Sunday Bits #50 (apple recipes, fall gardening tips, blue kitchens)
- themarigoldgc
- Oct 8, 2023
- 4 min read
We have been blessed with the most amazing weather for the Thanksgiving weekend. Truly a weekend for giving thanks.
This year, we are doing a potluck kind of dinner as hubs is away for work. Usually he makes the entire meal but this year we are dividing up the meal. Yes, it takes three of us to do what he usually does ; )
My brother and the nephews are making most of the meal, aka the ham, roasted veg, and scalloped potatoes. Dinner was going to be at his place but it is hunting season, so he has no time to clean house and clear the dining table for all of us. Understandable. Baby Girl is making the yummy desserts. I am providing a freshly cleaned house, a lovely tablescape with the prettiest candles (from Homesense, you all!), the wine, and homemade dinner rolls.
Here are this week's lovely Bits...
Fall garden chores. This is the perfect weekend to do your fall gardening here on the prairies. Lovely weather, lovely sunshine.
These easy to grow perennials! They grow in most all zones, including here on the prairies. Tough as nails, easy to care for, don't require tons of water once established... pretty much perfect, eh? I love most all of them. Had them at the last place, will take me a while to get them all here at the new place, but I'm working on it. Besides being drought tolerant, they are also terrific for birds, bees, and butterflies, and you know that is how I roll!
It must blue kitchens week, check out these 3 lovelies! This pretty blue kitchen. So pretty! I could easily have lived with this hue, I think. The perfect blue. The only thing I would change about this kitchen is the pulls, but that is a me thing. I don't do round ; ) I love that faucet, too!
This blue kitchen is also amazing! Love the glass shelves in the windows, that is on my list here. So much to love about this kitchen, including the view!
And one more blue kitchen that caught my eye this week. If you are looking to make a blue kitchen, this is your week for ideas, eh? Love the sink, window area. Love that sink, the tap, the windows, and those lights are so pretty, too - though not sure I would go with them.
I just love to look at kitchens (homes and yard, too) and the details, take little bits of inspiration that I maybe use, maybe never do. I hope you can take some bits from them, too. Love the cafe curtains in the last kitchen nook. I have a nook, I have cafe curtains, hahaha, so thinking of looking into making something similar for autumn.
By the way, fabric is expensive, especially if you like linen, so my best tip is this ... go to Homesense or Amazon and buy a lovely tablecloth to make into curtains. Inexpensive to seasonally change out your curtains. That may just be a Scandinavian idea, but I love it. Let's bring that here!
I found some beautiful new drapes for the living room to use in winter (insulate and create the feeling of warmth), am just waiting till I have washed my windows from dog drool, nose prints, and painted up the sills that Berkely has scratched up. The drapes will look so lovely for Christmas, too!
I have had many requests for the details of the renovation, colours, tiles, and such, so as the gardening season slows down for winter, I will share all the bits and bobs.
This outdoor seating area (see up top), dinner party, is a gardener's delight. I really like those spooky lights, too!
Recipes!
By the time you read this, I will probably have made mushroom pasta bake so can give you my thoughts on it. It looks so good that I cannot wait to try it!
(So... I did make this and it is amazing. So simple and it rivals any mushroom pasta bake I have ordered at restaurants (they are often my go to meal) but I made changes according to what I had at home, so is not exactly as the recipe - I used canned mushrooms instead of fresh, dried shitake instead of porcini (love the toothiness of these mushrooms), and balsamic instead of red wine vinegar, no mozza, just a bit of parmasan. Use what you have at home, don't feel like you have to make any recipe just as is.)
Have you ever wanted to make up a weekly or monthly menu but not known where to start? This will help!
The Best Hosting Tips that we learned from grandma. I liked this one. Especially the bit about the kids : )
Not to be forgotten, these yummy seasonal apple recipes! This apple crumb cake looks like an easy to make, casual dessert. Maybe even for Thanksgiving?
Apple cider toffee? Count me in!
And one more... check out this yummy Apple Cider Doughnut Bundt Cake.
The garlic planting how-to is coming up in a day or two!
Happy Sunday!
We are doing the dinner tomorrow so today is cleaning and planting bulbs day.
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