Birthdays..

So happy to see my zinnias again:)

These are really called Chase's Dills..Gardenweb forum..you can Google and find.I have been making them for 100 yrs..Lots of discussions re  the pickles there.I don't process after sterilizing the jars and pouring boiling brine over the pickles,all the jars pop and we have never been sick.But you do you:) LOL.

I used to like entertaining..not big groups..a couple or two for dinner.I liked the prep..the camaraderie..then..I couldn't..then Covid..but I didn't stop with my family.

So glad I did not.

My favorite guests ever.

We had a triple bday celebration here Sat and until 4 it rained and was cloudy..

So I did it inside..

The four boys at the kitchen table..

and the 7 adults in the dining room..2 menus..

Susan sent me this.. for the boys... I tried ..and a success.

Read the comments and adapt to YOU.I did and they were perfect.

We don't have Hawaiian rolls I used the Pains Briochés from Costco..same shape ..so tasty..Made 15..

Gone..

For the adults I made a keep on making recipe here.. I started in 2008:) That is how good it is.Not. A.Speck.Left.On.Plates.

Instead of a charcuterie board..I made ind tasting ones..

Some of the hds.. I had chips and popcorn..and varied olives..but the main one..this..

I toasted my focaccia,and those little rectangles? Oh so good..Pizza shortbreads .Nuts and cheese and the boys fave sticks..and J's prosciutto..

I made two desserts..one a cake because ..cake is bday right..I sent them home w/ 3/4..

Yet the Fudge Sundae Pie..was all gone..winner winner since the 70's here.I did not get the recipe from there..But my recipe is in a book I made for the girls 100yrs ago..I usually make a bit more mix of the peanut butter ;)

The cake ..everyone raved about Dolly Parton cakes..LOL I don't bake with mixes..I went to the USA in May and bought.NOTHING like home made..hardly coconutty..Would never repurchase.

I have to however give thanks to ANITA..  she creates such pretty toppers with rice paper..I made two balloons..

Made my fave no knead Olive bread..I have shared it here before..

and very good cheese garlic bread machine rolls..never enough garlic butter so out of the oven I brushed them all with more.Also all gone;) The no knead was hardly touched.

Hope some of you like and try some of these recipes..:)

I'll leave you with ..

Another video..

 I love this..

and sometimes I wonder if social media isn't all about this..

my garlic..my flowers..what I bake..

I hope you know this is kind of my journal..where I can come back and search for recipes.. pics(Let's not mention the lost ones)

Share things that work with me those that do not..

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Maybe I do  brag about these guys..

They light up my life:)