Thank you, Le Hummingbird nectar and hit recipe

- Thank you for all the basil suggestions!  I made more Caprese salad with the Sweet Basil, and I added the leaves (not the flowers) of the African Blue Basil (pictured on the right) to a spinach salad.  So good!  I am intrigued by the other suggestions and will definitely be trying some of those suggestions out!  You know I'll post about it when I do. 

- I've been making hummingbird nectar for the feeder using this little Corningware teapot my grandmother gave me when I was first starting out in my own home.  Does anyone remember green stamps?  They were a reward program (I think from supermarkets and such) - you could get stamps and paste in a book and when you got enough, there were prizes!  So she let me choose something from the green stamp reward book and I chose this.  I always think of my little grandmother when I make nectar (that's it cooling on the counter in the photo.)

- I made this dish, Chicken and Artichoke Penne for my sister and niece when they visited.  My sis snapped this photo to show her husband not only the food, but the awesome braiser (my new favorite) I used to cook it in.  I thought I'd share the recipe - you can find it by clicking the red link above.  It was a hit and so easy (I used rotisserie chicken that was already shredded and in the freezer.)

Thank you so much for coming by!  I hope you have a wonderful weekend!