Homemaking Mondays: Tea with Shortbreads

 

Hello! 
As most of you that have been with me for awhile

know that I love tea...and cookies. 

It's nice to have tea

in it's many forms and flavours

tailored to each day.

Then there are the cookies-

this week I baked some shortbreads.

I used the Scottish Shortbread recipe in the 

Joy of Cooking cookbook.

I used my fancy rolling pin to add some detail to the tops 

and the bottoms turned out a lovely golden colour.

Melt in your mouth.

Perfect to enjoy with tea time,

and perfect to share with others.

I have these little blue papers that I like to use

to quickly wrap up treats for others.

Below I tucked up a few cookies to go to the couple 

that bring us eggs every week.

Just a little thank you for their free delivery they do for us.

Do you have little papers or containers 

that you use to be able to quickly 

put together treats for those that stop by?

I enjoy salami and this past week 

at the store they had German salami on sale.

It's delicious on crackers with cheese

or on sandwiches.

I love the "floral" design it has when you slice it.

I had found some Swiss cheese on sale as well so 

thought I'd try it with the salami on grilled sandwiches. 

Well that is now a new favourite lunch of mine.

Do you like grilled sandwiches?

I love collecting some little 

delightful tea things.

One of my favourites that I know 

I've shared before is this little tea spoon.

I just love the delicate stitching that went into it.

Then I acquired this beautiful pansy tea cup and saucer. 

It has a lovely handle and there are

little scalloped edging details on the top of the cup.

I had found this beautiful little sugar bowl at the free store

but didn't use it much as there was no lid.

Now...you know I love the free store. 

I went there this past weekend and voila 

there was this sweet glass lid sitting all by itself.

It fits the sugar bowl perfectly! 

Now I know that sugar bowls don't need lids per se.

I find that it's just nice to keep out some sugar without

getting dust and other "floaties" in it.  

It's snowing outside today 

and is just a bit below freezing.

Shovelling will be on our homeschool

schedule for today.

Thank you for dropping by! 

Love and Prayers,

Jennifer