Sawhorses and Polenta......A Little Randomness

Welcome, Glitterinas!

I want to share a tablescape and 

a recipe with you today.

Years ago, I gathered up a pair of 

little sawhorses that 

no one else wanted.....

.....they were on the back porch of 

Husband's grandmother's house.

The house and land were to be sold and 

the buyers' were going to tear down

the house.

Along with a couple of pretty doors.....

these little cuties came home with me!

Well, today they have been cleaned 

and oiled because they are going

on the dining room table.

To start this tablescape, let's 

use two fall colored 

table cloths....

....add a burlap runner....

....and the two little stars of this post!

I wove a long piece of ribbon that 

has pumpkins on it....and a gauzy, golden piece of 

fabric over the burlap runner.....

 and around here......

.....and over that......good.

Now, the other pieces.....

a pumpkin soup toureen,

my favorite fall decoration (if I had to pick just one)

small pumpkins and votives,

  a sprinkling of

sparkly leaf confetti....

and a couple of happy scarecrow

tea light holders!

Did you think those saw horses would work

on the table?

What do you think now?!

Let me know what you think, Glitterinas.....

y'all have great ideas!

Now we'll move from the dining room 

into the kitchen.

I'm sharing a polenta recipe with you today.

This is a perfect, quick, and tasty lunch!

Begin with 2-3 T. butter and 1/2 of a 

chopped onion cooking away in the skillet

on medium heat.

Slice up a tube of polenta and add it to the skillet.

Cook 6 minutes on each side.

Then I take the end pieces out, put them on a plate,

and taste for doneness.....with polenta that's

hot all the way through.

Yum!  

This polenta is ready to eat....but 

if a few more minutes is needed to heat 

the polenta all the way through, let it 

continue to cook for another minute or two.

To serve this dish,

I place some fresh spinach 

on the plate....

.....them some polenta slices with some

onion....

....give the slices a hit of sea salt and 

fresh ground pepper.

Chop up some small tomatoes 

and place on top....

....and your lunch is ready!

Enjoy!

A good lunch.....

....now, it's time to get some more

things done around the house!

I know your days are busy, Glitterinas, so I

really appreciate when you stop by 

Pink Glitter!

Leave me a comment so I'll 

know you've been by!

Until next time,

Tammy

Thankful for:

little piggies

at

Five Gables Farm