Fall In The Cliffs

It's Fall Yall!

Take a tour with me and enjoy this fall inspired tablescape by the water. The beauty of the cliffs of Sliabh Liag (Slieve League) in Ireland are breath-taking.

Labor Day Watermelon Salad

This watermelon salad was simple and delicious!

Five simple ingredients:

Watermelon

Cucumber

Mint leaves

Feta cheese crumbles

Olive Oil 

Lemon Juice 

 

Labor Day Seafood Boil

Labor Day Seafood Boil

    Imitation Crab Cakes 

Labor Day or any day is a great time for a seafood boil.  My seafood boil is a combination of  snow crabs, shrimp, imitation crab (pollack fish) and corn. I prepared potato salad, so I didn't include potatoes as most usually do. My Mom is allergic to some of the ingredients in the seafood boil, so potato salad and keeping some snow crabs naked was necessary. 

Their was a lot of imitation crab leftover, so I decided to make crab cakes with it. It was already season and I just had to add a few more ingredients. I made a mixture of eggs, mayonnaise and bread crumbs and folded the remaining imitation crab into the mixture. I rolled the mixture into separate cakes and baked them for 30 minutes at 375 degrees.  The results were delicious. I was worried about overcooking since they were cooked once, but like regular crab meat, so is it! This is a great option for anyone allergic to shellfish too.    

SHS America the Beautiful

I am celebrating Independence Day. It is the federal holiday that commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Ironically, we are celebrating 246 years of independence which the exact number of years this country participated in slavery. It is truly a time to also celebrated freedom.  

The candles are a simple decoration I customized by adding ribbon to the bottom and my Wing and a Prayer Logo to the top. Try it for your next celebrating marking the occasion.

Memorial Day 2022

Memorial Day is a dedicated day for honoring U.S. military personnel who have died while serving in the United States armed forces. Over 1 a million Americans have paid the ultimate sacrifice to afford us the freedoms we take for granted every day. For that I say thank them.

One of the earliest Memorial Day ceremonies originally known was Decorations Day when graves were decorated with flowers by freed African American in 1866 according to reports from The Charleston Courier. A crowd of 10,000 people, mostly freed slaves with some white missionaries, staged a parade around the Washington Race Course in Charleston, South Carolina. The club served as a prison during the civil war for union soldiers, where more than 260 Union soldiers died and were buried. The first national commemoration of Memorial Day was held on May 30, 1868. You can learn more about this at history.com.

Birthday Blooms

Lemony Earth Day

Celebrate Earth Day with this environmentally friendly cleaning solution and ideas. 

To create the cleaning solution, place lemon peels from about two or three lemons in a bottle or jar.

Fill the container with vinegar, almost to the top. You'll have to prepare this lemon vinegar solution in advance, for future use since you must let it sit for about a week before use for it to infuse.