Merry Christmas!

Taking a short break from cooking up a storm for Christmas, to wish you all happy holidays!

Whatever you celebrate, I hope it's a magical day filled with love and laughter.

Christmas recipe

I've had several requests across social media sites for my ice cream pudding recipe, so I'm going to post here.
Wish I had a picture to go with it but once unveiled it usually doesn't last that long!
Though I'm definitely going to take a pic this year.

I've had many variations of this and have experimented myself.
This is the version we seem to like best.

INGREDIENTS:

2 litres good quality vanilla ice cream
1 410g jar fruit mince
2 Violet Crumbles
150g frozen cherries
150g frozen strawberries
Fresh strawberries, cherries, blueberries

METHOD:

Allow the ice cream to soften until a good stirring mix-through is possible.
Add the fruit mince (depending on taste, I add about 390 g, leaving a little in the jar, otherwise the kids find it too strong.)
Crush 1 Violet Crumble and add to ice cream.
Add the frozen strawberries and cherries.
Mix thoroughly.

Line a 2 litre bowl with cling wrap.
Spoon ice cream mixture into bowl and cover.
Freeze.

For serving, remove lid, invert onto serving platter, remove cling wrap.

Crush 1 Violet Crumble and sprinkle on top.
Decorate with a skirt of fresh berries.
(can also add berries on top if desired instead of chocolate. Or both!)

Enjoy!

I'd like to take this opportunity to wish you all a merry Christmas and happy holidays.

Stay safe, healthy and eat lots!

Christmas Books Giveaway Hop

If you love Christmas themed books, this blog hop is for you.

Every giveaway is a Christmas book.

And while my cover and title may not look Christmassy, my editor requested I write a Christmas themed book and this is it!

What could be more romantic than a Christmas Eve wedding?

I'm giving away 2 print copies of WEDDING DATE WITH MR. WRONG.

To be in the running:

-Like my Facebook author page 

For optional entries:

-follow this blog

-follow me on Twitter (@NicolaMarsh)

Easy!

Please leave a comment with how you've entered.

And check out the rest of the giveaways HERE!

Merry Christmas

Wishing you all a merry Christmas and happy holidays.

Whatever you're doing, stay safe.

(and may Santa fill your stockings with loads of fabulous books!)

Weekend Book Club: Christmas Wish List

This week, for the first time all year, I didn't read at least one book.
(YA revisions have taken all my time.)

So this weekend, we're shaking it up a little and discussing books you have on your Christmas wish list.

If you're anything like me, this list could go on forever, but here are the books I really, really want to read over Christmas:

-Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
-Linger by Maggie Stiefvater
-Torment by Lauren Kate
-Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead
-Return to Paradise by Simone Elkeles

Over to you.

What books are on your Christmas wish-list?