I Fell for Fall

I can't help it. Even though it is a million degrees outside, I can smell it in the air. Fall is just around the corner. I am like my dog when a chicken is roasting. She can smell it a mile away and I can smell fall. I hung my Fall wreath on the front door. So what, sue me!!! I declare that Fall has begun!!!! Call the season police if you must. They can lock me up and force feed me margaritas with little umbrellas but I will burp apple cider!!! It's happening....it's here!


I promised to fill the tulipiers and I did. What I didn't promise was healthy flowers. There is a flower monopoly in this town that really ticks me off. You either have to pay a gazillion dollars for good flowers or buy them from street vendors who sell the wholesaler's dying blooms. I thought I bought some healthy roses until I unwrapped them. But I filled the vases anyway.


I filled each one with water.

I used another small vase to place in the center.


One rose bud is placed in each hole.


I filled the center vase with roses.


This is the final arrangement with the center vase placed inside the tulipiere.


I roasted a chicken for dinner yesterday and decided to show you a simple way to use leftover chicken. Curried chicken salad.


Chop all of the leftover chicken into small dice.


Add curry powder. I added 3 tablespoons. This amount depends on how heavy you want the curry flavor to be. Add salt and pepper to taste.


Add about 2 teaspoons of dijon mustard, a half cup of mayonnaise and a third cup of sour cream. Mix together.


Sqeeze in the juice from one lime.


Mix in some chopped Thai basil. This is optional but I have a lot of this in my garden and I put it in anything I can.


Almost forgot this ingredient....chop up one Granny Smith apple.


Mix the apple into the salad.


Curried chicken salad which can be eaten plain or made into a sandwich. Mmmmmm!!!