Crystal Grandeur

Sharing a Summer table with a combination of a seaside setting.  Blue & White plates, transparent fish plates in each corner of the mats, shells, a bucket to hold the napkins & blue candles sets an easy tone for a Summer table. Please visit Nap on the porch Please visit Pink saturday Please visit Share your Style  Please visit Grace at Home

It's been two months plus with the lockdown and I don't know to thank the lockdown or not, to a certain extent 'yes' cause nature has bloomed once again to get its original essence. Wonderful to see the rivers flowing clean, animals roaming free, sea creatures trying to explore the silent waters, birds flocking in thousands under the blue sky, and with air clean, all this makes one feel extremely good. Nature played its part to retain it's long lost beauty and say to the world handle me with care. Indeed a lesson to be learnt. The world has changed a lot around in a short span of time. At home/kitchen front, for me, it's been a scenario, not experienced in the past. Cooking a major work of the day and preparing new dishes and dishes that I haven't done for quite some time for the family has become the new normal. As I always enjoy cooking and the family enjoys the preparations I feel sometimes this kind of time is necessary for a family just to be unite...

Here is a casual Summer tablescape and the centerpiece is what I say an accidental find. As there is little luck of getting shop flowers these days, recent summer clean up in our garden & creative side of me finding moss type tiny greens inspired me to set this table. Used a table runner and placed the greens which were fragile helped me to spread it evenly. The nice thing about greenery in any shapes and sizes, they add a natural/organic touch. This is an inspiration to set a table from the garden green dismissals and hope you too found some inspiration from CG table styling today:) Please visit Nap on the Porch Please visit Pink Saturday

At this time of the year in tropical regions, the topic on fruits, it is all about the seasonal fruit the Mangoes. Mangoes are most welcomed into the kitchen whether it is unripped or ripen. The recipes with Mangoes are endless and enjoyed most in whichever form they are prepared.  During this unprecedented time, one would love to try new recipes and serve and also helps one to add it to quarantine days cookbook diary. Learning new preparations, always widen the knowledge of cooking. What's new in preparing with mangoes? Here is a Mango + Chickpeas salad as a starter or can be served as part of other dishes. The spice mix recipe with Mangoes is enjoyed when it is served. Best taken with slices of bread, stuffed inside a pitta bread, rotis or even with any type of rice preparation.  Here is a high tea table setting for lockdown comforts.  Roll down for Spiced chickpeas with Mango recipe:)) Ingredients...