A summer treat

June is when we all think about all those years as kids when we had the summer off.
No matter where you are the temperatures are rising and we all want to spend a little less time in the kitchen.

Here's a couple options for a cooler meeting:

• Serve southern iced tea for a change. You can get Pearl's Perfect Sweet Tea recipe here
• Find some good old fashioned ice trays and pop a piece of fresh fruit in each divet....add water and freeze for a beauiful garnish to your refreshments.
• Pinwheels - Easy as can be and yummy, too. Use large flour tortillas and spread a generous serving of your favorite filling (pimento cheese, tuna salad, egg salad) roll and slice into colorful bite size tidbits.
• Watergate salad - Whip up a lovely green (hey, it matches my book cover!) treat by mixing a tub of cool whip, pistachio pudding packet dry, can of crushed pineapple drained, marshmallows and chopped nuts if you like. waaalaaaa....pretty and delightfully refreshing.

What are your favorite quick and easy get together dishes??

May all your books be brightly colored and enjoyed!

Greetings book club friends:
It's official. My debut novel, Sweet Tea and Secrets, is out. The cover is perfect for a May release. Bright, fresh and just a feel-good kind of look.

Did you know that authors have very little say in the matter of titles and covers? It's true. One story sticks with me about an adorable cover with a basset hound on it. I loved it. The book was wonderful, too...BUT the dog in the book was a boxer. Huh? I guess boxers don't sell books quite as well as those adorable droopy ears and eyes. Marketing and sales professionals drive features like title and cover. I have to say Turquoise Morning Press did a wonderful job in both of those areas. The original title of my book was Pearls of Wisdom. When you read the book, you'll probably know why, but I think the new title fits the story even better.

Can't wait to hear what you think.

May all your May reads be brightly colored and filled with smiles, tears, and memories.
Hugs~
Nancy

It's April!

It's hard for me to believe we're already a quarter of the way through 2011! Time is zipping by and that makes our get together's that much more important.

So, it's April. The Cadbury bunny is bwak-bwok-bwaaaking on the TV between every other commercial and that makes me think about Easter eggs. For April's get together how about a smorgasbord of anything that has eggs in it in hors d'oeuvres size. 

• Deviled Eggs
• Quiche
• Cake (hooray!)
• Souffle
• Meringue
• Potato Salad with the pretty hard boiled egg slices in a flower shape on top!

Yeah, not as hard as it first sounds is it? It'll be interesting to see what everyone pulls together.
Eggs-actly ;)

Now....tell me what kind of fun you have planned!