Happy Monday

Relaxing this evening in front of the fire reading a book about the English countryside, some beautiful homes and yummy pictures of scones.    Had to have some,  so I made them.   My  husband and I enjoyed  them with coffee.   I do like tea, but he had the coffee made.
I used rose petal sugar that I made in the summer.  With sugar I ground with the rose petals in my coffee grinder made the sugar very powdery. 
   I didn't have any cream to add to my dough  mixture so I added yogurt.  Mace is another spice I must remember the next grocery day, brings out the flavor - sooo  good.
  There is also some rose petal sugar in the mix also.

I mixed the sugar ( you can see the ground petal in the mixture)  with rice milk that I had on hand.

the mixture was a little dark so I added some red sugar crystals to lighten it up a bit

My sugar ground  with rose petals

The glaze hardens but we didn't wait,   enjoyed  it warm with some butter.

I may try some of my

rose petal jelly between the layers in the morning.



Happy 2011

Happy New Year!


Auld Lang Syne
Robert Burns
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
and days of auld lang syne?
For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We'll take a cup o' kindness yet
For auld lang syne
We twa hae run aboot the braes
And pou'd the gowans fine;
we've wander'd mony a weary foot
Sin' auld lang syne
We two hae paidled i' the burn,
Frae mornin' sun till dine;
But seas between us braid hae roar'd
Sin' auld lang syne
And here's a hand, my trusty friend,
And gie's a hand o' thine;
We'll take a cup o' kindness yet
For auld lang syne
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
and days of auld lang syne?
For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We'll take a cup o' kindness yet
For auld lang syne

Island picture

I snapped this picture along the boardwalk on Solomon's Island on Saturday evening. 
I think I will frame it.  Peaceful      I just noticed in the cloud formation what looks to be an arm and hand extending from the heavens-- wow

Some Thanksgiving hi lites and my Christmas blog also updated.

Had a wonderful meal at my brother and sister in laws home.  It was also a celebration of my grand nieces b'day and my moms b'day.
Moms day was the 23rd , we took her out to lunch but had some gifts and a cake for both.
I made potato salad and a wheat, gluten , egg and milk free cake for my niece ,  it was four layers.  I used rice milk and crisco and vegetable margarine.  In place of eggs, I used apple sauce and mixed with it cornstarch and a little tapioca starch, it turns the color of egg and holds the cakes together just fine.

On left is redskin potatoes, I mixed in vinegar, olives onion , celery and hummus.  Tasted pretty good and for someone who cannot have the mayonaise, this worked out just fine.
My secret ingredient for the mayo potato salad is horseradish- I love that stuff and besides the vinegae, it gives the salad pizazz

 Jessica is my grande niece

 Below is the new little baby Eli,  he slept the whole time and my grande grande nephew, whew - I feel old.

Mom opening a present

 
Mom holding her gr gr grandson,  how lucky to have a picture like this for Eli

Kendall the b'day girl and great grandaughter

Yummmm foooood

Look at the little smile - so sweet

a little doll baby

Many Blessings was had under one roof

Nice Thanksgiving.

I did miss being with my daughter Annette and speaking with her and my grandson Seth

She is in Tenn.  and I am sure busy with her husbands family and friends, hopefully next year.

My son also couldn't make it.  He had other plans with his fiance.