Yea!! Tablescape Thrusday - Red Checkered Day

Hello everyone and welcome to Tablescape Thursday brought to us by Susan http://betweennapsontheporch/ make sure you go there to see all the other tablescapes awaiting you. And Foodie Friday hosted @ http://dsignsbygollum/ Make sure on Friday you stop by and see all the good eats.

Today I decided to combine Tablescape Thursday and Foodie Friday together. Since I will be out of town on Friday. My tablescape is Red Checkered Day - and Foodie Friday Salisbury Dinner.

I just love the summer with all it's color, all the bright yellow's and red's, so that is why I decided to do my scape in these colors.

The dinner plate and saucer are Southern Living at HOME it is there Hospitality line of dishes and the color is called butter.

The saucer is called the swirly plate. The way it looks here you can't tell that it is two dishes but it is. Click on the pic to see a bigger picture. The dinner plate has a little bead all around the outside of the plate.

This candle holder is a Gail Pittman, and any one from the South collecting pottery will know of her. She has some of the most wonderful pottery pieces so full of fun. This one came from her store in Destine. Her store is at the big outlet mall.

The candle is battery operated and it flickers just like a real candle. You can buy these in different scents. This is vanilla and it looks so nice and you get no smoke. Love that!

This is a bubble glass. It has different sizes of bubbles in it and when you put any color drink it makes it look so festive. I just have water in mine.

This serving/baking dish is a Southern Living at HOME piece, it's in the senna style with the red an yellow's. It bakes up really nice and also makes your table look very pretty. This is one of my favorite pieces. They have it in Province which are the blue and green's.

This next piece is one of my favorite little red vases. This is also Southern Living at HOME and
at the top it has a ruffle that is hand painted in brown. Very cute vase short and squatie very sassy looking.

The flowers are 3 bunches of silk summery flowers that I bought at Everything is a dollar.

I love that store.

This polka dot cereal/soup/serving bowl can just about hold anything with it's big shape. I just love the big red polka dots. It gives everything a fun look.

And my cotton red checkered table cloth which makes everything come alive and fun.

Now this is on the menu for the Red checkered Foodie Friday.

Salisbury Steak , Lima beans, buttery chive potatoes.

This is my dinner and we are just about to sit down and dig into a very tasty meal. Yummy and Mr B is home from work and very hungry.

The mushroom gravy

1 - 14oz can of beef broth

1 - 10oz can of cream of mushroom

1 - 4 0z can of sliced mushrooms

2 - Tb spoons of corn starch

Combine first 3 ingredients together on medium low heat and then stir in corn starch.

When the gravy comes to a soft boil turn it off and it will thicken.

Sirloin Patties.

In a non stick skillet add 1 Tb spoon of oil and fry on medium heat till you get them a little pink inside. about 10 minutes.

Buttery Chive potatoes. (if you don't care for chive sub thyme instead).

6 medium potatoes peeled, cubed and rinsed

add garlic salt to taste about 1/4tsp
add 1/2 stick of butter (cut in slices)

sprinkle parsley

Minced chives sprinkle about 1/4tsp

pepper to taste

combine all these ingredient's into a microwavable corning dish with lid

microwave 5 minutes. Stir and microwave about 4 minutes more.

Stir and leave lid on to rest for 2 minutes before serving.


Lima beans with a twist:

1 can of Lima beans with juice

add garlic salt to taste 1/4tsp

sprinkle parsley

basil 1/4 tsp

pepper to taste

cook on medium heat till boil then turn down and cook on low for 10 to 15 minutes.

I hope you like what I had on my menu and if you try any of these please drop a line and let me know what you thought of the dishes.

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Don't forget to stop by Between naps on the porch for some wonderful tablescapes

And Design By Gollum for some outstanding recipes for Foodie Friday.

Now it is time for me to check out some tablescapes.

Have a great Day.