in the UK it is mother's day tomorrow, but for the Garwood family we celebrated it today. my sister's aren't able to come over tomorrow as they have there own children to spend mother's day with.
as I may have mentioned previously, I am a huge foodie and cooking is a real passion of mine. I find myself constantly watching cooking programmes in my free time/after work, I cannot help myself.
unfortunately my dad is unwell and has been bed-ridden all day, so he did not join us for dinner. but being the lovely daughter I am, I made sure there was plenty left for when he is feeling better. I chose my menu last weekend, flicking through books, looking through websites and generally brainstorming. I decided on antipasto for starter, so mixed olives with feta, sweet red peppers stuffed with feta, sun-dried tomatoes with mozzarella. along side that I bought 6 different types of hummus, italian meats, bread sticks and I chopped up veggies to dip into the hummus. for the main I bought a gorgeous roasting joint of beef which I put in the slow-cooker last night for 8 hours. this morning the house smelt wonderful the meat fell apart at the touch. I also added some vegetable stock and an onion. to accompany the meat I made a creamy potato mash with roasted root veg. and last but not least, the dessert which went down incredibly well, was a no-bake vanilla cheesecake. it was one of the most simple recipes I have ever used and it came out wonderfully. needless to say, everyone was stuffed by the end and I was incredibly pleased that everyone enjoyed the meal I had made them.
I have taken some photos to show you, but I forgot to take some of the main course as I was a little stressed out (keeping everything hot and trying to serve everyone at the same time was a mission and a half).
happy mother's day for tomorrow :-)
esther xo
