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Happy Monday - hope you've had a fabulous weekend ?

We had a little informal dinner party on Saturday evening - just four of us, lots of laughs and nattering, yummy food and a wee glass or two of fine wine.  

Now I know that according to the "Law of Entertaining", one really should not try out a new & un-tested dish on unsuspecting dinner guests. But having never been one to be particularly vigilant regarding dinner party etiquette , I decided to try out not one, but three new recipes**.

 ( Remember, I grew up in Africa: We kuier (visit), we cook, we eat, we drink, we share.  Simple. )

So, first up was the Twister Bread . . . 

It took a lot of kneading, and rolling...

... and twisting...

. . . but it was such fun to make and turned out lovely and crusty on the outside and soft in the inside. Just like bread should be. 

A perfect accompaniment to the Potato & Leek vichyssoise - served hot (because in my world, soup should not be cold !)

The main course was my tried-and-trusty Lasagne.  

And the dessert that followed ?

Very yummy Chaussons aux Pommes . . .

Little Bramley apple pies topped with Cornish clotted ice cream and homemade Salted Caramel Toffee sauce.

Mmmm . . .  :-)

Wishing you a delicious week,

xoxo

**All three recipes are from Lorraine Pascale's new book "Fast, Fresh and Easy Food".