This time of year we celebrate several anniversaries
It’s important to remember to Enjoy the journey as life takes us to unexpected places…
To celebrate our wedding anniversary last week, I set a little sentimental table for 2
One of the special elements of this table was the thankful plates
Concentrating on being grateful gives me strength and joy, and combining my favorite things and memories into a table setting is icing on the cake
Summer blue and white hydrangeas in the center vase flanked by matching candlesticks
They were surprise Christmas gifts from my husband over the past several years…he’s a very smart guy...
I love the gold polka dots on the ceramic pieces echoed on the table runner
The runner has a pair of seahorses at each end, perfect for our table for 2 💑
A blue bowl for him
a white bowl for me
A jellybean margarita, just for fun
Our wedding silver, linen napkins, and gold trimmed glasses that belonged to HH’s parents
We dined on our long time favorites, Marinated Filet Mignon topped with Blender Bearnaise Sauce, fresh green beans, and Italian Fries
You’ll want to keep these recipes handy for your own special occasion
Blender Bearnaise
Ingredients
- 10 sprigs fresh tarragon leaves stripped off stems and chopped
- 2 shallots
- 1/4 cup champagne vinegar
- 1/4 cup dry white wine
- 3 egg yolks
- 1 stick unsalted butter melted
- sea or kosher salt
- freshly ground pepper
Instructions
- Make bearnaise reduction: in a small sauce pan, over medium high heat, combine 1/2 of tarragon, shallots, vinegar and wine and bring to a simmer. Cook until reduced by half. Remove from heat and set aside to cool.
- Blend yolks with bearnaise reduction in a blender, or with an immersion blender, with blender running on a medium speed, add 1/3 of melted butter in a slow steady stream. Once it has emulsified {blended in} turn blender up to high and add the rest of the butter. Add remaining tarragon, season with salt and pepper, blend quickly once more and set aside. Keep warm until serving
- Makes about 1 cup
Eat, drink and give thanks~
And remember to enjoy the journey…
Juicy Details
This fabulous hammered spoon necklace was made by my friend and fellow Gulf Coast Blogger Judy Pimperl. Judy is a super talented artist, jewelry maker, a seamstress, a thrifter, and a vintage finds maven. She has a shop, JuJu Queen’s Junk, at Antiques at the Loop in Mobile AL. Please pop over to visit Judy here to see all her fabulous creations
You can see more hammered spoon necklaces here.
Seahorse runner/TJMaxx you can see another table using this runner on Coquille and Candlelight
give thanks plate/Marshall’s last fall
vase, candlesticks/McKenzie-Childs
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