During the Christmas holidays, Ian and I headed back home to England. First of all we went to the North of England, where my family live and straight away we headed for a much-missed country walk with Milo!
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It was liberating to breath in the country air and feel the freedom of rolling British hills before us. It was during this walk in fact that I realised how restricting Paris really is. Don't get me wrong, many people adore Paris and even I myself, fell in love with its' charm and beauty but the reality of living in one of the most exclusive cities in the world, on a budget is definitely far from the Parisian dream!
Next up, an Indian was in order!!
We began with poppadoms and dips, followed by onion bajhi's and chicken pakora's, but I was so excited when they came out that I only managed a few blurred pictures so thought I'd skip them and show you straight to the main course. We shared my trusty favourite; chicken tikka masala and a beef and vegetable shashlique with a creamy vegetable sauce, which came out sizzling on a hot stone. We also got vegetable pilau rice and pillowy peshwari naan breads...heaven on a plate!!
It was so good in fact that we ordered a takeaway on Christmas Eve!
Oh how I wish I could be there right now and eat it all again!!
On Christmas day, I prepared the meal single handily!
Carrots and swede, parsnips, broccoli, roast potatoes, mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy, Yorkshire puddings and turkey of course! ^.^
Followed by banoffee cheesecake, homemade apple crumble and custard, strawberry trifle and chocolate cake!! :P
A few days later, we hopped on a plane down South to Dorset and took full advantage of being by the coast!
Then snuggled up in front of the fire afterwards :)
