We currently have a 'workaway' guest staying with us, helping us make our new house our own in return for food and lodgings. Elias is from the north of Spain and has come to the UK to improve his English.
We took him to the launch of the Hungry Caterpillar Play Cafe this weekend and I introduced him to mulled wine, my own first of the year. There is nothing that announces Christmas quite like hot wine flavoured with cinnamon, star anis, nutmeg and orange.
And the season of spice does not stop there. Ginger bread, minced pies, pickles and chutneys, clove-studded ham, boozy fruit cake, egg nog... I have even plunged into my Turkish Apple tea, purchased from the amazing Anteaques in Edinburgh.
Thanks to Daniella aka Madame Gourmand (my foodie penpal) I have a little extra spice in my life at the moment. To keep me inspired by my diet during a month of indulgence, she has sent me cous cous and various pulses, along with a selection of spices from her cupboard, including cardamom, dried chilli and, my favourite, cumin seeds. I see some tasty, filling dhals coming my way in the next few weeks!
Thanks to Daniella aka Madame Gourmand (my foodie penpal) I have a little extra spice in my life at the moment. To keep me inspired by my diet during a month of indulgence, she has sent me cous cous and various pulses, along with a selection of spices from her cupboard, including cardamom, dried chilli and, my favourite, cumin seeds. I see some tasty, filling dhals coming my way in the next few weeks!
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