Sunday, March 18, 2012

The wedding!!

Greetings to all of you who have been faithfully following along and are still around!:-)  It has certainly been a very busy time here with all the pre-wedding activities, then the wedding for our daughter (Country Girl) yesterday (Saturday) afternoon.  We have had many family activities, plus family staying in the house.

For the next few days, I will be sharing some recipes with you that were used for the reception.  Hopefully there will be some pictures that I will be able to include in a satisfactory way.  If you've been keeping up with the blog for awhile, you will know that photography is often a challenge for me.:-)  Then, to successfully post them where I want them in the blog is another challenge.:-)

I am going to begin with something that was very well-received by the guests.

In the punch bowl....

....was Almond Ice Tea.  This picture, taken by The Husband, shows the ice ring we made, with a bit of the tea remaining in the bowl.  Although this was popular, we were prepared and had more to serve, had it been necessary.  The recipe comes from a former co-worker, who was actually one of Country Girl's teachers in elementary school!

ALMOND ICE TEA

3 Tablespoons plain instant tea, regular or decaf (we used decaf)
1 cup sugar
2 cups hot water
- Combine and dissolve the above three ingredients.  Then add:
2 - 6 oz. frozen lemonade (Where I was shopping only carried the 12-oz. size).
1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
1 Tablespoon almond extract
8 cups cold water
- Stir and chill.  This makes a large amount, requiring a very large pitcher or container.  

Country Girl is not a fan of the usual punch that is served at wedding receptions, so we had made this some weeks ago to be tried/approved as what would be in the punch bowl.  We also served lemonade from a beverage server and coffee.  We made the ice ring with slices of oranges, limes, and lemons.  I wanted to be sure to be well-prepared and made four of them!  We have two in the freezer  that weren't used. I suppose I need to plan another party to use them.:-)  Actually, that doesn't sound like such a bad idea.:-)

The flowers behind the punch bowl were wildflowers gathered from the nearby area and are in a blue Mason jar.  

I hope to spend some time catching up with other bloggers whose blogs I have missed for the past few days.  

Next post - More wedding "goodies."  

Thank you for following along.  I love reading your comments.

11 comments:

  1. That sounds like a good thing to serve. I like the addition of the almond flavoring. I am saving this over to my files for future use. Hope we get to see some weddng pictures! xo Diana

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  2. Congratulations on your daughter's wedding. God bless you for doing your own catering as well as the important role of Mother of the bride! xo

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  3. Oh Nellie...I love this recipe and those flowers are so beautiful!!! My congratulations for your daughter are wished by me! smile... I'm so glad you had a good time...and that all went well! My thoughts were with you Saturday...smile...

    Blessings,
    Gert

    PS Since I have this 'sore' throat your little cakes are so easy to eat (esp with Cool Whip)I've had two of them today...smile..and so easy to make!

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  4. I thought about you all day yesterday. I am so glad it was a nice day. I can't wait to hear about all the goin's on.
    The tea sounds wonderful!

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  5. Well, you know that I enjoyed that tea punch! Even though I'm supposed to limit my sugar, I had two cups of it because it was so refreshing! Ahem...if you need volunteers for that party, just let me know! :-) Everything was quite lovely, and I hope the happy couple will remain as blissfully in love as they are now! I'm honored to be a part of your precious family!

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  6. The tea sounds very good. Suppose you could use Splenda for those watching the sugar. Thanks for sharing and stopping by my blog and leaving a message about my daughter's new pillows.

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  7. Hello Nellie!
    Thank you for your comments and for becoming a follower on my blog, I would like to follow you too and have become the most recent on your followers gallery :)
    Looks like I'm in for a treat, with the great recipes you produce here.
    Hope you can relax a little now that things have calmed down.

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  8. What a beautiful ice ring. I can't wait to hear more about the wedding.

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  9. That sounds so good. I'm a huge fan of tea hot and iced, I'll have to try this. Thanks for sharing it.

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  10. I love tea this sounds wonderful . Thanks for sharing joann

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  11. I'm glad everything went so well - wildflowers sound so refreshing!

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