I love having my Mom and Dad over for a meal because they always find everything delicious. They’re so easy to please!
My inspiration for today’s table setting were the burnt orange tea roses left over from a previous post, “Girlfriend’s Birthday Lunch”.
I just so happen to own chinaware that has orange, plum and green as the main colors in a beautiful fruit and floral pattern. Since it is colorful enough, I decided to use a cream color tablecloth with mating napkins as the base of my setting.
I felt I didn’t need chargers for contrast so I placed the main course plate directly on the table and the soup plate on top of that. The matching bread plates and the coffee cup and saucers add more color and continuity to the setting.
To place the flowers, what better container than the matching tea pot? Charming isn’t it? Lastly, I used two bread plates as the base of the candle holders and lastly, to add to the coziness of the setting, I used two hurricane lamps to “protect” the green candles…perfection!
The napkin fold which serves as a silverware sleave can be found on, napkinfoldingguide.com
I first served Cream of Broccoli Soup;
Then a veal chop, accompanied by quinoa and “Spinach in Puff Pastry”, recipe by Ina Garten, Barefoot in Paris;
Lastly, I served my Dad’s very favorite dessert, rice pudding. It is my very own recipe which I’ll pass down to my daughter’s (it’s that good).
Once again, it was a magical lunch with my loving parents, whom I treasure!
