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FAITH AND CULTURE

Heat a tablespoon of oil in a pan, fry the chopped onions until aside a little for decoration. Season the soup and simmer for a
soft, add the crushed garlic and fry for another minute. Then few minutes until the cheese has melted.
add the chopped sprouts and the stock and bring to the boil. In a separate pot heat the brandy and sauté the remaining
Remove the pan from the heat and leave to cool. halved and quartered sprouts until crisp. Serve the soup in
Purée the soup in the pan, then stir in four tablespoons of single soup bowls and top each bowl with the crispy sprouts in
cream and the halved and quartered sprouts. (Not those set hot brandy, a drizzle of cream, some grated nutmeg and the
aside for decoration). Add most of the grated cheese, keeping remaining grated cheese.

Shirley’s Mam’s Christmas Meat Loaf
1 large onion chopped
1 family size packet of sage & onion stuffing
500g of pork sausage meat
1 large egg whisked
Salt and pepper
Pre heat the oven to 180 degrees C. Chop the onion and put
into a large mixing bowl suitable for the microwave. Add a
couple of tablespoons of water and put into the microwave
for two minutes, just to soften the onion. Remove from the
microwave and add the sausage meat (careful, the onion will
be hot ). When slightly cooled, mix with your hands then add
the whole packet of stuffing and the whisked egg. Add the salt
and pepper and again mix with your hands till everything is
combined. If it looks a little dry add a couple of tablespoons
of hot water. My Mam always served this along with our turkey on
When it’s all nicely mixed transfer to a loaf tin and put in the Christmas Day and then again cold on Boxing Day with beet-
oven for 45-55 minutes. Remove from the oven and eat either root and chips. Marvellous!
hot or cold with cooked meats and pickles.

Starting January 2024 Merry Christmas!

GENESIS TO JESUS Fertility Care Scotland
wishes all readers a
Diocesan Bible Study joyous holiday season.

The Ogilvie Centre would like to invite you
to discover the riches of sacred scripture Our free Natural Family Planning Clinics will
through an online Zoom course called Genesis re-open in January online and in-person.
to Jesus. Presented by other members from Contact us to gain confidence to achieve
our Diocese and over the course of 7 weeks, or space pregnancies naturally.
by the end you will be able to locate your
place in Salvation history. This is part of a Email info@fertilitycare.org.uk
or call 0141 221 0858
wider programme, starting in January 2024
that will see us bring more of the St Paul “This is knowledge of her body
Center archive of material, which they kindly that every woman ought to have.”
have given us to use for free, to our Diocese. Dr Evelyn Billings
We have sessions starting on Monday 15th
January (Evening or Afternoon) and Tuesday Visit our website: fertilitycare.org.uk
16th January (Evening only). You can register Follow us on Facebook & Instagram:
@FertilityCareScotland
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https://ogilvie.rcda.scot/events/ @Fertility-Scot

Fertility Care Scotland is a registered charity with
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