Good evening, dear friends 
Ah, it is now 10.30pm here in Kuala Lumpur and Christmas Day is just round the corner. I would like to take this opportunity to wish all of you lots of prosperity, joy, success and good health during this holiday season and thereafter.
Today, I had spent 6 hours in the kitchen, cooking a full Christmas Eve Turkey Dinner for my family and it was well worth my time when I saw my family happily tucking into their dinner. Right now, we are so full that we have to wait a little while more for our stomachs to make room for dessert ===> my very first Christmas Pudding, which I have learned from sweetrosie. I have got vanilla ice cream in the freezer all ready, and my kids are going to top their ice cream with Hershey Chocolate Fudge and marshmallows 
(I bet no one has ever eaten their Christmas Pudding this way before! 
)
Here was what we had for our Christmas Eve Dinner –
Our Christmas Eve Turkey Dinner Spread
My Dinner Plate Stuffed Full Of Yummies
Roast Australian Turkey
Bratwurst Pork Sausage With Apple & Bread Stuffing
Baked Whole Potatoes With Sour Cream, Green Onions & Bacon Bits
Mashed Potatoes
Fresh Green Salad
Glazed Baby Carrots In Honey & Butter
Brussel Sprouts With Sliced Almonds In Maple Butter Sauce
Dessert is Christmas Pudding With Vanilla Ice Cream…………… hehe, we are going to “reveal” the puddings and finally have a taste of them! I will be right back with some pictures of them shortly. 
Here is our Christmas Pudding dessert, we really enjoyed it very much…….it was very rich, very moist, not too sweet and decadent…..simply delicious (thank you, sweetrosie, for introducing me to Christmas Puddings)! I have steamed the puddings for another 2 hours and I noticed that the puddings have gone darker in colour.
Merry Christmas!
P.S. Hehe, I just had a second helping of the Christmas Pudding – this time I had it on its own and my husband and I agreed that it tastes much better this way.
rose said,
December 25, 2007 @ 5:24 am
Wow !
What a fantastic menu! Feeling your pleasure , I’m so impatinent to make my pudding and a little worried because I’m not much of a cook : blush:
Looking forward for the recipes !
Merry Christmas everyone! Love always,rose
happyhomemaker88 said,
December 25, 2007 @ 10:31 am
Merry Christmas, dearest Rose!
Thank you for your lovely words….actually, my pudding doesn’t look as good as in sweetrosie’s photo of her puddings
but it sure tastes fantastic! 
I will be posting the recipes here later….
Love and hugs,
choesf
rozalia said,
December 26, 2007 @ 4:13 am
Merry Christmas, dear friend!
I was reading your recipes ( new and old) and searching out or the New Years Eve dinner. It very hard to choose between so many yummies.Suddenly I realised that I have to start those yoga exercises you were talking about because my weight is in great danger.
You are doing such a great job here…Love and hugs,rose
happyhomemaker88 said,
December 26, 2007 @ 9:27 am
Te Pups and Good Morning from KL, dearest Rose!
It is always such a pleasure to see your comments whenever I log in here……as I am typing this, you are probably still sleeping.
Try to do a little Yoga each day……just for a few minutes like 10 minutes in the beginning, then increase the duration slowly. The deep breathing techniques are very good if you are too tired to do the physical exercises.
Yesterday, I eas absolutely happy because my husband said I had lost some weight and looked thinner around the waist! Whooo…hoo! Previously, he often commented that I had gained some weight now and then
……..and therefore, despite the extra intake of food during these festive occasions recently, I still managed to lose a bit more weight…..it only confirms again to me that Yoga is very effective indeed! 
I also have a new method for losing calories (without exercising) which I had learned and am still doing a bit of research … I will try to post this here this week as I will be busy getting things ready for the new school year…..would you be a dear and remind as always?
Have a good rest and do take care of your health!
Much love and many hugs,
choesf