Comfort Food for Lunch with Transferware

           Happy Weekend!

             I have been trying to eat healthier lately

                   and with three of our children are on vegan

              diets they are making me focus more on

           what we are eating.

           I am not planning on going vegan but just

             adding more veggies and beans and no

      red meat to see how that works for us.

So,for lunch today it is one of my

favorite soups ~ cream of carrot using

almond milk.

I love these old brown and cream

     soup bowls as well as the really old

transferware soup tureen.

Soup and apricot nectar.

I made Golden Party Loaves that have

grated carrots,apricot nectar and yogurt

in it, making a nice moist healthy loaf.

A large teapot full of tea to

linger over lunch.

In case you are wondering where I keep these

transferware dishes this is the main cupboard

full.

    This old cupboard got painted last winter

with a grey/brown mistint. It was cream

before that but I prefer this color on it.

                   Grab a cup of tea

    And since I do have a sweet tooth I

        like to have something sweeter to end

           the meal. Coconut yogurt,strawberries

and granola hit the spot!

                     We have a basketball game to go to

                 shortly as our grandsons team is

                    in the semi finals. Tonight we go

                        to another grandson's hockey game.

                          It doesn't seem long since it was our

                         children's games we were going to....

                            so how did that happen so quickly????

                              Anyway, I hope you have a fun weekend!

                                     Carolyn

Set for Lunch

       Hello everyone,

        A few days ago my friend Mildie

           came for a visit and lunch. We have

           been good friends since our children

               were babies and over the years we have

             settled into a little routine of going out

                    for a movie ....Hidden Figures was our last

                  one and we both really enjoyed it. We also

                get together whenever we can for lunch at

                   my house and one of our summer routines

              is an Island tour day where we explore a

                       part of the Island that we don't visit regularly

                      and go somewhere for lunch and check out 

the summer shops. 

So, it was a pink and white

theme day. The pretty china

with roses above is Alpine White

Ironstone by Woods & Sons

England. I have collected quite

a few of these pieces over the years.

        Keeping it casual in our kitchen/dining

room.

Mildie is a foodie and has the healthiest

diet of any one I know so I made this

healthy Biryani Vegetable Rice

casserole. If you would like the

recipe please check it our here

at Canadian Living magazine.

It is tasty as well as healthy.

Lunch is always a joint effort so Mildie

took her homemade orange squash soup

and the healthy biscuits.

               I provided the homemade spelt

         bread. I have become fussy

             about store bought breads that

                 seem to have too many additives

                 so at least I know what goes into

                        this one and it tastes so much better.

I also made apple crisp with whipped cream

for dessert,

not especially healthy but so good I

forgot to take photos before enjoying it.

Of course, we lingered over tea and

   nutmeg butter biscuits and preserves.

The teapot is a Sadler.

I forgot to get the recipe but

they were very tasty.

We are still lingering!

It is always a treat to have friends

visit !

Thank you to you for your visit

as well!

Carolyn