St. Patrick's Day muffin tin lunch

We made a last minute Muffin Tin Monday lunch today since our weekend was turned upside down from two trips to after hour / urgent clinics with my 3 1/2 year old...see post below for the gory details:)

He enjoyed  some fruit snacks in a GREEN cup, Veggie chips, strawberries with a GREEN turtle pick

vanilla sandwich cookie that looks like it has clovers all over it, GREEN yogurt, and a shamrock turkey and colby jack sandwich.

I bought a set of cookie cutters/stencils last year...glad I looked in the box this morning, there was a cute little shamrock just waiting to be used!

 I'm linking up with
Muffin Tin Mom

The last 24 hours...

So, just to let you know...this is not a light hearted bento filled, muffin tin lunched, tablescaping, recipe making blogpost today...no it's my sob story about my poor 3 1/2 year old and the last 24 hours...

He's been slightly congested all week, but ran a fever Wednesday afternoon to Thursday morning, coughing Friday, then at 5:05 pm (after hours) he started whining / screaming / crying about how his ear hurt. 

So I called my pediatrician and got the name of the after hours clinic they recommended. ($20 copay, 30 minute wait was much better than ER $200 copay and 3 hour wait would have been!!!)

So, the diagnosis...

both ears had infections, we got a prescription for antibiotics and went home. Thought all would be well this weekend. We went to a local taco house and ate breakfast tacos. My husband took the boys to a park while I checked out two Estate sales and then we were supposed to meet at home after I picked up Adrian's antibiotics.

 I walked in the house to a screaming bloody faced little boy. I mean...there was so much blood. I calmly panicked inside, called my pediatrician to ask where to go, called my mom to come with me...
He had been on the porch with my husband (waiting for me to come home...guilty!!)...he lost his balance and toppled down the front steps...cement steps ...a nice gash in his forehead was bleeding down his face. It LOOKED a lot worse before he got cleaned up...so I called my mom. Isn't that who you would call?

My mom (yay for calm grandmas!!!) and I took him to an Urgent Care Clinic ($30 copay and 10 minute wait instead of the ER) while my husband stayed home with our little guy...

Second Dr.'s report of the weekend...

3 stitches in his forehead, a HUGE bruise that will most likely turn to black eyes, a couple scrapes on his side and back...

and a vanilla shake from Sonic for being the bravest, most well behaved little boy a mommy could ask for...especially while he got 3 pokes for numbing and 3 stitches for 'repairing' as the Dr. put it.

Here's hoping we spring forward to a much better Sunday!!!

Chinese Dinner in blue & white

This week I decided to have a Chinese dinner using some Asian dish accents. As you already know I love blue and white. I have used many of these dishes before, but added a few accent pieces to change things up a bit. I hope you enjoy!

I used more layers than usual...just for fun. The small bowls are for Egg Drop Soup.

I used two different small bowls, because I have 3 of one style and 4 of the other. My mom gave me these last week. She was going to put them in her garage sale!

My painted plate. This is my latest painting...I took two of my small plates with me to the shop and 'copied' the flowers and bird onto my plate. I painted the charger underneath last year.

I layered Blue Danube luncheon plates in between my Indies Blue, so I used the Blue Danube tea cups and saucers. Hot tea, anyone?

Here is one layered look...

Here is another layered look...

A little closer...

I also used a couple Saxony Blue onion bread plates...

I love the curvy blue detail inside the cup!

Dinner Plate used as a charger

Luncheon Plate

Egg roll plate

Ready for soup...

Teriyaki Chicken with Green Beans & Mushrooms & Egg rolls

So easy...the recipe is at the end

a little candle light

Egg rolls

egg roll wrapper

carrots & Cole slaw mix chopped in a food processor

onion flakes

soy sauce

ground beef seasoned with salt and pepper, garlic powder

Cook seasoned ground beef til browned in a little olive oil, add carrot and slaw mix. Cook til soft. Add onion and soy sauce. Put a spoonful of mixture in each wrap and wrap it up burrito style. Fry in Vegetable oil til golden brown on all sides.

Teriyaki Chicken with Green Beans and Mushrooms

In a HOT skillet, add little olive oil and brown chicken (season with salt and pepper). Add green beans, mushrooms, onion flakes, and teriyaki sauce. Cook until done.

Here's the list
Cobalt Dinner plates - wedding gifts
Johnson Brothers Indies Blue plates &B& B plates - eBay
Saxony Blue Onion B & B plates - eBay
Blue Danube luncheon plates, cups & saucers - estate sale
blue small bowls- my mom & world market (years ago...made in Japan)
Centerpiece plates - painted by me
Blue goblets - Pottery Barn (years ago a gift from my brother)
Napkins - made by my mom
Tablecloth - Home Goods
Flatware - Wallace Antique Bead (Home Goods)
Tea light candle holders - Pier 1 years ago

I'm linking up this tablescape and recipe with

Between Naps on the Porch for Tablescape Thursday

Designs by Gollum for Foodie Friday

Miz Helen for Full plate Thursday

Ekat's Kitchen for Friday Potluck

Smiling Sally for Blue Monday

Muffin Tin Monday!! It's March and Spring is coming!!!

Our love for March and Spring...

We have a touch of Spring and a little green for all things March!!!

Muffin Tin papers...Target last year after Easter

Green Hawaiian picks...from a friend

We've been chasing butterflies in our backyard since the Autumn Sage is starting to bloom again! The boys have enjoyed playing outside the past couple days. We even ate al fresco on Friday night and at a park on Saturday to enjoy this weather...it'll be 102 before we know it, so we eat outside when we can!

Adrian ate a pb & lingonberry jelly butterfly, cheddar cheese cubes, key lime yogurt with sprinkles, strawberry marshmallows, fruit snacks, and I filled the  last Easter cup with goldfish after I took the picture.      
 
I'm linking up with Muffin Tin Mom!

Italian Sausage and Broccoli quiche

blue & white runner...blue & white dishes...blue iced tea goblets...blue napkins...

Italian Sausage and Broccoli Quiche

Quiche about to go in the oven...blue & white butter dish...blue & white salt dish...blue & white utensil crock (this is actually a planter!)

dinner is served...

sometimes a Mommy's got to do what a Mommy's got to do...the 'other' side of the dinner table!

close up of blue & white dishes and a delicious slice of quiche

the salad on a cute JB Blue Onion Saxony plate

Italian Sausage and Broccoli Quiche

1 pie crust

6 eggs

1 cup milk or cream

1 cup shredded cheese

1/3 pound of Italian Sausage (bulk- no casings)

1/2 bag of frozen broccoli

salt & pepper

onion flakes

parsley

oregano

In a saute pan, cook sausage til browned. Add in broccoli and saute. Mix eggs and all other ingredients in a bowl. Stir in a small amount of sausage mixture to temper the eggs. Then mix everything together and pour into pie crust. Add extra cheese on top. Bake for 50 minutes or until done at 375 degrees.

Serve with a salad.

I'm linking up this recipe with 

Full Plate Thursday

 

and 

Foodie Friday

and
Friday Potluck
and 
Smiling Sally

Enjoy!!!

Runner made by my mom
Chargers (Large Dinner Plate) Royal Stafford Asiatic Pheasant

Dinner plates Johnson Brothers Indies Blue

Bread and butter plates Johnson Brothers Saxony Blue Onion

Iced tea goblets Made in Mexico

Napkins Tuesday Morning

Butter Dish Made in Romania

Salt Dish gift from my mom from Italy

Utensil Crock (planter) Home Goods

Tea and Dessert...in Mimmie's style

This week, I set the table in our kitchen for tea or coffee and dessert... I used my Johnson Brother's Regency White cups and saucers (garage sale find) nestled on top of my JB British Castles dessert plates.

   (thank you to my brother for letting me borrow his tripod...)

Here are my mom's wedding crystal water goblets. I've used them before.

I used my Romanian lace doily.It was a wedding present from my MIL. I think she said it took her 10 months to make. It's an interesting process. A pattern is penciled out on thin paper and the skeleton is sewn on to the paper and then the intricate details are put together later.

Here are my Mimmie's linens

and a small coffee  spoon. It reads 'Tiffany & Co Sterling' on the underside. I like how the curves in the spoon, in the saucer and in the plate all echo each other.

This is also her fork...it reads Pat Jan 2, 1924 R.C. Co. on the underside. I don't know the pattern of either of these. Anyone???

a closer look...

ready for company...

The centerpiece is a small creamer from my Mimmie. It's by Mason.

The teapot and pedestal plate are from Marshall's.

  

candles...

candles...

candles...

           

Trying to take pictures isn't always an easy task... 

did I mention I'm a Mommy of two little boys?? 
This is Andrew...sitting on a chair that he can't quite 
figure out how to get down...yet
He was trying to pull the napkins off the table! 
He got over it real quick when 
Mommy picked him up and put the china away!

 Here is Andrew again...
Adrian already left after a couple chicken nuggets were eaten...
this is the 'other side' of the table for 
photos for a recipe post on Friday!
Sometimes life is what it is, 
but I am so blessed that this is my life 
and I can capture these kind of moments too!

and the answer to the riddle from my previous post???
match strikes...they all smoked cigarettes while playing Bridge!

I'm linking up with Susan at Between Naps on the Porch. You really should click on this link and see all the amazing creativity in tablescaping. I have gathered many ideas from some amazingly talented people!!!