SUNDAY CELEBRATION

 

LADIES FOR A TEA LUNCHEON

 Today I served a tea luncheon for

some senior and pre senior

ladies from the church we attend in Boonville, Missouri.

  We have a valued common bond 

because we all love the Lord.

We talked a little about

the 23rd Psalm and how to

use it in our prayers.

I made a little Psalm 23 art paper

for each place setting. 

 And what did we eat?  We had a nice green salad with mixed greens and nuts, celery, cucumber, olives, blueberries, 

mushrooms and onion rings 

on it with Oriental Honey Dressing.

There were also be some Havarti

Dill Cheese cubes.

  A Creamed Chicken Salad 

on a small Croissant

 I have made this recipe numerous times and ladies gobble them!  I cut this recipe out of a very old “Victoria” magazine.

 Makes 10 small “scoops” of chicken salad

 Creamed Chicken Salad:

1 lg boned, skinned chicken Breast,

1/2 cup finely chopped celery,

2 hardboiled Egg finely chopped,1/3 cup chopped pickles or pickle relish, salt and pepper,  ¼ cup mayo, ¼ cup sour cream 

 I also added: 1/2 tsp dill weed, celery seed and poppy seed and 1 small jar drained pimentos

 Double or triple recipe as needed

 Then we had a

 Creamy Fruit Salad 

(photo above from the past)

  For dessert

we had a Strawberry

Danish Cream Cake.  I made one of

these last week and my husband

and I loved it so

I made one for the ladies.

Beverages were water, iced

tea and hot tea which was Ginger

Peach.

It is so wonderful to sit and chat

with other ladies and find out

about their life.  I love to enjoy

learning more and taking the time

to relax and share. 

Tip: Also, now that

it is just my husband and I, I still

bake but I go ahead and freeze two

slices of desserts together so we

can have some later.

SETTING THE TABLE FOR A TEA LUNCHEON

This Saturday I am having a few  senior

ladies over for a tea luncheon.  I 

was wanting to do an Afternoon Tea

but I think a tea luncheon is a better

plan for me. 

To have an Afternoon Tea I would be making 3 savory finger foods and 3 sweet finger foods, a salad and scones.  I have my table all set

using a spring pansy theme:

  For a luncheon I will serve a

 vegetable salad, a fruit salad, chicken salad croissants and a 

dessert.  So you see, that is a whole

 lot less work.  Of course, we will have 

hot and iced tea too.

I have a nice big teapot with the

tea cozy I made from an old vintage

runner that had pansy embroidery. 

 This week my husband and I drove westward to Overland Park Kansas 

to the Glenwood Antique Mall and 

I love this Victorian cake stand I found.

I really enjoy having ladies over

but at my age I think I will be keeping

the size of the group smaller.  This

group will be 5 ladies plus myself

which is much easier to handle.

Will be you having a tea soon?

Or a luncheon?  What do you 

think about the "gift of hospitality"?

I will try to take some photos with

the ladies but I must say, I often

get so busy that I forget to do that.

SUNDAY CELEBRATION

 

HAPPY ST PATRICK'S DAY

I have enjoyed decorating

various tables over the years

and finding green items for

a St Patrick's Day theme (though

I am not Catholic I enjoy it just for

the fun).  This little reel reflects

many such times going back through

photos from the past: