Comfort Food- Individual Chicken Pies As a part of Menu Planning this week (see blog 12/ I3/09) I challenged myself to use what was in my bursting-at-the-seams freezer and pantry. So, I am only cooking from my freezer till everything is gone! I vastly cut my grocery budget (AGHHHHHHH!) too! I may need lots of support, more »
Decking the Halls Christmas Tablescape
Christmas Tablescape: Festive and fun, this tablescape is relaxed and decked out in tradional colors! I have posted two very formal Christmas tables so I wanted to create a happy casual table in my kitchen. There were two inspirations for this table. One… the little quilt patterned tree dishes. Alternating colors, they are bright plates to more »
Oh Christmas Tree, Part III
Dried Flower Christmas Tree, Winterthur As a part of my of “Christmas at Winterthur” series I am bringing a drop dead gorgeous tree for you to enjoy! Placed in a room all of it’s own with low light, this lush evergreen stands center stage, full of the best of the 2009 garden season. When I more »
Menu Plan Dec 14-20, 2009
Menu Plan Dec 14-20, 2009 I had a culinary epiphany! Epicurious meets organized! Events and circumstances converged into a perfect storm and a crazy cooking idea was born! Actually a cooking challenge. Let me set the stage… I recently had my kind and sorta cute freezer repairman over to look at my “no frost” freezer more »
Pink Saturday- My Favorite Ornament
My Favorite Decoration- Last week I posted a story about a little old Santa ornament that is my favorite. It was once my grandmother’s and then my mother’s and now it belongs to me. I wrote about all the memories that it invoked. We were asked to write about our favorite Christmas memory as a more »
GINGERBREAD MEN
Nothing says Christmas like a Gingerbread Man! So I decided to make these tasty boys for my cookie exchange. However, I wanted a gingerbread man with a spicy kick. And I was looking for a man with a bit of dressed up sophistication along with that spice! These Mad Men of the more »
Traditional Christmas Tablescape
Dinning In High Style: My dear friend Cathy let me come to her beautiful home and play with her dishes! I dressed her dinning room for Christmas. What a delight to use all of her exquisite things!!! Thank you Cathy- you are generous and very accommodating to me. The inspiration for this Christmas table was more »
Oh Christmas Tree, Part III
Paper Flower Tree, Winterthur Tucked in an alcove at Winterthur is a beautiful tree, trimmed with peony flowers both silk and paper. What a perfect surprise! This lovely tree overlooks a peony garden, which became the inspiration to decorate it. What I found so facinating was that the stunning peonies were crafted in paper by some more »
Menu December 7-13, 2009
Weekly Menu: Before I post my (overdue) Menu for the Week I want to thank Keelie at “Red Writing”- I won a Christmas door hanging- Week 8 Christmas!!!! Yea!!!!! I usually do not win- that is all changed NOW! Thank you so much Keelie. I am very excited to get this door hanging and enjoy it. more »
Sunday Scripture:
Sunday Scripture- December 5, 2009 Wailing Wall, Jerusalem Israel Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given. And the government shall rest upon His shoulders. He shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Prayer requests put in the cracks of the Wailing Wall, more »
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