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Foodie Like Me?

by admin on October 15, 2010 in Better Check Out Links, Bits Of My Personality, Domestic Damsel, Foodie Like Me with 1 Comment

Any body else out there a foodie?

Garnet and I have been called ‘sugar hippies’ and I get ‘granola girl’ but I think I favor the term foodie.

I have been playfully throwing this term around the kitchen, the dining room and even the grocery store for that matter. This slang has many different definitions but one specifically suits my man and I.

Slang in Cookery– a person having an enthusiastic interest in the preparation and consumption of good food.

Garnet and I enjoy food and most related topics. We get far to enthusiastic as we share new found favorites. Our beaming faces seem almost cartoonishly over done to many around us who just don’t get it. For me the enthusiasm stems from years of struggling with an appetite that would just dry up and my husband has so many diet limiting health issues that we had to start researching new ideas and options. So when you come from that kind of a problematic relationship with food whenever you discover GOOD FOOD you get pretty worked up.

If there are any foodies like me reading this lets together draw our attention to the posted photo atop my article. I have returned to the habit of making myself espresso each morning. Using my stove top Italian espresso perk makes it a little bit more work but I always end up smiling at my steaming black yum in a cup all the more, so it is worth it! The treat of choice with my yum cup is presently ‘Sahale Snacks’ biscotti crisps. They are sweet enough to aid the espresso down but not too sweet, I have a growing dislike of sugar. With walnuts, banana and dark chocolate hiding in amidst the crisp one is bound to find something new to ‘mmmmmmmm’ about in each bit, provided you don’t in hail them too quickly. Espresso anyone?

If you have a minute you should think about food and not just eat it, it might lead to a lot of fun!

P.s. I think I sense a new blog label coming on…

TTFN

My Frequently Annual Ladies Tea!

by admin on July 20, 2009 in Bits Of My Personality, Domestic Damsel, Foodie Like Me, People In My Heart with 2 Comments
This years tea party was the biggest yet!

So happy to have it at OUR HOME! The patio worked perfectly. We rounded up some patio tables and had it all looking pretty with table cloths and flowers from my yard and my mother in law’s (thanks Deb!).Potluck style was how we pulled together the above feast! It worked out beautifully! There where home made chocolates, home made cheese cakes and plenty of veggies and fruit as well! The night before I was a little nervous as to whether I would have enough tea cups in my collection but it JUST worked out (phew). A good reason to find a few more pretty cups though!One of the finest moments of the day was when my big girl and a good pal of hers picked some treats from my gardens and went around offering them to my guests. I had to laugh when I heard them asking the ladies, very politely, ‘Would you like a raspberry or an onion?’ They where trying to convince ladies to try some very fresh chives of mine as well as the newly ripened berries!

(This is most of the ladies from the poker night we have once a month!)(My eldest daughter has been to each tea and this year she looked particularly mature!)
(This is only the second my younger daughter has been to and since is a bit of an introvert she spent much time avoiding the crowd!)(Now we don’t invite dogs, but since my sister Karla’s doggy was there and the weather was hot we had to let her have a cup of tea too!)

This was the fifth tea I have hosted, and as with each year, it is the big group photo at the end of the day that is my big reward! I look back at them when I add a new one to the collection and I always feel so blessed to have had all these wonderful women take part in my life story!

TTFN

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