Hello dear friends, I hope everyone had an enjoyable Christmas. This is our second Covid Christmas which of course means no parties, no friends, no overnight guests and the smallest gathering for dinner. Still, we remain healthy and that counts for a lot! We did have my mother, brother and sister in law come for Christmas dinner, so I have some quick photos to share.
We raised our own turkeys again this year at the farm. This turkey is a whopping 27 pounds. It seems as we get older we don't gorge on turkey like we used to so we have lots of leftovers. This turkey was prepared very simply with a sprinkling of course salt and poultry spices and roasted with some onion, carrot and celery.
I saw this idea on Instagram....a turkey shaped loaf of bread! I used a roll recipe but instead of individual rolls I fashioned the dough into the shape of a turkey for the final rise. I added some golden chia seeds to make it look more realistic but they didn't stick very well. It was however great fun and tasted delicious!
Our festive table.
I haven't said much about our ongoing renovations at our old farmhouse. The truth is that it has taken us so much longer than we thought to finish the rooms in our addition. When we first discussed adding onto our old stone house we knew we wanted a large dining room that would allow us to host larger gatherings with lots of room. Although a contractor did the major building, we decided to do the finishing ourselves. Between jobs and a farm though what we thought we take a year has dragged on to 6 years! The good news is that my husband just finished laying down this flooring on Christmas Eve evening! Getting the room ready for Christmas was a scramble. He still needs to finish milling all of the wood for the baseboards and trim around the doors and windows.
Thank you for visiting my blog and wishing everyone a healthy and happy 2022!
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