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Jamie Oliver's Jerk Ham, Rubbed with Spices and Glazed with Rum-Spiked Marmalade Add a spiced twist to your baked Christmas ham with Jamie Oliver's recipe from his Christmas cookbook, featuring a flavour-packed jerk seasoning and a marmalade glaze. I have been making this delicious ham every year since 2008 and I must add, it is unbeatable..... You need to order a gammon from a first-rate butcher. I have hosted Christmas Eve soirees and Boxing day lunches using this wonderful recipe. The ham remains succulent and so tender due to the exquisite Christmas spices, good quality dark rum and finally, the correct poaching/roasting time.  I guarantee that your family will love this recipe .In fact you will be hailed for it year after year! It's slightly fiery too due to the scotch bonnets (in the original recipe back in 2008) It is super with rosti, or sauteed potatoes/ baked potatoes, salads, coleslaws, beetroots...and of course, mustards Delicious with a fresh glass of white Bur

    MONDAY TIP: LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR WORK WEEK   As you look forward to the work week ahead, what are you thinking?   Are you dreading the week that’s just begun, thinking about all the hard work, unpleasant encounters and unfinished business?   Or are you looking forward to doing great work and having fun with the people around you?   Everybody’s work week contains a little of both, and how you feel about the week ahead may mostly depend on which parts of the week you focus on.   So your Monday mission is to make a list of all the things you look forward to this week. It can be anything: An exciting meeting, a fun project, your favourite live lesson.....   Make a list of at least 5 things you look forward to regarding work this week and write them down on a piece of paper.   The very act of making the list may lift your mood and make the week more fun – even the less fun bits. Author:  Sam Gill

 Thank you to all who gave me their choice of favourite flower. I have created below a lovely wall of flowers from everyone's choice and have added a couple of extra photos at the bottom which I couldn't resist sharing with you.  The first one is the first flower of a hibiscus plant on Jo Took's parents' veranda in Emita Nueva which is near Granada in Spain.  The last picture is of a beautiful wisteria strategically grown in the front of a white town house in South Kensington, absolutely gorgeous.  Enjoy! Author:  Trace Mann