If your family is like mine, with everyone’s work schedule and then all of this flu and cold mess that has been going around, getting everyone together is a three ring circus. We kept trying to get together Friday – Saturday and Sunday. Didn’t work. Then all of a sudden Monday morning since it was a holiday, everyone could come over around three. Ok, now I am on notice and I need to get something together for lunch/dinner in a hurry.
Most of the time, my breakfast table doesn’t have any of the leaves in it and is just a wonderful big 54″ round table. But when I need it, it does have four 16″ leaves that I can insert and it will seat 12. I am thrilled that this area is big enough for me to expand the table when I need to. (obviously this is a picture from Christmas.)
So with the phone calls coming in and everyone able to get together on short notice, definitely the time to get some of those leaves out and expand away. No time for a fancy tablescape, just figure out something simple.
I added a couple of leaves to the table and then used the same rooster arrangement that I already had on the table. Oh, yeah, I could borrow these candleholders from the buffet in the dinign room.
The brown berries will play nicely with the placemats and my dishes that I am going to use.
These are the dishes I am using, but since I didn’t have 9 of these chargers, I opted for none.
I was serving buffet style, so just the placemats and a nice linen napkin.
I brought in some of the dining room chairs and alternated them.
Here’s my whole gang for the day. We had such a great time, always tons of fun when we get together.
Our quick menu was –
Baked Ham
Baked Beans
Macaroni Salad
Tossed Salad (everything fresh from the garden)
Coffee, Tea, and Wine
Desert – Chocolate Fudge Cake – ( from a box)
Still not bad for 3 hours notice and we all had plenty to eat. Everyone agreed that we will do it all again on Super Bowl Sunday. I can’t wait. I am planning the menu already. Lots of nibbles and finger foods.
