Call us crazy or Wish you were here (those are your two options)

Sara and I invited a few friends over for a girlie day last week.

Getting ready was a big job… approximately 5 hours of cooking (both of us) along with a generous chunk of time devoted to decorating tables and transforming our sitting room into a spa.

Sara prepping brownie bites

I started the day baking pie crust... the first time I've made pie crust in years!

choosing the dishes :)

thankfully Zesco (electricity) stayed on all morning!

yes. the kitchen was a mess!

would you care for a little snack?

Sara arranged the tea cups on the piano

choices!

Nahumba Spa

Sorry you didn’t get to sample our high tea selection.

(Originally, we drafted a menu of ten sweet and savory treats, but… in the end we were pinched for time, so we had to scratch the lemon scones, making our final count just nine different items ;)

1. Mini brownie sandwiches filled with chocolate macadamia nut paste and topped with dream whip (this was a smashing success)
2. Mini custard tarts garnished with green apple slices and drizzled with caramel
3. Eggplant, red pepper, and feta quiche (this was one of my faves)
4. Bacon and local dairy cheese quiche
5. Yogurt cheese sandwiches garnished with thinly sliced cucumber and sprinkled with dill
6. Egg salad sandwiches
7. Chocolate dipped and drizzled miniature peanut butter cookies
8. Espresso chocolate chip mini muffins
9. Mini pan pizzas topped with avocado, diced tomato, and drizzled with yogurt garlic dressing

According to my calculations we used 15 eggs for our nine items! (please, don’t turn us in to the American Heart Association)

brownie bites
l-r behind: espresso muffins, egg salad sandwiches, custard apple tarts

mix and match plates

After pedis and manis, and chatting over tea, we rearranged the sitting room furniture once again for a big screen showing of Pride and Prejudice on our huge empty wall! (thanks to our neighbors for the use of their mini projector)

happy toes :)

What a fun day.