Tonight, I made:

An Angus Beef Roast sliced and put into gravy, served with Brown Rice and steamed Carrots with olive oil butter, tomatoes and cucumbers. It was so good! It is a "Live It" dinner! :O) I have been sharing my table with my son Jeremy, my daughter-in-love Kristen, and my two sweet Grandchildren! This has been such a good week of them visiting. I'm not sure what tomorrow will bring but for sure it will be full of JOY!

THIS IS DIET FOOD?????????

I cleaned my plate!

As this month, July, came in, I decided to start something new! A live it! NOT a diet! A change of how I cook, eat, and live! With it came a lot of information, a LOAD of information! *Still processing it.* I do see somethings that absolutely have to change first. The way I am thinking about what I eat or don't eat is one of those things. When I was a little girl I was told to "clean my plate", as an obedient child, I did what I was told to do. I CLEANED MY PLATE! Now though, I really don't HAVE to clean my plate, but the thinking and the attitude are still there. (I am working on it.)

So, since I have someone keeping me accountable, I have decided to revamp some of my favorite recipes and still eat what I like but more importantly what is good for me. Tonight's dinner was Stuffed Bell Peppers. I used the basic "old" recipe but put better things in it. For example, for the white rice that I usually use, I put Quinoa & Whole Grain Brown Rice, for the ground beef I used Laura's Beef (organically raised), organic mushrooms, onions, and garlic. Topped off with a fresh made Salsa. Thanks Kristen! This was really very good! Better than the original recipe! For a whole pepper stuffed the calories were only 350! Now that is good eating!

The Table as a Tea Party!

I just had the pleasure of the company of the most important people in my life....

My Grandchildren!

Tea Parties are so much fun and each one of the children ask for them.

the Girls AND the Boys!

Since the grandchildren from Tampa were in town, and everyone was excited to see them;

we, had a Tea Party at DD's house Tuesday Afternoon.

Each one came to DD's dressed and ready to have "tea"...

although, this day we had Lemonade with our Tea Time Treats!

Which included Ritz Crackers with heart shaped cheese on top, White Grapes,

Mini Chocolate Chips Cookies, and Piroulines (artisan rolled wafers filled with chocolate).

Instead of Hot Tea as we usually do, we had a summer special: Lemonade!

Everyone had a wonderful time and learned that they should not

talk with their mouths full of food!

The close of yet another holiday with family............

My table was full this 4th of July! We cooked out........ Turkey Burgers, Beef Burgers, Chicken, and had Salad; good food that was good for us! We all sat around the table and had wonderful fellowship with each other. A time of relaxing and reconnecting. A time of fun and fellowship, of bonding and sharing, just being together to revive our family connection! We laughed, played, ate, talked, etc... about everything and every body. We seemed to draw closer this year than any other year. What a wonderful time Sharing My Table!!!

If you have an old table or one that needs some TLC you can..............

Just use a table cloth or a sheet to cover the table. Tie knots on the sheet corners, or use ribbons, or rubber bands, then add a flower (real or fake) or a butterfly (fake, of course) or cookie cutters, anything you have just be creative.

Also, you could tie ribbon on the chairs to tie it all together. Simple elegance is always beautiful!