Fall Coffee Table and Blueberry Vinegar Recipe

Hello Sweet Friends,

Hope your week is going well,

 and you are maybe having some

 cooler weather.

Our's is a tad cooler,  typically it is 90 degrees

but right now, it is 80, but only because it has

been overcast all day and rained a few times,

 as we are getting rain from a tropical storm

 that is out in the Atlantic Ocean. 

 Fortunately, at this point it doesn't look like it

 is a threat to us here in Florida, but we still

 have to keep our eye on it the next few days.

These storms have a mind of their own 

sometimes...........lol

Remember I told you a few weeks ago that

I was making Blueberry Vinegar, and that

it was so easy.......but had no idea how it

would taste.......but since then I have tried

it as a salad dressing and on some turnip

greens,  and it was great.  The reason I

love it so much is because it tastes like

vinegar but isn't so tart,  really has a

great flavor.  So will stick the recipe

in here somewhere!  lol  For those of

you who like to make food gifts, this

would be a good one to make.

Am also gonna show you our Fall Coffee 

table today too, since I don't have any

pics of making the blueberry vinegar. 

Wish I had thought of that, but oh well.

I just love these white ceramic pumpkins,
got them at Hobby Lobby, if I remember
correctly.

Same picture With posterized affect

Also used 2 cloth pumpkins that I love
as well, that were gifts from my friend
 Becky over @ Timewashed.
She makes some really cute and classy
 pumpkins, and has an etsy shop as well,
  so go check her out.  Just click here

These are all Fall leaves I got several years 
ago when we visited our daughter in 
Asheville, N.C.,  I preserved them,  so I 
could use them again.  

with Poster edges affect

Added in some dried hydrangeas, nuts, 
 apples and candles.

All the above pics were taken without
 flash and the pumpkins look a lil bit
too yellow.

Took some with the flash and they came
 out looking a bit too white, cause they
 are really a creamy white.

Cut my table runner in pcs. and used 
it in 3 different places in this room.

Now for the .......

Blueberry Vinegar Recipe

Ingredients

2/3 cups of crushed blueberries, 

fresh or frozen (I used fresh)

2  cups of quality white wine vinegar

1/4 cup of pompeian Pomegranate

infused red wine vinegar, or you

could use pomegranate juice I 

would think.

3/4 cup of water (to mix with the

pomegranate vinegar)

2 pinches of sugar

Directions

In a bowl crush up fresh berries,

(You might need to thaw frozen

ones first.)  I put them in a bowl

then put plastic wrap down in the

bowl to cover them,  then mashed

them carefully with a potato masher.

Place the blueberries and vinegar in

 the jar. then mix the pomegranate

 vinegar and water together, then add

 it and the other ingredients to the jar.

(If using a glass canning jar, which I

did, place plastic wrap over the mouth 

of the jar and then the metal lid and 

screw on metal top. This prevents

 any risk of the vinegar contacting

 with metal.)  

Once lid is in place,  shake the jar

well and put to the side to steep for 

3 days. Shake it some every day

 for 3 days.

After 3 days you strain the vinegar,

they say to use cheese cloth,  I

didn't have that,  so I used coffee

filters and it worked just fine. I

just put  the filters inside my 

plastic colander and put it over

 a deep bowl that has a spout.

Now pour into suitable bottles,

using a funnel will make it easier.

I  cleaned and used the white wine

vinegar bottle and the old blueberry

 vinegar bottle that I kept so I would 

remember what I was looking for 

hoping to find it somewhere.) Since

I couldn't find Pompeian Bluebery

vinegar anywhere and saw some

simple recipes decided to give it

a try,  and so glad I did.........

I tweaked this recipe a little after

I read the ingredient list on the

bottle of blueberry vinegar I had

Previously.  So I added the pome-

granate vinegar, water and sugar.

But you can actually just use the

first 2 ingredients, course can't

guarantee the taste.............

It really is great, and would look

really good in cute lil bottles as

a Gift..................it is a beautiful

dark purple color, much like

grape juice.  You can use it

for salad dressings, marinades

or on your collards, kale,or

turnip greens as well.

Who knew it could be so easy!!

Nice of you to stop in today and hope

You got more in the mood for Fall

by being here.

Have a great week ahead,

Love, Hugs and
Fall Blessings,
Nellie

P.S. - If you happen to be a Ben Carson
fan, just want to say....he has not dropped
out of the race,  I think the main stream
media would like us to think so, since
they have chosen not to cover much
information about him lately, so just in
 case you didn't know he is in 2nd place
right behind Donald Trump, they are
pretty much neck and neck............


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