Brussel Sprout Beauty....

Fruit and vegetables have always been a theme in my Christmas decorating.  Each year I decorate the mantel with pineapples, oranges, apples, artichokes and grapes along with cedar and pine roping.  This year I'm adding these beauties.  

I'm curious if anyone else likes to decorate for the holidays with fruit and vegetables.  If you do, which fruit and vegetables do you prefer and how do you use them?

Until Next Year....

 

       Summer's commitment to the vegetable garden is coming to an end   This most generous of
       the growing seasons has performed it's duties well.  The hot summer's sun grew vegetables that    
       were healthy, colorful and delicious. Summer's mission was  accomplished.  The gifts were

       plentiful  and deeply appreciated.

What shall we do without your tender, sweet, golden kernels?    Perhaps one more bowl of roasted corn and shrimp chowder before your tall willowy stalks are wired to the lamp post .    

   

Good-bye toasted tomato sandwiches with sweet basil and mayonnaise. I will miss our noontime soirees.   So long Insalata Caprese Salad.  I will never forget how you extended the invitation to others  to share the spotlight on your platter.

          Oh, and then there is you my dear zucchini friend.  Who knew how delicious you could be
          sliced and sauteed with tomato sauce and scrambled eggs.   The sweet bread that you so
          generously sacrificed yourself for has made so many people so very happy.  Your ability to 
          transform yourself  from savory to sweet is in a word magical. Until next year my summer
          friends......