Last minute gift from the garden…

Up until the second week of December, I always feel so organized…. Then, before I know it  – the blues creep in and the Holidays are right here… right now!  Have I forgotten someone?  What if friends stop by unexpectedly?

 Here’s an easy & quick idea to give when visiting family or friends and use up any leftover pumpkin seeds.

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Two years ago, my husband Phil was in the Emergency Room.  It was freezing cold inside and out – so when Phil was wheeled off for a C-Scan – I ran across the street to purchase a fuzzy  aqua blanket & grabbed the December 2010 issue of Food & Wine Magazine.

Back in the ER, wrapped in the blanket, I settled in for a long night, passing the anxious time with a little Food & Wine…  Husband fine.

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Spice it up and share the bliss!

Herbs in winter… it’s about Thyme!

As cold weather has set in, I have had a taste for French Onion Soup  for weeks.

Memories of strolls along the Seine… ooh la la – it’s about Thyme and Wine!!  The crunch of toasted rounds of a baguette and melted Gruyère cheese.

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