Fancy Pants

Focusing on whole, homemade foods has not curbed our ability to get fancy on the homestead.

This past weekend, Grandma, the boys, and I treated Alistair to his first afternoon tea.  We served rustic cream cheese and cucumber sandwiches and sweet potato scones.  We also wore our fancy tea cosy hats, of course.

Sweet potato scones.

Tea cosies for hats.

Tonight we celebrated Grandma's upcoming birthday with a fancy dinner party with Uncles Kyle and Shawn.  They brought delicious homemade tourtiere made using their home grown beef and homemade pastry.

Instead of a traditional birthday cake, we opted for something fancier: homemade crème brûlée made with our farm fresh eggs.

Before having kids I used to make crème brûlée frequently. I had even invested in three nice sets of ceramic ramekins that were perfect for crème brûlée. Unfortunately, they are also the perfect size for kid sized portions. As you might have guessed, when I went to look for them yesterday I found exactly three dishes out of the original twelve - one of which I am currently using as Beemster's water dish while he lives in the dog crate. Needless to say, we might be able to make fancy food but we still are not at the stage where we can have nice things.