Having spotted the first christmas tree in someone's front window when out running last night, there is no denying it - christmas is on its way and with it all the expectations of the perfect Family Christmas.Here is my survival strategy so far

.Symptoms are tight chest, achy back, headache, runny nose,(at least one part of me is running), sore throat etc etc etc.All old wives tales recipes welcome, tried and tested methods, anything to rid me of this lurgy. Have to agree with the Doc. Antibiotics probably

, are they any decent indian dishes you can do?(I appreciate I could google this, but it's nice to talk!) This thread had a lot of good stuff, SFTLSlow cooking These books are great, don't have this one but lots of others. Someone bought me one for Christmas a

Thanks for the great friendships I've made over the last year and all the laughs on here and the support...... well you know.....Kate oh...and I'm leaving......no, not really, tough sh*t! Couldn't have put it better.  Have a wonderful Christmas

Santa glued in the middle, depending upon available time.Vote now..... Does anyone have a favourite christmas cake recipe please? Must make one this week-end.ThanksSB Will you be sending out slices of the resultant cakes for us non-baking cake

icelandic yoghurt - don't think you can get it in the UK) and oats, mashed up with a banana in the mornings.It's quite thick and gloopy so I can put it in a tupperware and eat it when I get to where I'm going. And it's yum. I've got a recipe for flapjacks

I saw an upside down Christmas tree whilst I was out shopping at the weekend. I did see them last year as well.  I really don't like them.  There's something odd about them. Something almost a bit Satanic, like an inverted cross.Is it just me? No

Woohooo!!!**Shimmies** Does that mean I can open the Christmas chocolates now? it better not be, or my parents will be here any minute so if a strange man turns up at my house tonight saying he's santa and wants to come in and give me a present

, sausage meat balls, cranberry and port sauce, and gravyDesert: Christmas pudding with brandy butterdrinks: Wine, red for the starter and main and a desert wine to go with the pudding, followed by a good port Dave's choice definitely sounds more appealing

Having been on the forums for a while I've noticed that more and more people are sharing recipes and general cookery hints and tips.I thought it would be a good idea to form a "recipe dumping ground" as such so please try and restrain from using