Teatime at Home: Simple Elegance

Our High Tea at Home Menu: ~Classic Rotisserie Chicken Salad ~Cucumber and Chive Tea Sandwiches ~Orange Cranberry Scones ~Salmon and Dill Bruschetta ~Lemon and Cream Trifle ~Applewood Smoked Ham and Havarti Ciabatta ~Triple Chocolate buttercream Cupcakes ~Pecan Bars ~Madeleines ~Mini Palmiers Teas: Blueberry Lavender Butterfly Pea Flower English Breakfast Constant Comment Black Tea Tangerine Hibiscus Earl Grey Decaffeinated Black Tea Decaf PG Tips London Tea Finalizing our

~Classic Rotisserie Chicken Salad √ ~Cucumber and Chive Tea Sandwiches √ ~Orange Cranberry Scones √ ~Salmon and Dill Bruschetta √ ~Lemon and Cream Trifle√ ~Applewood Smoked Ham and Havarti Ciabatta√ ~High Tea at Home Continuing our Series on Teatime or Anytime Treats, the feature this week is Applewood Smoked Ham and Havarti Ciabatta. These are our family’s all-time favorite sandwiches; we fight over them like cats and dogs! Perhaps it’s the smokiness of the ham with

~Classic Rotisserie Chicken Salad √ ~Cucumber and Chive Tea Sandwiches √ ~Orange Cranberry Scones √ ~Salmon and Dill Bruschetta √ ~Lemon and Cream Trifle√ ~Applewood Smoked Ham and Havarti Ciabatta ~High Tea at Home Continuing our Series on Teatime or Anytime Treats, the feature this week is Lemon and Cream Trifle for this very special Memorial Day to honor and remember men and women of the United States Armed Forces who gave their lives in service to our country. It r

~Classic Rotisserie Chicken Salad √ ~Cucumber and Chive Tea Sandwiches √ ~Salmon and Dill on Crisp Toast Rounds (Crostini) √ ~Orange Cranberry Scones √ ~Lemon and Cream Trifle ~Applewood Smoked Ham and Havarti Ciabatta Continuing our Series on Teatime at Home: Simple Elegance, the feature this week are Smoked Salmon Crostini, which have been made by my family, in one form or another, forever. You can use a baguette and put olive oil and toast it lightly, which is supergood

~Classic Rotisserie Chicken Salad √ ~Cucumber and Chive Tea Sandwiches √ ~Orange Cranberry Scones √ ~Salmon and Dill Bruschetta ~Lemon and Cream Trifle ~Applewood Smoked Ham and Havarti Ciabatta Continuing our Series on Teatime at Home: Simple Elegance, the feature this week are Orange Cranberry Scones for this very special Mother’s Day to honor those that have cared for us, guiding and nurturing us at our very best, and our worst. Through thick and thin, for every seas

~Classic Rotisserie Chicken Salad ~Cucumber and Chive Tea Sandwiches ~Salmon and Dill Bruschetta (Recipe to Come) ~Orange Cranberry Scones (Recipe to Come) ~Lemon and Cream Trifle (Recipe to Come) ~Applewood Smoked Ham and Havarti Ciabatta (Recipe to Come) Continuing our Series on Teatime at Home: Simple Elegance, the feature this week are Cucumber and Chive Tea Sandwiches, which are beautiful as well as incredibly versatile and can be served in far more settings than teatime

Chicken Salad has been as much a part of my life as any seafood that we made frequently from the Gulf Coast, be it shrimp, snapper, crabs, flounder, or catfish. Our chicken salad recipe was made by my mother, her mother before her, and eons back as far as I can remember. And this wasn’t just any chicken salad, mind you. This was a tradition for every holiday, Easter, Thanksgiving or Christmas. Then there were the family gatherings-reunions, birthdays, baby and wedding showers