Happy Festive Season and Merry Christmas to you and your families.

Christmas 2016,  links to recipes that you might enjoy over the festive period:

Wishing you all a very relaxed and Happy day with love from Stirring Stuff .

Christmas gift ideas from Stirring Stuff: Fabulous Fudge

Part 2 of Christmas Gifts from Stirring Stuff: Two Elegant Preserves.

Part 3 of Christmas Gifts from Stirring Stuff: Easy cheesy biscuits.

Part 4 of Stirring Stuffs edible gift ideas for Christmas: Deliciously Different Chocolate Truffles.

Part 5: Christmas Gifts from Stirring Stuff: Chicken Liver Parfait with a Sauternes Jelly

Make this now and you will have the perfect breakfast for tomorrows big day:

Christmas Breakfast in a Pot: Flavoursome home-made yoghurt topped with lashings of fresh fruit.

A penny for your present, or mind my fingers! Tips to help you chose the right knife to give as a gift.

 Soup to nourish after a long winter walk:

Turn the temperature up with winter warming soups.

Use up turkey or goose remains by substituting for the chicken in this recipe:

Chicken in a sherry vinegar and rosemary sauce.

Refreshing salads to cleanse the palate and pep up cold meat remains:

Chicory, orange and watercress salad with a toasted walnut pesto

Summer Red Cabbage Slaw with a Raspberry Vinaigrette