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15
Apr
2011
Spring Celebration!
Yay! I finally was able to have my Spring Tea Party…(after the forced postponement!) I had a wonderful time with some of my close friends and truth be told I didn’t just serve tea…we enjoyed a few glasses of bubbly (it is a celebration after all!) I really wanted to celebtate good friends and spring, so I wanted to make sure every detail was extra special. The event had to live up to the invites!
The china is Wedgwood in the ‘India’ pattern. It is from our bridal registry and this is the first time we’ve ever used it, we had to peel off the barcode tags! If I had to choose again I think I would have pick a different pattern, something more modern. Well to be real I think I would have done fine with no china – we are just not the kind of people that entertain that way. We have pretty much every accessory that goes with the pattern, so I guess we’ll keep it and I’ll find ways to put it to good use like more fabulous Tea Parties!
This is the boys enjoying a gourmet breakfast from the leftovers…I think they could get used to this!
11
Mar
2010
Some time for some Chai!
For teachers appreciation week at my son’s school, I wanted to do something personal and meaningful. I love drinking Chai in one of my ‘me moments’ and thought that would be a great gift to share with his teachers. I make chai the traditional way – freshly ground spices added to a simmering pot of milk and black tea leaves. For the gifts I wanted a no fuss way to make it. I adapted my recipe from the many you can find on the web (search: Concentrated Chai).
For each 14 oz can of sweetened condensed milk: add 1 teaspoon ground cardamom, 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon and 1/4 ground clove. Gently warm in a pot for 10 minutes (keep it moving, stir often to avoid burning). Turn off the heat and throw in a dash of good quality vanilla extract. After it cools down, pour into a jar and refrigerate overnight. The next day add 2 heaping teaspoons to a cup of strong black tea and Enjoy! It’ll keep for 2 weeks refrigerated…if it lasts that long!
