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Step into our Christmas
The team at Beef + Lamb are, unsurprisingly, full of foodies! And for Christmas, there’s no rest for the food-obsessed! The main ingredients include family, food and wine...
We take a look at the team’s traditions and what they’re looking forward to this year
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Caroline, Communications Manager
We changed our gift giving format to a Secret Santa style a few years ago which has been a real hit and heaps of fun – this will kick start the day. Food-wise we’ll be grazing from mid-morning with yummy nibble and after getting the kids to expend some of their boundless energy at the beach, we’ll sit down for a late lunch with lamb, ham and salads. This year, we’ll be giving this lamb recipe a go!
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Oscar, Videographer and Marketing Coordinator
Our Christmas eve is always capped off with the opening of ONE present each from under the tree... then the big day is kicked off with a round of greedy Santa - a game of swapping and stealing presents, always full of laughter. It's a general rule that no one can steal from Nana Pam - cousin Hannah made this mistake in 2014 with the snatching of an umbrella, and has never been forgiven. Food-wise, we have a whole beef and lamb rump to all tuck into, something quite like this Festive Roast Beef.
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Kirsten, Digital and Social Manager
Christmas Eve is spent at my parents place. Friends and our family gather for a potluck barbecue, a swim in the pool and then we open Secret Santa decorations for the tree. This year, I’ll be bringing these Mustard Beef Potato Bites and a few salads fresh from the garden.
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Katrina, Nutrition Marketing and Communications Manager
We’ve embraced the Smart Christmas concept for years. Every Christmas we cook everything up so we can enjoy a relaxing, stress (and dishes) free Christmas day. Breakfast is always bucks fizz and scorched almond while we open presents. Lunch is usually cold lamb sandwiches and salads.
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Regina, Nutrition and Sustainability Manager
This year we’re having an early Christmas celebration while my son and partner are visiting from Canada. Because it’s not on the 24th, we’re going full-on meat with a roast leg of lamb, baked ham and everyone is bringing a salad or dessert to contribute to the table.
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Victoria, Designer
We usually have a Christmas lunch at my parents with turkey and a leg of lamb, followed by Mums Christmas pudding and my Aunties Pavlova. This year is different, a BBQ at my sisters with the customary leg of lamb but a few steaks thrown in there too! I'm on salad duty, think I will make this blue cheese beauty…
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