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<\/a><\/p>\nWe had an afternoon tea for my niece and her family today.<\/p>\n
I used an ice cream scoop and made watermelon balls that I served in a water pitcher.<\/p>\n
Then cleaned a pineapple and cut it into spears which I placed in the empty<\/p>\n melon \u2013 with the pineapple crown on top with coconut slices and mint leaves<\/p>\n to garnish.<\/p>\n Chocolate meringues,using Celia’s recipe!<\/a><\/p>\n Cranberry and almond Welsh scones-you can find the basic recipe here- just substitute craisins and sliced almonds for the lavender.<\/a><\/p>\n Apple spice babycakes (I was kind of in a French state of mind, hence the flags!)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bacon and sundried tomato mini quiches- yum!<\/p>\n Basmati rice and pine nut and mint meatballs with Hawaiian barbeque sauce!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Served with hot Darjeeling tea and ginger and lemon iced tea- it was a great<\/p>\n menu- a wonderful visit- and we had a great time visiting and snacking.<\/p>\n I really wish I could sit down with all my blog friends and share a cup of tea<\/p>\n and a plateful of goodies. My niece, Martha, blogs at The Weinhardts<\/a> , and I<\/p>\n haven\u2019t seen her in over a year, so it was like sitting down with a blogger<\/p>\n friend and sharing recipes (she brought me a pretzel roll that she promises<\/p>\n to put up the recipe for on her blog soon!)<\/p>\n So \u2013 I was thinking about all of you, my internet friends, as I was preparing this<\/p>\n food- and if we could I\u2019d love to have you all over to tea!<\/p>\n (Although we actually met at my sister Cynthia\u2019s house! LOL! I was so tired and<\/p>\n my house is cluttered with all the stuff we brought back from Chincoteague last <\/p>\n week that I couldn\u2019t clean my house and cook for the same event. Cynthia did the<\/p>\n cleaning and I did the cooking\/baking. We make a good team! is finger food- especially tea time finger food. I love preparing food for tea- love garnishing and presenting it- and most of all I LOVE eating it. We had an afternoon tea for my niece and her family today. I … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"