My Christmas

Christmas time... definitely the most beautiful time of the year! I’m excited to share some of the elements of my personal Christmas… after all, it is my favourite holiday season.

After such a flurry of excitement throughout December, I chose to do a little less this year. I loved the theme I chose even more than my previous themes, and the combined beauty of all the elements required little embellishment… they worked perfectly together.

The Fife Arms beautiful tartan blanket was used as the table runner, and the vibrant green Bordallo Pinheiro dinner set worked beautifully with my Ralph Lauren stemware. Of course, I made the Rifle Paper Co and Caspari Online gift wrap and gift bags fit in with the scheme… and by chance, while I was down visiting Greytown (in the lower North Island of NZ), I picked up these perfectly matched Christmas crackers from Blackwell and Sons. It wouldn’t be a Sandra Kaminski Christmas without flowers, and these voluptuous red roses were the perfect accompaniment to my green and red tartan theme.

Christmas Day Menu:

Entree

  • Endive stuffed with goat cheese and walnuts served with Krug champagne

  • Creamy roasted tomato soup

  • Nectarine and blue cheese potato tart

  • Interesting green leaves with orange segments with a parmesan dressing

Main

  • Basil roasted garlic chickens with roasted garlic and basil sauce

  • Garlic rosemary roasted potatoes

  • Red Onion Gratin

  • Garlic thyme roasted beets

  • Orange thyme glazed baby carrots

Dessert

  • Blood orange jelly ( I ordered the oranges when in season and squeezed and froze them until needed)

  • Flourless chocolate cake

  • Summer stone fruit torte

  • Summer berries

Until next Christmas...

Sandra xx

Sandra KaminskiComment