Non-food | feasting with friends

Shout-Out Sunday: Pie, Pasta, Art & a “Surprise” Recipe

November 9, 2014 by Nancy

It has been awhile since I’ve done a Shout-Out Sunday post even though they happen to be one of my favorite type of posts to write. Hopefully, this one will encourage me to not only make the recipes I drool over, but to document them (take a photo, Nancy…take a photo) so I can share my successes here, at feasting with friends. If all goes as planned, Shout-Out Sunday will be a bi-weekly series. The first recipe I’m sharing is […]

Categories: Miscellaneous Recipes, Non-food, Shout-Out Sunday • Tags: Baked pasta recipe, Banana cream pie, De-skunking a dog, feasting with friends, Painting with children, recipe to de-skunk a dog, Shout-out Sunday

Frustration, Fun, Friends & Feasting: Part 1

October 29, 2014 by Nancy

Yes…I know…I’ve been somewhat MIA lately. My excuse? There is actually more than one. The first would be frustration. My last post (pasta salad) ended up being published two weeks later than intended. The plan was to get it done on a particular Wednesday afternoon before the fun, friends and feasting was to commence. House guests were arriving later that day for a one week stay…yay! But then my dishwasher broke…no…not Glenn! The other dishwasher…the electric one. I turned it […]

Categories: Household Remedies, Meat, Non-food, Sauteed Eats • Tags: dishwasher repair, easy roast chicken, feasting with friends, household remedies, roasted chicken, Thomas Keller roasted chicken

A B … Z Bread

October 6, 2014 by Nancy

Here I go again…returning to blogging after a brief absence. After my initial return, I actually got ahead of the blogging game and had several posts completed and ready for publication. This A B …Z bread {Apple, Blueberry & Zucchini Bread} is one that was half ready. And then, 2 weeks ago today, we lost our beloved dog Ozzie. I’ve felt as if I’ve had the wind knocked out of me. My heart is broken. Ozzie was a member of […]

Categories: Breads, Non-food, Whipped Up Sweets • Tags: ABZ bread, Apple blueberry zucchini bread, baking quick bread, feasting with friends, loss of pet, quick bread recipe, zucchini bread with fruit

Shout-Out Sunday

September 21, 2014 by Nancy

The shout-out Sunday posts are one of my favorite ones to write. I really enjoy sharing the great things I’m finding out there on other blogs. I try to make these posts part of my regular Sunday routine. Sometimes though, life gets in the way. Last Sunday, canning is what got in the way. Lots and lots of canning. Glenn and I spent last Saturday at Eastern Market, in downtown Detroit, acquiring the produce needed for said canning. Before I […]

Categories: Awards, Canning/Freezing, Gardening, Meat, Non-food, Shout-Out Sunday, Vegetables • Tags: canning and preserving, collard greens, Detroit Eastern Market, feasting with friends, Shout-out Sunday

Garden Basil Pesto

September 10, 2014 by Nancy

The last days of summer sent my herbs, and especially the basil, soaring…to the sky. Not necessarily where one wants them to go. It’s almost as if the plants had trunks instead of stalks. In all my years of growing basil, I’ve never had plants get so large. They were reminiscent of Jack and his beanstalk! I’m talking huge. And huge plants meant lots and lots of basil. Enter pesto. Lots and lots of pesto. My poor food processor was […]

Categories: Condiments, Gardening, Miscellaneous Recipes • Tags: black swallowtail caterpillar, condiments, feasting with friends, freezing pesto, garden basil pesto, sweet basil

Butterfly Light Award

September 9, 2014 by Nancy

I received the Butterfly Light Award from Lori @ Creating Beauty in the Kitchen. Apparently this award is for “beautiful bloggers who are spreading light in the blogging world”. The actual story behind this award is that it was started by a blogger named Idiot Writer who wanted to thank a fellow blogger for helping her. Such a lovely concept…Thank you very much Lori! If anyone is spreading light in the blogisphere, it is certainly Lori. This award means so much coming from her! Here […]

Categories: Awards, Non-food • Tags: Awards, Butterfly Light Award, giving thanks, Monarch Butterfly

Shout Out Sunday & Award Acknowledgement

September 7, 2014 by Nancy

I’ve been carrying a heavy load lately. A load of guilt. In fact, a self-inflicted load of guilt! But today is the day I shall clear my conscience. Much blogger love was sent my way during my absence. Love arrived in many forms…e-mails, supportive messages, guest bloggers and awards presented to feasting with friends. All of that, and more, was a huge support to me. A nudge of affection always seemed to arrive at just the right time! Many thanks […]

Categories: Awards, Casseroles & Other Mixed Dishes, Gardening, Non-food, Sauteed Eats • Tags: Awards, garden photos, Most Influetial Blogger Award, moussaka, Quintet of Radiance Award, Shout-out Sunday, Versatile Blogger Award, Wonderful Team Member Readership Award

I’m Back….

August 22, 2014 by Nancy

I’m back at feasting with friends. It seems it has been forever since I’ve posted anything new. Well, not forever. More like 3 months. Three months?!?! Why? Well there hasn’t been much feasting, let alone feasting with friends, over these last months. I needed to focus on healing and on myself. We’ve done very little entertaining. We’ve shared meals, here and there. Though it was our wonderful, caring friends and family doing the cooking. We had wonderful meals delivered and […]

Categories: Dressing, Sauce & Rubs, Non-food, Salads, Sauteed Eats • Tags: Blogiversary, dressing recipe, feasting with friends, insalata panzanella, return to blogging, salad recipe, warm honey dressing

A Note to My Followers

May 21, 2014 by Nancy

Please note that I will be taking some time off from feasting with friends to attend to some health issues, including surgery. You will continue to see random, pre-scheduled posts over the next few weeks. Some of my fellow bloggers will be stepping in to help me out as well. You will get to enjoy fabulous guest posts from some of the great ladies within our little blogging family. The “Shout-Out” posts I write are some of my favorites, and […]

Categories: Non-food • Tags: feasting with friends, Guest posts, retro cookbooks

Quintet of Radiance Award & Shout-Out Sunday

May 18, 2014 by Nancy

Last week, I received an award from Shatarupa@My Kitchen Adventures. The Quintet of Radiance Award…isn’t it lovely? It’s actually five awards in one including: The Versatile Blogger Award, The Sunshine Award, The Inner Peace Award, The Influential Blogger Award and The Awesome Blog Content [ABC] Award. Have you visited My Kitchen Adventures before? If not, you really need to meet Shatarupa! She grew up in a Bengali family of foodies and amazing cooks. Shatarupa is a lawyer by day and […]

Categories: Awards, Miscellaneous Recipes, Shout-Out Sunday • Tags: Quintet of Radiance Award, Shout-out Sunday