My Guide to Christmas

Recently I read the book 'I Heart Christmas' by Lindsey Kelk. At the back of the book there was a  Christmas guide and I loved the idea so much that I thought I would do my own version. I can't begin to explain to you why I love Christmas so much because I get very (and I mean VERY) excited just thinking about it. The decorations, the family gatherings, the crackers and the advent calendars...

Mostly, I love Christmas because it's the time of year when everything gets so festive and there are Christmas trees and lights nearly everywhere you go. Not only does it seem as if everyone is just as excited as I am, but people are a little happier as well!

 The best way to get into the Christmas spirit is to bake some Christmas treats. I made this amazing chocolatey Christmas fudge and it was really easy, but most importantly incredibly delicious.

The best part for me is re-watching all the Christmas movies under a big blanket. Near Christmas it also becomes acceptable to watch these movies everyday with a mince pie in hand (it is acceptable, right?) These are my top five Christmas movies:

This is my (super fabulous, amazing and spectacular) Christmas Playlist

You never really know when an unexpected Christmas dance party is likely to happen and when it does, you need to be prepared. 

I hope that you are having a wonderful Christmas season and have an even more wonderful Christmas day, even if that means you lie on the floor whilst massaging your food baby and chocking down one more mince pie.

Victoria xo

How to Make Momos

In amongst the teaching, traveling and sightseeing during my Dharamsala adventure we managed to find time to fit in a cooking class, which was held inside a small kitchen found amongst the roadside shops. Whilst rummaging through my India file after I wrote my previous post, I found a piece of paper which I realised was the recipe we received at that cooking class. The cooking class was momo themed. Momos are traditional Tibetan dumplings that you can find in just about any Tibetan restaurant. There are not many recipes online on how to make momos, which is why I thought it would be a good idea to share the recipe here. Whether you have had these before or you've never heard of them, I hope this is useful to you in someway. I think they would be great to add to a dinner party as an appetiser, as they are deliciously more-ish (it's quite ridiculous actually). Enough of my rambling, here is how to make Tibetan momos, enjoy!

The Dough Recipe 

(makes 18 momos)

Making the Spinach and Cheese Momos

(mixture makes enough for 6 momos)

You will at this point have leftover dough for 12 momos. Now that you know the basics you can choose whatever fillings your heart desires. You can make a meat filling, a vegetable filling or even a sweet filling (I am going to try a chocolate, apple and banana filling next time I make these). Comment down below what filling you would like to try, I would love to hear what you come up with! 

Victoria xo