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| Getting ready for outdoor, distanced dining. Separate serving dishes for us & our guests, including Len’s fresh-baked kaiser rolls which were fantastic. Our guests are from Poland and Serbia, where these rolls are also popular — as they were in the St.Louis bakery of my fond childhood memories! |
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| Down the street, Kathy's Bear was also preparing for a picnic with a bottle of wine. The bear continues to have new things to use or play with every day, and is a neighborhood magnet. |
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| Salad lunch with Diet Coke. We used to drink it every day. But we stopped when shopping became so problematic, and we don’t miss it. Just have it every few weeks. |
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| Onion soup and wine. |
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| Rice pudding with apricot compote and Grand Marnier, in addition to rosewater. Recipe by Sherry — at this blog post — the rosewater and cardamom flavors are great. |
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| Another summer treat: local blueberries. |
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| Breakfast: more rice pudding with fresh peaches & berries. This time with cinnamon. And of course, coffee. |
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| Tortilla covered with vegetarian red beans, cheese, avocado, etc. And of course red wine with dinner! Happy Tuesday beverage celebration at Bluebeardand Elizabeth’s weekly blog party. |
Blog post and all photos by mae sander, © 2020.
It all looks so fresh, tasty and delicious!
ReplyDeleteNow I'm starving. Love all the wonderful food and drink you share and how each meal is always so very different. Kathy's bear is so adorable, too. You have so many wonderful drinks, I couldn't pick just one this week. Thanks for sharing your incredible food and drinks with us for T this week, dear Mae. And I am sorry about the Inlinkz problems from last week, too.
ReplyDeleteHow tasty! I notice that there are lots of fresh herbs in your garden :-))
ReplyDeleteIt's always nice to eat outside and you have a lovely meal set out. Local blueberries - yes! We have some in the market but nothing like the local stuff you are getting.
ReplyDeleteThe tortilla plate is tempting and i think I will make that coming up.
Love this post! We've been having another couple over {friends, a couple at a time} for a really far from each other social distanced dinner lately. I've missed entertaining so much, and fortunately our garden offers the opportunity to see other people, even if it is from 10 feet away. Lidy
ReplyDeletewhat a wonderful summertime post of delicious food! Good thing I just had dinner:):):) Summer fruits and veggies are especially the best!We are now enjoying fresh garden lettuce and hopefully it won't be too long for the other produce beginning to come in. Happy T day!
ReplyDeleteSo many mouth watering dishes. The one with the fresh fruit caught my eye. Yum!
ReplyDeleteHappy Tea Day,
Kate
Beautiful post of summery foods thanks for sharing all these lovely photos with us.
ReplyDeleteHappy T Kathy
So much yummy food Mae. And eating outside is a thrill of summer isn't it? You have the same bird tray as I do. I am enjoying all the fresh produce and fruits, as I can see you are also. Have a wonderful T day Mae. Hugs-Erika
ReplyDeleteoh that rice pudding looks so good in that fabulous bowl there, Mae. i hope you enjoyed it. i really loved the compote.
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sherry
I haven't had rice pudding in a very long time. Yours looks so good. I might have to make some. Summertime is such a great time for fresh fruits and vegetables. So much choice. I don't want to miss at least a taste of everything.
ReplyDeleteThose blueberries look so plump and sweet. I hope they were.
ReplyDeleteLots of wonderful food, yummy. Happy T day, Valerie
ReplyDeleteRolls just for me??? They have my name!
ReplyDeleteOh, the bear is sooo cute.
Especially the last pic made me HUNGRY! Yum.
Which reminds me... I need to cook (for myself, that usually works).
Happy T-day!
The Onion soup looks GOOOOOD!
ReplyDeleteAnd the beans and avocado on tortilla looks very tempting, too. :)
I'm sure it was nice to have some company.
Have a lovely week, Mae.
--dee.
Beautiful colors in all of these photos. The food looks delicious. Please tell your neighbor Kathy that Teddy and I love seeing her bear in different poses all of the time. Happy T-Day!
ReplyDeleteThe food looks gorgeous and I'm no so hungry ...lol 😀. Take care and wishing you a Happy T Day! Hugs, Jo x
ReplyDeleteEverything looks delicious and refreshing - perfect for the summer heat. Except for the onion soup. Kathy's bear is very cute. I bet the neighborhood enjoys the little dioramas.
ReplyDeleteHappy T-day! Eileen xx
The food all looks delicious! And the teddy bear made me smile. Take care and Happy T Day
ReplyDeleteSo many yummy food pictures :) Looks like you had lot's of fun while being safe ~ Blessings on you week!
ReplyDeleteIt all looks so yummy. We couldn't do outside here because of the heat and wind! LOL
ReplyDeleteGood idea for the separate serving dishes you you and your guests. Great post for T Day! Have a happy T Day!
Ooh Mae! What fabulous treats here! Glad that Teddy is still entertaining folk! Happy T Day, Chrisx
ReplyDeleteGood food! We have a large yard and deck, but we haven't had anyone over and aren't going to. Hope your evening was fun.
ReplyDeleteMae,
ReplyDeleteI love this post. Such a wonderful selection of summer food and an adorable little bear. We will remember Covid entertaining- eating outside, distancing, and separate serving dishes!
Great food and ambiance Mae. Especially love the rice pudding with apricot compote. Right now it would be pineapple compote here. We have also a great deck and garden views, had friends over, and will continue to. Cheers!
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