It was a funny old day yesterday – getting up at 3am and talking to people on the other side of the world while they are pleasantly enjoying their mid-afternoon often does that to you…perhaps that's why too that today I find myself taking pictures and rambling on about the joys of a bucket of pears.
After the school drop-off I stopped off at the flower market, my once a week foray into all things flowers, not a huge selection, but just enough to let me play.
To get to the flowers I have to walk past fruit, piles of all manner of lovelies, and delicious veggies that in England one could perhaps only dream of having in such abundance and selection.
Just at the flowers there were buckets of pears…lots of buckets of pears. Now don't ask me why there were shed loads of the things desperately trying to rid themselves of the plastic buckets and get themselves to the checkout PDQ, but there were.
And they caught my eye. The uniform perfection served up by Mother Nature herself woo-ed me, smooth firm skin unmarked by age or time or life…a bit like me really. Guffaw.
So rather than flowers yesterday to cheer me up I came home with a bucket of pears…and what a way to brighten up for a couple of dollars…a pear shelfscape? (And hop over to Susan's place for tablescapes today…)
The fact that we now have a slew of these little green beauties around and there might be only perhaps two of us who actually eat them is beside the point.
And before long I am sure I will be looking for something to 'do' with them rather than placing them in a still life on a shelf But isn't that the delight of leftover anything? That aimless wondering of what to make before that dreadful feeling wherupon they've suddenly moved past the danger zone and have no better place than the compost heap.
If you have any pear ideas let me know, remember my limited baking skills…I can just about mix a muffin.
And now guys lets swiftly move on to some more Q & A from the ahem 130 questions from last week…
From what I've read, it sounds like you didn't have any family there when you moved there. So, now that you've been there awhile, do you have close friends that you spend Christmas (or other holidays) with or do you go home to England to see your family at Christmas time?
We are making friends but Christmas is a time obviously when people go to their own families. No we knew not a single soul here but the last few Christmas holidays we have spent them with family enjoying Sydney's weather from England.
SO my question for you is, where do you find most of your furniture treasures? I now you thrift and find stuff in junk heaps like the windows, is that where most of it comes from? loves!
I'm always on the lookout…I like thrift shops, antique shops, estate sales, deceased estates, garage sales…I weave it into my everyday life and I keep an eye open on Ebay though that's not my fave way to shop…
Is there anything you don't like about the Aussie life?
I don't like Sydney drivers. They drive cars as if it were a sport. I have driven in London and on a lot busier roads than this but here it is all for yourself and super-aggressive driving or you are in trouble!
'What are you reading at the moment?' and 'what are you listening too?'
This is tricky, I have at least four or so books on the go at any one time and rotate them at night…I usually start with a cooking one and then move on…at the moment I am reading
Nigel Slater ~ Appetite
Andre Aggassi ~ OPEN
Neil Barber ~ The Day The Devils Flew In
Oscar Wilde ~ The Picture of Dorian Gray
Jamie Oliver ~ Jamie's America
interspersed of course with copious amounts of Home Decor books…
I only really listen while I'm exercising….and I like run-o-the-mill stuff….on my walking/350 ipod at the mo' are
Kings of Leon, Dolly Parton, Leona Lewis, Queen, Robbie Williams, Taylor Swift, James Blunt
And with that I will leave you lovelies, I have this very strange yearn to go shopping – there is a very nice Frenchy shop not far from here and I am feeling its call
…I thought I might find something delicious in there for my old sofa and for a little blogathon partay I am having soon…to celebrate nothing other than the fact that I am still logging in here to talk to you guys and have done it over four hundred times… a little narcissistic I know but if you knew my staying power, well you'd be calling this a miracle and you'd see me on the News at Ten.
oh and talking of narcissism the editor at Notebook Magazine featured my ladder wall art, you can find it here
See ya around…
p.s. aren't those beachy shell sphere's rocking with the pears?…love
The pears look great. Here is a great recipe that we just love. Perfect for non-bakers as well. You peel and slice the pears, throw them in a pie plate, blend all the other ingredients in the blender, pour it over and throw it in the oven. It’s delicious. http://theprairiegirl.com/food/pear-custard-pie/
oooh yes they are sooo rockin’! Works a treat with the shell spheres, they are like your little signature pieces throughout your blog. Heck if they didnt appear I would think I was visiting the wrong Sarah lol. Love the spheres! (oh and the pears too but they wont last as long;0)
alicia
ps. cant help you with any cooking advice as I am cooking disabled sorry. Could ask my clever hubby though!
We had pear trees at our last house. No one ate pears, but for some reason our dogs loved them, they wouldn’t eat there dog food when it was pear season and they learned to jump up to try and get them out of the trees, very strange. Anyway, a friend would come and get them and made pear honey as gifts. I’m sure you could find a recipe on the web.
Blessings
I love the pears and how they contrast with your beautiful white shell spheres! And congrats on being featured at Notebook Magazine! The pears aren’t the only things that rock, you do too!
Hi there Sarah,
The pears look so pretty with all that white. That brilliant green is one of my favorite colors for sure.
I have several simple and delicious recipes for pear cakes that you might like. They are posted on my site, come see if you want. I have a recipe page so they’re easy to find. And I mean it when I say they are delicious!! The upside down cake is especially yummy and easy…
Congrats on 400 posts, wow! That’s dedication. And we all love you for it!
XO
Heidi – Heart and Home
PS I’m still hobbling through this, sharing the laptop with my 13 yr old because of computer troubles. I hope yours have ended by now!
just found your interesting blog!
I too have moved far from home (not as far as you) only 3,000 miles but far for me. I have my own blog on my new life. Wading in the Sea come visit sometime!
Pamela
Sarah, I adore the ‘pear’ look….you are one very talented lady – I ? green and white together….
Maybe pears poached in red wine would be a good choice for when they have done their job of sitting and looking beautiful….
Loving the shape and colour of the pears against all that white – gorgeous!! I adore those white shell spheres!! Hope you are having a fab week Sarah ~ Tina x
The pears look great with the white! I used to have a green pear too, but he was made in a factory. One of those lopsided shelf sitters so we lovingly referred to him as Percy the p*ssed pear! What can i say, he went with the last kitchen, black white and lime green, so delicious! or not………..if you are into beachy white! he he!
Cheers
Judy
I’ve read on several blogs about pears, I’d already started a “Pear” painting at the start of the week, although mine are sort of putty coloured, how strange to think so many people all over the world are thinking “Pear”
I do so love the way you’ve displayed your Pear’s Sarah
Mmmm! Pears-delicious and lovely with all the white!You should peel a few, slice them, and toss them in a salad with creamy goat cheese, a lovely vinaigrette, and some pecans or walnuts. Tasty!
Hi Sarah
I saw the most stunning perfect golden yellow pears in the supermarket this week. They are not like the normal gold coloured ones and they were so perfect that I stopped in my tracks to admire them:) But like you I am the only one in the family who would eat them so I walked past them instead.
I used to decorate with green apples a lot and every weekend my son & I would make an apple dessert.
Your pear arrangement looks stunning. Have fun baking:)
And thanks to the link to Between Naps on the Porch – we have been chatting about tablescapes on the Decorating Forum. One of your favourite subjects I know:)
I love to decorate with pears, too. That perfect shade of green — and sometimes yellow — just looks so elegant to me. My husband thinks I’m odd to buy fruits and veggies for decorative purposes, but I love that look!
I know what you mean about Sydney drivers….we are a little ‘cheeky’ on the roads! When I first came to London I could not believe the consideration and kindness of the drivers – especially the bus drivers and the cabbies. Not quite the same in France – the French are more like the Sydneyites.
Lovely pears…I like them cut very finely (vegetable peeler finely) and mixed into a rocket, parmesan and walnut salad. xv
Pears are great with gingersnaps and some even like to add bleu cheese with that. They are fabulous sauteed with a little butter and brown sugar. Put them in crepes or over pancakes or ice cream. Yum. Love the look of the green pears against all that white. Looks so Spring-y!
Poached pears, Sarah. I only made them once, but they were delightful. I should make them again. I suppose a recipe could be found online. White Wine is one of the ingredients.
I’m going to be looking for some beautiful bright green pears.
I have another of those “walk down memory lane” posts, at the Back Porch, if you would like to see it.
In all honesty I’ve never liked pears, not the taste, not the look. Nothing personal just didn’t float my boat. Until now, seeing them posed in such elegant simplicity has made me a believer.
BTW, I am completely smitten with the ladder wall~so nicely done.
So I’m off to fetch some pears & a couple of ladders!
I love the color of the pears…I am thinking of using touches of that color (apple green..or pear green, whatever the case may be!) in my living room, replacing reds, just for the summer months.hmmm…I do love that color…
I couldn’t leave fruit of any kind displayed so prettily in our house.. it would just get snaffled quick as flash! How about a cheeky sculpture involving 2 pears and a banana?!
Seriously though, love the look – ‘pared-down simplicity’!
so here is the deal with your pears … take off the skin, cut into thin-ish slices. Melt some butter – you know like a tablespoon – in the microwave. Get a cake tin and take the melted butter and whizz around the tin. Place the pear slices in the bottom. drizzle golden syrup or honey over the pears – more if you are a sweeties, less if not so, lots is good …
take that muffin mix – make it plain – or drop some choc bits in – and plop it over the pears – bake in a say 170c degree oven for 40 – 50 mins … leave to cool in the tin for 15 mins then flip it out … upsidedown pear cake – delish ! best le
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Well G’day Beach Cottage ladies. Of course some of you guessed correctly, no flies on Beach Cottage gals are there? A Summer House window dressing, beach vintage style. One that I got very wrong. I’ll keep this short and sweet The vintage crochet patchwork curtain? Love. Pure love. But, put it this [...]
G'day ladies, let's have a Too Easy Beach Cottage recipe yeah? The original place for Too Easy Recipes on the web ;-)
So, after my last salad went down a storm in my inbox, that's here if you missed it, I had to do this one seeing as I make it most weeks.
There is a problem with this salad and kiddos though...it looks, well, it looks, kinda yucky...but once they try it, they'll ask if and when they are next having it....at least that's what happens in this ratty old cottage...but I must interject here that my kiddos are 'good eaters'? ...they didn't get a choice in that ;-)
Now, stop, don't start running and hitting that next on your blog reading list, pulses are your best friend in the Too Easy Dump & Go kitchen for the busy mum, or busy anyone for that matter...that reminds me I must blog the garlic canneloni Go To for when you forgot to do dinner, feel like a bath but have three ravenous young Beach Cottage Kiddos on your hands...another day.
I am almost embarrassed to tell you how easy this is, we have it so much that I always have a couple, make that six, cans of lentils around and a jar of goat's cheese in the fridge...the great thing about this is that it's all too easy to get ready in just a few minutes, but it looks, tastes and seems like you did oh so very much more than that.
You can obviously too change it up a bit depending on what you have to hand in your kitchen, and I must say that is how I settled on this version...because one day when I made it I didn't have enough Parsley in the garden and so I chucked in some basil too, and liked the Summer feel it added.
I think of this as being a rather posh salad, not sure why, because it couldn't really be further from the truth...the great thing is that it works so well for an average run of the mill day, (when I did this for this blog post, it was a hot Sydney Sunday and I did it just simply to go with Rosemary & Garlic stuffed pork, you can see that pork here),
...but just as easily it works on a regular old Wednesday night when you have lost all enthusiasm for rustling up yet another meal, or indeed on Saturday night, when your friends are on their way over for dinner and you my friend, are in your new vintage inspired clawfoot bathtub (that's me in a few weeks time, k?) without any clothes on, a tipple and no idea what to cook for dinner...
I have a complicated and ever-changing relationship with goat's cheese...it never fails me in its performance and it never fails to impress me (you can find out a bit more on what I like in food here if you like) and I kinda collect it...because it's very easy to collect and has a fairly long fridge-life, I love trying out different ones and there's not many things I love more than goat's cheese on sourdough...but I think the best thing about it is not thinking about it exclusively in the toast/salad department...I've stuffed it in chicken and all sorts of things as a last minute and it's been fab.
But let's get down to the nitty gritty of this super salad that makes you look like an angel who has been on her knees all day scrubbing the front step when really you are in the digital world and spent most of ...
G'day Beach Cottage ladies, howdy, howdy howdy today for a Beach Cottage Too Easy recipe.
If you like cake, cream, sugar and chocolate, make this.
This is, rather than a recipe, a putting it together...as you know I am no dessert maker, but, I do make quite a few sweet things, because, somehow I have ended up with kiddos, who in their roles as offspring, believe that part of the deal, is that not only do I feed them a home-cooked meal with a few homegrown ingredients in there, yes, they also believe that dessert and not the kind that comes out of a packet is included too in this All-Inclusive Deal they call Parenthood.
So, this, for sure, is no culinary masterpiece, but if you are looking for something that is so very easy, dump-able, uses everyday ingredients and at the same time makes you look like you spent hours pulling things together plus tastes good....well, then this is for you.
Best though, you don't make this for yourself, if you have spent the most part of your week sitting on your derriere reading blogs...this my friend ain't low in the calories department...if, however, you are treating yourself to a delight in a mason jar, this is so for you.
I first had a version of this when at dinner back in Old Blighty with a girl, I once, in another life, caught the train up from our village to London with...she was a funny thing really...I am not quite sure how we got on...she was kinda prissy and a bit bothered by too much...I would run to the train flustered, having got up late, and she would have a spreadsheet on the train times, if you know what I mean.
Anyway, a few years later when we both had bambinos, I bumped into her again and we met up for playdates and dinner sometimes....this particular night, after a lovely meal she served up little bowls of creamy, cakey fruity stuff topped off with chocolate flake...it was delicious!
She didn't serve hers in little jars like this, hers were in a champagne glass and not quite so layered as these ones, plus she used tinned fruit not fresh or frozen.
Years later when said offspring kept requesting dessert, one day I wangled together somehow these from what was around in the fridge and they've been with us ever since.
Most likely, if you ever come here for dinner, and shock horror, you dont' bring the dessert with you, this, if you are lucky, will be what you will get.
Throw it all together, sprinkle a lil bit of chocolate on the top and the blog reading past-time you so rudely left in order to make this, is my friend, your oyster.
Beach Cottage Too Easy Layered Raspberry, Cream & Sponge Dessert
1 small maderia or butter cake or a pack of cupcakes (or of course make your own)
1/2 cup whipping cream
1/2 cup cream cheese
1/4 cup sugar
8 tbsp fruit
1 x chocolate Flake or chocolate bar for grating
1. beat the cream cheese until it is soft
2. whip the cream until soft peaks form
3. combine & add the sugar through
4. cut your cake into portions
& layer into the bottom of your jar
5. add a tablespoon of fruit
6. layer on top the cream combo
7. repeat
8. grate chocolate or Flake on top
*Beach Cottage Recipe Notes : this is just a guide really, you can use any cream that you have on hand...I have made this with clotted cream (don't even go there unless you want to seriously get these babies on your thighs), with double cream and I have even, in desperate times squirted in that, ...
G'day Beach Cottage ladies, well I thought it was time for some blogging tips here today, alongside a few nice flowers and shells ;-)
I was recently part of a blogger discussion group over at Kidspot and a couple of hours later had a few questions from girls who couldn't make it to the live chat, one was on my Facebook page and one via email, the Facebook one I will deal with in another Real Girl Blogging Tips post...the email one asked me what essentials do I think every blog needs?
Well I have been around here for a while now doing the blogging thing, so I should know this, yeah and I mused this on my walk by the sea this morning I thought well what do you only need?
...I think it is really very easy when blogging, whether or not you are blogging up there in the lofty heights of the Super Bloggers or you are just dipping your toe in the water, to get side-tracked by 101 million different things that are 'essential' to your blog and if you are someone like me who actually gets a thrill from reading blogging tips then you are in an even worse place because you will find yourself literally buzzing with these essential things to add/do/implement on your blog.
However, walking along, gulping down that brisk sea air today (no sunshine & clouds) I thought you actually don't need any of that professional blogging stuff to be successful...but there are a few things that are pretty much crucial ...and once I started to think about it I got it down to about 5 - these are the only things that you need to concentrate on...once you have read through take a look at some of the big girl's blogs...you'll see that actually they don't have bundles of stuff on their blogs...but they do have all of these...
So here are my top things that your blog must have
1. About Page
There are all sorts of About Pages out there, and if you search on it there are many different tips and ideas for what to have on yours
Whatever blogging platform you use, adding an About Me Page is easy, quick and simple and will do everything to grow your blog.
I like a long-ish About Page, I am inherently nosy and I like to know a bit more about the person but at the least you should have on it your name and where you are located. I also think a photo is good too...over the last year or so I think this has become more important in blogging - if you are hesitant about that as I was, you can try using sunglasses or a behind shot until you get comfortable.
There is nothing worse than stumbling upon a new blog and going to find out more to only be faced with a piddly little one liner About Me Page...well there is something worse, not having one at all!
2. Contact Page
The chances are someone, somewhere will want to contact you and you will be surprised what lands in your inbox once you put yourself out there on the world wide web with a blog.
Many bloggers also use this page to include details for PR's/brands that may want to contact them and some bloggers put their stats on there too.
A short, to the point and simple Contact Page works really well...whenever I have wanted to contact another blogger I am often very busy and have limited time so I don't want to hang around sifting through information looking for an email address, so concise and clear ...
G'day lovely Beach Cottage lovelies.
So, yeah, so on a roll people, so on a roll.
I feel kinda home accessory wired right now.
I am always telling people, if anyone ever listens, that blogging is all about passion, not that sort of passion, but about passion that makes one tick.
Things like this make me tick tick boom.
I love finding things that suit my budget and let me treat my home but look amazing too.
So without further adieu I introduce you, ladies of the beach, to the blue vintage glasses that I have been stroking for about a week or two now...
These glasses are from a little boutique I sometimes happen upon, this boutique sells also pet accessories, carpet cleaner, bras and compost...it's quite unique though.
And, thanks to my friend Marnie (she blogs over here, go take a look at her praying position, interesting), who just so happens to be one day having me over for a lil' Greek dinner, has let me in on the fact that we call Kmart....The KMart...with an accent ....as in 'I love The KMart'...just like her MIL does. Oh yeah. Love that.
So I have had my eye on reproduction vintage glass blue wine glasses and being trying to find real true vintage blue glasses for like ever.
Oh yes I have spied them in Frenchy boutiques, I have lusted after them in stores that I shouldn't even enter and I have put them back pretty quickly in those shops with the hand-written price tags. C'mon, you know the ones.
And, though all of the above have tempted me, muchly, really, even with my wardrobe stashing skills I just thought that, actually, I'd rather be saving that casherooni for our next trip overseas..
Hello The KMart.
Tick Tick Boom
Vintage style blue wine glasses.
Do not come to my old place and think you might pick up one of these and smile with pleasure at their handblown quality, their weight, and be secretly jealous that my wine glasses cost more than your car...friend, that would not happen...these do not feel like that...indeed these in a funny way reminded me of my baby girl, she was a tiny little thing, with stick legs, the tinsssssssiest ankles and wrists you ever did see, she slept sideways in her cot wedged in between rolled up blankets and would only settle attached to Mr Beach Cottage or I or a (dirty) pj top of mine scrunched up under her nose...the first few times I picked her up to cuddle, being used to Honeymoon Baby who weighed in at 9lbs at birth and has never really stopped growing, I nearly threw her little bird-cum-rat down covered body over my shoulder.
These glasses are like that...be careful or you might lose your wine down the front of your shirt.
But oh baby, we are not talking picking up here, we are not talking quality, we are not talking house accessory snobbery.
Beach Cottage ladies, we are talking aesthetics.
And this is what I need in my cottage.
Blue vintage style glass, paired with coastal / nautical / beach stuff on my deck.
It's The KMart.
Tune in tomorrow, tomorrow, I have more budget foofing for your home, or maybe it will be the dress that wraps me up in supermarket-chic and makes me feel like me again.
Good Day to you my friends, wanna come hang out on my deck, talk house accessories, The KMart and drink some wine from blue glasses?
Sarah
But isn't that the delight of leftover anything? That aimless wondering of what to make before that dreadful feeling wherupon they've suddenly moved past the danger zone and have no better place than the compost heap. 
– there is a very nice Frenchy shop not far from here and I am feeling its call
I love the look of pears, the taste, not so much. I can eat them if they are “just right”, not too hard, not too ripe. How many did you get for $2.00?
where in the world do you get those shell spheres?? The pears look lovely with the white background and the shells.
I wanted to ask the same question Debbie asked. Where do you get the shell spheres???
The pears look great. Here is a great recipe that we just love. Perfect for non-bakers as well. You peel and slice the pears, throw them in a pie plate, blend all the other ingredients in the blender, pour it over and throw it in the oven. It’s delicious.
http://theprairiegirl.com/food/pear-custard-pie/
oooh yes they are sooo rockin’! Works a treat with the shell spheres, they are like your little signature pieces throughout your blog. Heck if they didnt appear I would think I was visiting the wrong Sarah lol. Love the spheres! (oh and the pears too but they wont last as long;0)
alicia
ps. cant help you with any cooking advice as I am cooking disabled sorry. Could ask my clever hubby though!
love the pears for a different kind of “springy” feel.
We had pear trees at our last house. No one ate pears, but for some reason our dogs loved them, they wouldn’t eat there dog food when it was pear season and they learned to jump up to try and get them out of the trees, very strange. Anyway, a friend would come and get them and made pear honey as gifts. I’m sure you could find a recipe on the web.
Blessings
I love the pears and how they contrast with your beautiful white shell spheres! And congrats on being featured at Notebook Magazine! The pears aren’t the only things that rock, you do too!
Kat
Fav book at the moment is ‘Plenty’ digressions on food by Gay Bilson.
Gorgeous color, gorgeous styling – love the mix of fresh pear with the shell spheres. LOVE.
Hi there Sarah,
The pears look so pretty with all that white. That brilliant green is one of my favorite colors for sure.
I have several simple and delicious recipes for pear cakes that you might like. They are posted on my site, come see if you want. I have a recipe page so they’re easy to find. And I mean it when I say they are delicious!! The upside down cake is especially yummy and easy…
Congrats on 400 posts, wow! That’s dedication. And we all love you for it!
XO
Heidi – Heart and Home
PS I’m still hobbling through this, sharing the laptop with my 13 yr old because of computer troubles. I hope yours have ended by now!
just found your interesting blog!
I too have moved far from home (not as far as you) only 3,000 miles but far for me. I have my own blog on my new life. Wading in the Sea come visit sometime!
Pamela
Sarah, you are very entertaining and make me smile! Thanks for brightening up my day. Good luck with all those pears.
Sarah, I adore the ‘pear’ look….you are one very talented lady – I ? green and white together….
Maybe pears poached in red wine would be a good choice for when they have done their job of sitting and looking beautiful….
I love your sweet little home. I think that you did an amazing job creating such a beautiful beach cottage. You have a lovely story Sarah.
Loving the shape and colour of the pears against all that white – gorgeous!! I adore those white shell spheres!! Hope you are having a fab week Sarah ~ Tina x
The pears look great with the white! I used to have a green pear too, but he was made in a factory. One of those lopsided shelf sitters so we lovingly referred to him as Percy the p*ssed pear! What can i say, he went with the last kitchen, black white and lime green, so delicious! or not………..if you are into beachy white! he he!
Cheers
Judy
The green pears are a great contrast with the white. Love the look. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Sarah
What is it with Pears this week?
I’ve read on several blogs about pears, I’d already started a “Pear” painting at the start of the week, although mine are sort of putty coloured, how strange to think so many people all over the world are thinking “Pear”
I do so love the way you’ve displayed your Pear’s Sarah
Of course I enjoyed your Q & A’s
Gail ~ xo
Mmmm! Pears-delicious and lovely with all the white!You should peel a few, slice them, and toss them in a salad with creamy goat cheese, a lovely vinaigrette, and some pecans or walnuts. Tasty!
Looks great!
I was just about to suggest the same recipe as *Alex*, although I prefer blue cheese, pears, fresh spinach and vinaigrette or honey and some nuts.
Delicious and can almost not even be considered cooking.
Hi Sarah
I saw the most stunning perfect golden yellow pears in the supermarket this week. They are not like the normal gold coloured ones and they were so perfect that I stopped in my tracks to admire them:) But like you I am the only one in the family who would eat them so I walked past them instead.
I used to decorate with green apples a lot and every weekend my son & I would make an apple dessert.
Your pear arrangement looks stunning. Have fun baking:)
And thanks to the link to Between Naps on the Porch – we have been chatting about tablescapes on the Decorating Forum. One of your favourite subjects I know:)
Pretty spring post today! Pears are great when they are soaked in white zin with a bit of sugar!
Well Sarah, very creative of you, I had never thought about displaying pears on a shelf!! Amazing girl!!
I could suggest to bake a pear and chocolate cake, a classic but I think it’s a bliss of taste!!! I can find recipe for you if you like….
Hugs, Zaira
Sarah those pears just ‘pop’
Love them
Alison
When you are ready to start eating your beauties dip them in vanilla yogurt… Yummy!
I love to decorate with pears, too. That perfect shade of green — and sometimes yellow — just looks so elegant to me. My husband thinks I’m odd to buy fruits and veggies for decorative purposes, but I love that look!
The balls are rockin’
The pears are rockin’
You’re STILL rockin’
Have fun shopping!
annie
I know what you mean about Sydney drivers….we are a little ‘cheeky’ on the roads! When I first came to London I could not believe the consideration and kindness of the drivers – especially the bus drivers and the cabbies. Not quite the same in France – the French are more like the Sydneyites.
Lovely pears…I like them cut very finely (vegetable peeler finely) and mixed into a rocket, parmesan and walnut salad. xv
I am loving the green with all the white! My favorite way to do pears is baked. Here is a recipe that is a snap. http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/riesling_baked_pears.html I leave out the bay leaf and it is simple and beautiful.
Hey Sarah,
Pears are great with gingersnaps and some even like to add bleu cheese with that. They are fabulous sauteed with a little butter and brown sugar. Put them in crepes or over pancakes or ice cream. Yum. Love the look of the green pears against all that white. Looks so Spring-y!
Poached pears, Sarah. I only made them once, but they were delightful. I should make them again. I suppose a recipe could be found online. White Wine is one of the ingredients.
I’m going to be looking for some beautiful bright green pears.
I have another of those “walk down memory lane” posts, at the Back Porch, if you would like to see it.
In all honesty I’ve never liked pears, not the taste, not the look. Nothing personal just didn’t float my boat. Until now, seeing them posed in such elegant simplicity has made me a believer.
BTW, I am completely smitten with the ladder wall~so nicely done.
So I’m off to fetch some pears & a couple of ladders!
I love the color of the pears…I am thinking of using touches of that color (apple green..or pear green, whatever the case may be!) in my living room, replacing reds, just for the summer months.hmmm…I do love that color…
I couldn’t leave fruit of any kind displayed so prettily in our house.. it would just get snaffled quick as flash! How about a cheeky sculpture involving 2 pears and a banana?!
Seriously though, love the look – ‘pared-down simplicity’!
so here is the deal with your pears … take off the skin, cut into thin-ish slices. Melt some butter – you know like a tablespoon – in the microwave. Get a cake tin and take the melted butter and whizz around the tin. Place the pear slices in the bottom. drizzle golden syrup or honey over the pears – more if you are a sweeties, less if not so, lots is good …
take that muffin mix – make it plain – or drop some choc bits in – and plop it over the pears – bake in a say 170c degree oven for 40 – 50 mins … leave to cool in the tin for 15 mins then flip it out … upsidedown pear cake – delish ! best le
I fell in love with the shell “balls” here on Sarah’s blog so I went “ahuntin’”. Found some on Etsy! Here’s a link if you’re interested: http://www.etsy.com/shop/magartsypartycrafts?section_id=6205229
She had both the 3″ and 5″ balls and shipped them to me very quickly.