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Holy Holly Berries, Next Week is Christmas!

Veronica Mahara
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Good Monday Morning Everyone!

Are we all ready for Christmas? I am. Really I am. No really … Maybe … Gotta Go!! Gingerbread cookies! 🙂

For my Christmas Eve family party I’m making pavlova for dessert. My inspiration came download

from The Food Network. You can find the recipe there.

It’s a light, delicious treat after a big meal. Sweet whipped and baked meringue, whipped cream and fruit, what more could one ask for? I made this for my husband when we were dating. It was so good I hardly remember the date …

Next Monday we’ll be putting up the party decorations and giving the final touches on our roast turkey, scalloped potatoes and roasted veggies. They’ll be lots of treats and appetizers too.

Wishing you all a great week and a wonderful Holiday Season!!

Peace and Love!

Veronica

 

Bake and Cook

Salmon Salad Recipe

Veronica Mahara

Good Monday Morning to You!

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Here’s the salmon salad recipe I promised in an earlier post.

I usually don’t like canned fish in any way, but I was surprise how good this tasted.

So, get a can of deboned, de-skinned salmon.

1 glove of garlic – chopped fine

1 teaspoon grated ginger

1/2 stick of celery -chopped fine

1 tablespoon red onion – chopped fine

1/2 teaspoon of  spicy brown mustard

2 tablespoons of mayonnaise or slightly more or less depending on your taste for a wetter or dryer mix/ start with less and see how you like it.

Pinch of salt and pepper

Splash of Old Bay … that’s my added touch.

Mix well. This makes about two -three good sandwiches so double or triple recipe as needed.

You can fill any thing with this savory mix.

I think it will be one of my appetizers on Christmas Eve stacked on rounds of store bought puff pastry! Yum!

Wishing you all a great day and Happy December!

Peace and Love,

Veronica

 

 

Author's World, Seasonal Delights, Watercolor Life

Christmas Card #3

Veronica Mahara

Good Monday Morning!

It’s getting close to Christmas and I have wrapped up my watercolor Christmas cards. This one was a joy to do and I want to thank Dana Fox at her youtube channel Wonder Forest. She is a great teacher and I will be following her in the future for more watercolor tutorials. I painted several of these with each one just a little bit different. I then took the painting and placed it on card stock with double stick tape.

I decided not to stamp a message on the front because I was sure my hand  would wobble and make a mess.

Hope you enjoyed seeing my Christmas cards!

See you next Monday 🙂  Have a great day!

Peace and Love,

Veronica

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Watercolor Life

Christmas Card #2

Veronica Mahara

Good Monday Morning!

Finished the second Christmas card! I like this one and could fiddle with it a lot longer but I promised myself I would keep it simple! Walk away!

I love the holiday season and I’m happy to say that my Christmas shopping is nearly done 🙂 I start as early as I can without it feeling weird. I love those last minute purchases though. Christmas Eve with the family at my house is a tradition and with five grandkids I need to have my act together! It’s such a special time for us and goes way pass the gifts. It’s the Food!! Well, it’s all that, but mostly the family gathering together. So grateful to have my daughters and their families close by!

Have a great day my friends,

Love and Peace,

Veronica

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Author's World, Bookshelf, Favorite Reads

My Book shelf

Veronica Mahara

Good Monday Morning to you!

Is it time for turkey yet? I’m mostly vegetarian and have been all of my adult life, but I cannot resist a good ol’ fashion Thanksgiving dinner!! Well, this post isn’t about that … ok V focus!!

I will be sharing some of my good reads with you. I like history… a lot… so I love reading about the lives of those lived in other centuries.  And it’s always so great to read the author’s notes and find out that the person or persons in the novel were based on actual people.

That was the case in my latest read: Confessions of a Courtesan by Deborah Hale, writing as Elizabeth Charles. Talk about a page turner. It could be found under Historical Fiction, but also I would add Historical Romance too.

It’s about a young woman in 18th century who rises up from living on the filthy streets of London to become one of the most sought after courtesans in England. Her struggles make you think of how awful is was for women back in the day before we stood up for our rights. And I questioned what I would do to survive given the same circumstances.

It’s steamy, sexy, gritty and so compelling. I rooted for Lizzy and at times wanted to sit her down and give her some sane advice! That’s good character development!

The plots are riveting and I couldn’t put it down. If you like this type of novel- check this one out.

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Have a good day and a great week!

Peace and Love,

Veronica