Being Chinese Eurasians and Christians for that matter, we naturally celebrate Christmas every year with a big Christmas dinner that has always been cooked by my mother. Every year, my mother would ask us what we would like to see on the Christmas table and we would decide. Sometimes, my brothers and I would squabble over the menu but mom always manages to satisfy our individual cravings. In the past, we’ve had Indian cuisine, Portuguese fare, Chinese wok stuff, traditional Christmas turkey (least popular in our family!), Italian pastas, English roasts (thumbs up!)……and many more.

This year though, for the first time in a long time, we are going away for Christmas as a family. Our usual Christmas dinner will take place in a cool climated country and we won’t be having the present opening there because who wants to cart pressies all the way up a plane? Only to bring our new gifts back again……… *roll eyeballs* And most definitely not when we need space in our luggage for shopping done there!

So I decided that I, being the eldest daughter and the most generous sister and mother on Earth (oh….and wife), will host a small pre-Christmas meal at my home. Just so Tee can enjoy the family gathering and opening of presents. Just so we can keep what we’ve always had albeit on a much smaller scale since I have not invited the extended family.

Then…..panic! What should I cook? Mom said to keep it simple since I was cooking it alone. But what? The Hubs suggested that I cook a one dish meal and his ulterior motive is so he wouldn’t have to wash so many dishes. Sneaky fella.

So I went looking for fish recipes seeing that we’ve never had fish for Christmas before. Fish is healthy, why are you scrunching up your nose? I’ll wake up early to get some fresh fish from the market and then use a recipe I found at MyDish which looks so simple yet sounds absolutely delicious. It’s a tried and tested recipe that has been rated well so I’m confident that it will turn out great. I’ll probably look through some pasta recipes as well since my brothers may not find fish filling enough!

There are some great home recipes out there just like MyDish.co.uk shared and reviewed by real people that you will not find in any recipe book. In fact, online recipes are the best because you draw from the honest reviews from real people and make your own adjustments from there. I found my best chocolate cake ever recipe online!

Anyway, I will be sure to post my pre-Christmas meal pictures when the time comes, which is not far from today!

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Mamapumpkin spent 7 years in London committing crimes to gain her Bartlett degree in Architecture. She then spent 7 years as a Stay At Home Mom raising her children as documented in this blog of over 15 years thereafter returning to the Corporate World stronger than ever as the Country Director of a British Multinational. She sets out to prove to all, that you can have anything and everything that you want; if you have that fire of desire burning within and the drive to work hard. Even better with much love.

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