treats as I'm looking for inspiration.

I'll start off with peppermint bark. This was really yummy, it lasted at least 2 hours! We ate it while watching Guardians of the galaxy vol 2 last night. It's all gone now so I will need to get going on some other treats.

It went really well with some Fizz. but then everything goes well with some Fizz.

This afternoon I'm making Mary Barry's white chocolate and ginger cheesecake, as we have to have cheesecake at Christmas. To go with it we will have a Pomegranate Spritzer. This is a cocktail I made last Christmas for a party and it went down well. This year it will just be two of us drinking it, but still it's worth the effort.

Hopefully some of you will share your creations, or at least enjoy a version of a food report

[Sparksy72]

Originally Posted by Goldia

Is anyone missing the food trip reports? I know I am, especially the Christmas ones there are usually a few to look forward to.

Well this got me thinking. I've been a very poor dibber recently and far too busy to browse the site let alone read posts or comment on them. Now I'm off for Christmas and I'm pretending Boris didn't drop a bombshell in our laps right at the end of term as all I want to do now is while away a few hours reading threads on here, pretending the World outside isn't really there .

After I've done that, which I'm sure you will agree is a very good use of my time, I want to spend a good long time looking up recipes for tasty food and drinks. Then I want to spend a good deal of time making some tasty treats and then I want to share the photos of what I make. Maybe that will inspire some of you to share your tasty treats as I'm looking for inspiration.

I'll start off with peppermint bark. This was really yummy, it lasted at least 2 hours! We ate it while watching Guardians of the galaxy vol 2 last night. It's all gone now so I will need to get going on some other treats.

It went really well with some Fizz. but then everything goes well with some Fizz.

This afternoon I'm making Mary Barry's white chocolate and ginger cheesecake, as we have to have cheesecake at Christmas. To go with it we will have a Pomegranate Spritzer. This is a cocktail I made last Christmas for a party and it went down well. This year it will just be two of us drinking it, but still it's worth the effort.

Hopefully some of you will share your creations, or at least enjoy a version of a food report

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Abby that chocolate bark looks delicious and you are totally right, fizz goes with everything

I’m looking forward to seeing pics of your delicious sounding cheesecake too! It was Adam’s birthday last week so I made a no bake ginger nut slice. It was soo good and very zingy.

Good to see you back.

[smithlane]

Originally Posted by Sparksy72

Abby that chocolate bark looks delicious and you are totally right, fizz goes with everything

I’m looking forward to seeing pics of your delicious sounding cheesecake too! It was Adam’s birthday last week so I made a no bake ginger nut slice. It was soo good and very zingy.

Good to see you back.

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Ooh these look amazing Michelle, do you mind sharing the recipe?

[Floridadreams]

I really miss food reports! Looking forward to this!

[Sparksy72]

Originally Posted by smithlane

Ooh these look amazing Michelle, do you mind sharing the recipe?

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Very Simple No Bake Slice
Base
2 x packs of biscuits ( I used 1 pack of ginger nuts and 1 pack of hob nobs - the ones without chocolate)
1 x tin condensed milk
3 x tbls golden syrup
2 x tbls butter melted

Topping
1 x block milk chocolate
2 x tbls coconut oil (the type that solidifies when cold)

Bash the biscuits and mix with the condensed milk, golden syrup and butter. Press into a lined tin and refrigerate for an hour or so.

Once the base is set, melt the chocolate and coconut oil in the microwave (short blasts and mix in between zaps). Once melted pour over base and refrigerate for another hour or so. Slice and try not to eat it all in one go.

You can make this into any type of slice, change the biscuits, add marshmallows or malteasers to the base or the topping! If you need a thicker topping just use two packs of chocolate.

[smithlane]

Originally Posted by Sparksy72

Very Simple No Bake Slice
Base
2 x packs of biscuits ( I used 1 pack of ginger nuts and 1 pack of hob nobs - the ones without chocolate)
1 x tin condensed milk
3 x tbls golden syrup
2 x tbls butter melted

Topping
1 x block milk chocolate
2 x tbls coconut oil (the type that solidifies when cold)

Bash the biscuits and mix with the condensed milk, golden syrup and butter. Press into a lined tin and refrigerate for an hour or so.

Once the base is set, melt the chocolate and coconut oil in the microwave (short blasts and mix in between zaps). Once melted pour over base and refrigerate for another hour or so. Slice and try not to eat it all in one go.

You can make this into any type of slice, change the biscuits, add marshmallows or malteasers to the base or the topping! If you need a thicker topping just use two packs of chocolate.

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Thanks Michelle! This is now on the ever growing list 😬

[Goldia]

Yay Michelle, that looks great. You're gonna love the Pomegranate Spritzer we are having tonight.

Xx

[ChoppyGirl]

My favourite part of The Dibb are the trip reports and the food ones. I’m really missing them.

[Goldia]

Originally Posted by ChoppyGirl

My favourite part of The Dibb are the trip reports and the food ones. I’m really missing them.

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I can't promise this will be quite the same as the Florida reports, but we had Chicken Parmigiana this evening and that is a Florida favourite for me so there will be some throwback. Plus I'm terribly sentimental at the best of times and love looking through my old photos so likely I will post a few Florida food photos for the memories.

[Goldia]

I'm going to do my best to keep this a live food report, something I never achieved with any of my previous trip reports but given we are in Kent so right in the thick of tier 4 there's no going out so it makes my plan of making food and cocktails, eating food and cocktails and sharing it with you easy to achieve

The day started with coffee and not just any old coffee but lovely Joffreys coffee.

I would have loved it to have been one of these Joffreys coffees, not quite this, but it was good.

Back in August I spotted a thread about Joffreys offering discounts and free international delivery. Well I didn't have to be told twice.

It was so good that we are on our second order now

I don't think we will be able to go back to our normal coffee. This is really a treat and a great way to start the day.

It does taste of Florida.