Tea For Four

I had so much fun yesterday, I decided to have a tea of my own.

Actually, it started out as an adventurous morning as I decided to try and make those delicious cucumber sandwiches I had eaten. I looked on line and found that there are a multitude of ways people make those dainty sandwiches. I scrapped the Internet, and went with the tastes I remembered: cream cheese, ranch, pineapple & dill. My creation was close to prefect. Not nearly as good as the ones we had, but very close. I think the fresh cucumber from the garden helped too!

Once that was finished I was trying to think of what to fix Gracie for breakfast. My pride in the first experiment, led me to try another.

I love Rachel Ray, she is so neat to watch. Anyway, I remembered watching her make these egg muffins (sort of), and how she said kids loved them. I had eggs, so I decided to give it a try. her recipe called for Swiss cheese and Canadian bacon. I didn't have those, so I used cheddar and Hickory Farms sausage (it had been in my freezer since Christmas). I also added some green pepper. The turned out great! I took some next door and the Mozingo's loved them too. You can find the recipe here. Oh, and she used mini-muffin pans, which I also didn't have. So, it took twice as long for them to cook (I just waited until they were a little brown on top).

Since I hadn't seen Colette or Mallory in over a week, I invited them over to try the cucumber sandwiches and chat this afternoon. I hadn't planned to get formal, but the kids were down for a nap and you know me.

Anyway, they had a change in scheduling, but Kathy and Emma joined us for a spot of tea before they went home.

It was a nice time just for a chat. I have always loved tea parties, and I think Gracie and I will take more time to pull out a little fancy for ourselves. After all, I think everyone needs a little fancy in their lives.

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