I love Wren’s teas. This one was held at Feast. It was set up so pretty and food was to die for!
Archive for the ‘FOOD/RECIPES’ Category
Mid-Winter Tea with Wren and Vicki
December 20th, 2009
Veggie Pizza… it’s what’s for dinner…
May 26th, 2009
I got so excited making this pizza because I thought to myself “here’s a great thing I can make for Pearl! for lunch or dinner”, but drat… my darling Amanda is vegan and I don’t think that fake soy cheese will melt. I’ll keep trying.
Anway, this pizza is delish!
I used Trader Joe’s herb and garlic pizza dough, and made it into a rectangle to fit my pan. Then I used pesto sauce (because I hate tomato sauce) and piled on sauteed garlic, onions (oops, Pearl hates those too), zucchini, olives, mushrooms red peppers, and sun dried tomatoes. Topped it mozzo, smoked provolone, and parm. Popped it in the oven for 15 minutes and holy cow – the house smelled great and it was delish. I sent a pic to Pat with my camera phone and he even came home for dinner… oh the power of food 
A Tea Treat … you must try if you haven’t already
March 23rd, 2009
After a very long week of high maintenance personalities, a sick kitty, a broken blog… I treated myself to a little tea luxury.
Forte is my absolute favorite tea. It’s super high quality and the flavor can’t be beat. Then there’s the artful appeal, with the silken pyramid infuser. It just makes you smile and when you smell it in your cup and taste it…. well all your worries just float away with each steaming sip.
While in Reedsport, where our vet is located, I picked up a few of my fave Earl Greys, and tried Flora. Oh my word, is it soooo delicious! It’s Hibiscus… it brews red… it’s sweet and delicious!
I also picked up the cafe cup because I don’t like it when my infuser bobs around… you really need the special lid so that it sits in your water nicely and the flavor can come out and mingle in the water. The cup was such a treat to open from the box. It’s a wooden box, so you know I’ll be altering that later, and then inside it was wrapped up in my favorite shade of green tissue paper. Bliss!
I would love to get the ‘dessert’ cups too. They are smaller in size, meant for brewing the teas stronger, and have nifty bamboo covers that act as the lid to hold the tea infuser in place while brewing, then you slip the cup in it to ask as cool sleeve for drinking it. They have a whole line of teas that are perfect dessert teas. Oh the addiction continues!
What’s for dinner
July 7th, 2008
Once in a blue moon I feel like cooking. Four and a half hours of cooking, 30 minutes or less to eat – jeepers! My niece Sarah has the right idea…. she doesn’t make anything that takes longer to eat than cook, lol.
Gingerbread House Under Glass
December 3rd, 2007
I’m so excited…. I just finished my gingerbread house. I have snoopy kitties that might sneak a lick, so I found a great, large glass dome at the Pottery Barn to put it under, and it fits like it was made for it! The house is a kit from Trader Joe’s. It came with the pre-baked gingerbread panels, hand piped icing people & a cat, and it’s lovingly made in Germany. The icing woman reminds me of my Mama (my Hungarian grand-mother…. she wore a handkerchief over her head too… like in “the old country” she used to say.) Cute! So anyway… all I had to do was make the icing, assemble the house and decorate – great fun on a windy day.
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I found chocolate rocks for the pathway. I sugared tree and wreath after icing them for a little extra sparkle.
What cookie cabin in the snow would be complete without a pond for skating? If you look real close you might see that I made a figure eight in the ice, because icing people are fabulous figure skaters!
I forgot to take pics of the back, so I’ll upload those later.
