Gatherings Magazine

Eu conheci a Heather quando, nas minhas navegações pelo Etsy, encontrei a sua linda loja, a Gathering Vintage. Na altura, fiquei apaixonada pelo jarro turquesa e por uma toalha antiga, com rosas, que decidi então comprar... 

Adoro este jarro, já o devem ter visto muitas vezes aqui pelo blog. E criou-se logo uma empatia entre mim e a Heather que, pouco tempo depois de nos conhecermos virtualmente, deu-me a alegria de dedicar no seu blog um post acerca do meu Citrusandorange (aqui). Desde essa altura que não paro de seguir as andanças desta senhora que, tal como eu, tem um amor por peças antigas e pela decoração vintage. Visitem o Heather Spriggs, não tenho dúvidas de que vão gostar!

A Heather lançou a Gatherings Magazine em Julho passado, na sua edição de Verão e ontem acabou de lançar a revista de Outono, onde a minha humilde casinha é uma das ilustres convidadas! :) Fiquei super emocionada quando vi as fotos, adorei toda a revista e o meu coração enche-se de alegria por poder partilhar as coisas de que gosto de uma forma tão bonita!..♥ A revista está óptima e adorei os pormenores dos embrulhos para os presentes.

 

Agora já estou em pulgas para que saia a edição de Natal (Holiday Gift Guide) e a edição de Inverno (All White Issue). :)

Espero que gostem desta visita guiada e de um novo sítio para poderem ver coisas bonitas e ideias originais. Um beijo a todos.

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I met Heather on one of my Etsy journeys - just bumped into her lovely shop, Gathering Vintage. I fell in love with the vintage turquoise coffe pot and the roses tablecloth, and decided on buying them then.

You have seen this coffee pot on lots of pictures here at the blog, I love it! I immediatly connected with Heather, as we both love vintage and romantic decor, and it was a real pleasure when she kindly dedicated a post to my Citrusandorange at her blog (here). Since then I've been following around this lovely lady throughout the web, as I love her taste and all the things she shares are pure beauty. You have to visit Heather Spriggs, I'm sure you'll love it!

Last July Heather launched Gatherings Magazine, the Summer issue, and yesterday the Fall issue came out, where yours truly is a humble guest! :) I was super excited and when I saw the photos I was really touched - I'm super happy to share the things that I love in such a pretty way!... Thanks Heather! ♥ 

Now I can't hardly wait for the Holidays issues - the Holiday Gift Guide and the All White Issue.

I hope you like the tour and this new place of beauty and original ideas. Love ♥

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Cream & Fudge Factory, Chennai

So, finally the visit to Cream & Fudge Factory happened last evening. It is a fairly small place, rather narrow and long space located near Auroville and Cafe Coffee Day lounge on Khader Nawaz Khan Road.

I had read about the Cold stone concept and how they mix the ice cream with fruits and sauces before serving it to you, ergo, i was curious to taste the end result... As you walk in through the doors, the display of ice creams and waffle cones are the 1st thing you see, but not before the warmth in that area has you break out into a sweat.. it was really warm there.. but the seating area was cool/cold wherever the ac worked!. I was fascinated with the 4 kinds of waffle cones and cups on display.

Plain Waffle

Waffle coated with Chocolate sauce

Waffle coated with Chocolate sauce and colourful sprinkles and finally  the

Waffle coated with Chocolate sauce and nuts

[Pic courtesy: Cream & Fudge Factory website]

After scanning through the extensive menu card, i decided on the Apple Crumble ice cream.. They also had a choose the flavours and create your own ice cream option

I love Apple Pie, and basically anything to do with Apples and Cinnamon... :-) 

I chose the Waffle coated with Chocolate sauce and colourful sprinkles in Medium size and waited for the treat to arrive.. My Friend chose the Rocky Road in the same waffle cup... 

  

It was sinful.. The flavour of apples, cinnamon and sweetness was just perfect.. I relished it to a point where i was nearly done and remembered i have not taken a picture of the dessert :D

The ice cream no doubt was good.. but i dont really know what the cold stone did to the dessert, it tasted like someone had mashed up an apple pie with ice cream, and dolloped it. The vanilla ice cream is nice and full of flavour and so is the fudge sauce.. And another thing was we were unable to enjoy the waffle cup, it is just there, towards the end of the ice cream, i kinda squished the waffle like a dosa and gobbled it up!!

Ok, to update, i was here again in the same week when another friend took me over for a treat.. And this time, i was wise, actually both of us were- we chose the simple plain cup for our ice creams. I had the berry ice cream with Cherry pie and it was good!! There was no place to sit, so we walked around the road devouring our ice creams and catching up on our lives... Was fun!!  

Ambiance- 7/10[Ac wasnt working in the area where you place the order, but it was cool in the seating area, dont know if it was a deliberate thing]

Service- Nothing to rate here as it is self service

Food- Good 8/10

Price- 5/10 [And it is quite expensive.... Albeit, it was friend's treat, but i did notice the prices!! ] 

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Southwest Tortilla Pizzas

I love a good pizza.  Make it a healthy, low calirie vegetarian pizza and I love it even more!

You can make it in the oven as the original instructions stated, or you can just cook it on the stovetop. We are used to toasting our tortillas in a skillet so this was easier for us to do. 

This was very simple and completely delicious!

Southwest Tortilla Pizza Recipe

Adapted from Taste of Home

1 can (16 oz) refried beans

1 can (4 oz) chopped green chiles

1/4 tsp. garlic powder

1/4 tsp. ground cumin

1/4 tsp. chili powder

Flour tortillas (corn tortillas if gluten free)

Salsa

Green pepper, chopped

Onion, chopped

Cheddar cheese, shredded

In a small bowl, combine the beans, chiles and spices. 

Oven: Place tortilla on a baking sheet, spread with bean mixture.  Top with another tortilla.  Spoon salsa over the top, sprinkle with onion, pepper and cheese.  Bake at 400 for 10 - 15 minutes or until cheese is melted.

Stovetop:  Toast 2 tortillas separately in a skillet.  Spread one of them with the bean mixture, top with toasted tortilla.  Spoon salsa over the top, sprinkle with onion, pepper and cheese.  Put back on skillet on low, cover until cheese is melted. 

I estimated one of these pizzas to be around 400 calories.  We got 5 pizzas out of this and only used a small bit of cheese.  Tasty and filling. 

One Year Ago...

Sweet Plum Spiced Chicken  

This is linked with:

$5 Dinner Challenge at $5 Dinners
My Meatless Monday at My Sweet and Savory
Mouthwatering Mondays at A Southern Fairytale
Your Recipe, My Kitchen at Frugal Antics of a Harried Homemaker
Just another Meatless Monday at What's for Dinner, Mom?
Midnight Maniac Meatless Monday at Midnight Maniac
Made By You Mondays at Skip to my Lou
Mangia Mondays at Delightfully Dowling
Makin' You Crave Mondays at Mrs. Happy Homemaker
Tuesday at the Table at All The Small Stuff
Tasty Tuesday at Balancing Beauty and Bedlam
Hearth & Soul at Mom's Sunday Cafe
Tasty Tidbits at Permanent Posies
Slightly Indulgent Tuesdays at SS & GF
Real Food Wednesday at Kelly the Kitchen Kop
The Mommy Club at Crystal and Co.
Gluten Free Wednesdays at Gluten Free Homemaker
Ingredient Spotlight:Tortillas at Eat at Home
Recipe of the Week at Family Fresh Meals



Calories calculated from calorieking.com. Some numbers are approximate and rounded.

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Menu Plan Monday ~ October 3 - October 9, 2011

I know, I know. Another week filled with southwestern flavors.  We eat a lot of it around here. So as long as I can find new ways to make Southwestern recipes; I will. 

I also love eggs, the last few weeks I've been putting a lot of my leftovers in omelettes. They turn out wonderful! 

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Monday: Southwest Salad

Tuesday: Southwest Salad Omelette (with leftovers)

Wednesday: Burgers with red onion jam & Sweet Potato Chips

Thursday: Quinoa and Ground Turkey Stuffed Peppers

Friday: Chipotle Bean Burritos

Saturday: Leftovers, Pumpkin Cranberry Granola Bars

Sunday: Chicken Enchilada Soup in the Slow Cooker

This is linked with Menu Plan Monday at I'm an Organizing Junkie.

One Year Ago...

Avocado Black Bean Ranch Dip

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Magical Mystery Birthday Tour

Yesterday was my birthday, a birthday filled with surprises.

For weeks my husband had told me that we were going out somewhere on the day, but he wouldn't say where.  He said he wasn't going to buy me a present in advance, because there would be things to buy when we arrived at our destination.

As we drove up Main North Road I quickly worked out that we were heading for the Barossa Valley, although I didn't know which part.  Eventually, the sign for "The Pheasant Farm" gave the game away - we were having lunch at Maggie Beer's famous Pheasant Farm!

 This was a most wonderful surprise as I have been a fan of Maggie Beer for years.  I thoroughly enjoyed my game terrine and the post-lunch walk around the lake.

After lunch, B told the kids that today was Mum's day and that our next activity was to go antiquing (their idea of torture).  I had a lovely time wandering through a number of antique shops in the little Barossa towns we passed through.  We also visited the Barossa Museum at Tanunda, full of fascinating artifacts from the early German settlers.

Throughout the day the sun shone gently on us as we passed vineyard after vineyard, the leaves newly emerging on the grapevines.  In the orchards the stone-fruit and apple trees were in blossom or had delicate, new leaves.  The entire landscape was green and lush after the winter rains.

Some birthdays pass by uneventfully, but this one was one I will never forget.

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Smore Cookie Bars

The kids were good so I decided to bake them some treats! 

Oh, who am I kidding. These looked good, I had the ingredients and *I* wanted some!  In all fairness, I did share with the kids.

I used chocolate chips instead of chocolate bars and we had some flat marshmallows instead of mini but it all worked out well.

I loved the crispy cookie part on this. I think the graham crackers in it worked well and tasted awesome!

The only thing I would do differently next time is to make a double batch!  They went way too fast!

Smore Cookie Bars

Adapted from One Crazy Cookie

1/2 cup butter, softened

1/2 cup white sugar

1/4 cup brown sugar

1 egg

1 tsp. vanilla

1 1/3 cup flour

3/4 cup graham cracker crumbs (about 5 rectangles)

1 tsp. baking soda

1/4 tsp. salt

4 1/2 oz. chocolate chips or 3 regular sized chocolate bars

2 cups mini marshmallows

Preheat oven 350 degrees. Grease an 8 inch square baking pan.

Beat butter and sugars in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla; beat well. Gradually add the flour, graham cracker crumbs, baking soda and salt. Mix until well blended. Press half the dough into the prepared pan. Arrange chocolate bars or chocolate chips over the dough.  Pour the marshmallows over the top and spread to equal them out over the top. Scatter bits of the remaining dough over the marshmallows.


Bake 30 - 35 minutes or until lightly browned.

One Year Ago...

Roasted Cauliflower

This is linked with:
Sweets for a Saturday at Sweet as Sugar Cookies
Weekend Wrapup Party at Tatertots and Jello

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