Christmas came early this year..

Christmas came super-early this year, when Ciara Elliot, the editor of EKBB Magazine and her  creative team dropped in bearing stacks of festive goodies.

EKBB were shooting a kitchen feature for their Christmas issue, which meant we got a sneak preview of what the best dressed tables will be wearing on the big day. Our favourite decorations were the pretty snow-dusted fairy light wreaths from The White Company, which looked gorgeous inside the house as well as on the front door.

It was long day, so I cooked plenty of recipes from Food for your brood to keep everyone fortified, plus a few treats from my new book.   Thanks EKBB, it was such a lovely day with a great bunch of talented people and we can't wait to see the results.  EKBB's Christmas issue will be on sale in Novemberfile

Spicy apple chutney and thyme mini scotch eggs