Favorite Christmas Recipes. | Blogmas Day 12.

Christmas is coming soon! I’m so terribly excited to be baking and stuff, so for some of you who are still searching for recipes that are good, here’s a one stop for all!

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Roast Turkey – Jamie Oliver.

turkey wellington

Turkey Wellington – Jamie Oliver. 

potato gratin

Potato Gratin – Jamie Oliver.

eggnog

Eggnog – BBC Food.

christmas cookie

Christmas Cookies – Martha Stewart.

holiday biscotti

Holiday Biscotti – Laura Vitale.

hot chocolate

Hot Chocolate.

gingerbread

Gingerbread Man – Nigella Lawson.

christmas cake

Christmas Cake – Nigella Lawson.

That’s all I have for now, hope you’ve enjoyed it and good luck with cooking!

Disclaimer : The photos aren’t mine and no copyright intended! I have not been paid to recommend the pages listed above and all opinions are mine!

Useless.

My day today was just horrible.

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I had training today (I play netball in school) and I was late for it! I had to wait for the bus for 20 minutes and when I reached school, I had to run 2km immediately. It’s pretty tiring since I haven’t ran (due to ankle issues) for about 2 months.

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Then there were matches within the team and stuff, but guess what? The coach didn’t pick me for a single game. That made me mad. I was so pissed off. I felt as though I wasted 3 hours of my life in school.

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He’d just stare at me, then pick someone else. I felt so worthless and useless, that I was insignificant. Maybe I’m a pretty bad player, but he could at least give me one chance?

During practice, he gave me a useless role. Literally, useless, not that I wasn’t appreciating the role he gave me, but it was useless. I could have stood at the transverse line, not move and they’d carry on fine without me.

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If he was going to waste so much of my time, why am I still going to school? They should just say “oh, you’re bad at netball and you don’t have a chance to be on the competitive team, so stay at home!”

I have been trying hard, mind them. The match I played on Monday (when coincidentally, none of them were there) was fantastic. I intercepted a couple of balls and managed to keep my opponent behind me, unable to get the ball.

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I also practice my passes with the team captain, and they’re improving. Just one chance for me to prove to them what I got seems a little too tough, huh?

I felt so useless.

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Horrible, horrible day indeed! Now I’m in a horrible mood.

I shall bake tomorrow, to relieve me of my stress. Christmas goodies of course, they make me so happy. And can I say, I am a (amateur) master at making biscotti. They taste so amazing!

Here are a few recipes of what I’ll most probably be baking tomorrow.

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I have an absolute weakness for peppermint.

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(Found here!)

I gotta go get the peppermint extract for the recipes.

I honestly can’t wait for Christmas! With all the cooking and baking – I can’t wait to make potato gratin. Managed to find a recipe by Jamie Oliver!

Geez I’m so hungry now.

OH! And seriously, Nigella Lawson is frickin amazing.