to this evening's dining pleasure!
On the menu is a Tossed salad,
French dinner rolls, and my Rigatoni Lasagna
dish.
The old favorite Mikasa Italian Countryside dishes are our everyday dishes.
Several years ago our son was selling
Cutco cutlery and we bought a set of these everyday knives. They are like a steak and butter knife in one!
They end up on the table more often than the normal knives do!
Several years ago our son was selling
Cutco cutlery and we bought a set of these everyday knives. They are like a steak and butter knife in one!
They end up on the table more often than the normal knives do!
I love the colors in this tablecloth so I'm still using it. Its a little bit of Christmas but that's okay for now!
During our visit in Pennsylvania I picked up some of these hotplates at the Wendell August store. They form and stamp their
metal products right there! I'm building a collection as time goes by!
We really like it and it's less fussy to make than with the Lasagna noodles.
The salad consisted of mixed greens, thinly sliced onions, slivered almonds and dried cranberries. We love Marzetti's Sweet Italian Dressing on it.
that store! Too bad I don't have any of them local to me!
He's getting into it too!
to the norm!
Thanks for stopping by!
Arrivaderci!
Liz
Joining Susan at
Between Naps on the Porch
for
Tablescape Thursday
LOL! I just finished posting my Italian Countryside table, clicked on the dashboard and there was the picture of your Italian Countryside table! I think we were separated at birth!
ReplyDeleteI wish I had Luigi... he's just perfect! Love the hotplate, too. I'm going to check out their site.
Liz, this was so cute!! Luigi is just adorable! Love your Italian Countryside dinnerware. As you know, I'm building my collection. The food looks delicious!
ReplyDeleteLuigi is perfect and those rolls look yummy!! I love those hotplates, they are gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteThank You for sharing and have a wonderful Wednesday....
Aledia~
Hi Liz, Your dinner looks fantastic, and I love Luigi. I also love Italian Countryside, but by the time I can justify the purchase, they probably will be discontinued! xo
ReplyDeleteThe meal became and important element in your overall design. I'm glad that your husband wanted you to take photos with your new camera...the
ReplyDeletetablescape is extremely pleasing to the eye. I also love those boutis placemats. The stripes against the jacquard is really nice. What kind of camera did you get. I've been spending quite a bit of time reading about apertures and f-stops...so much to learn...steep learning curve. Thank you for inviting us for a peak. I'm going back to find your lasagna recipe. Cherry Kay
OOh that rigatoni looks amazing.. Luigi is a standing proudly at our ready.. so perfect. I love the beautiful tablecloth. Your table is fabulous.. xo marlis
ReplyDeleteThose hot plates are magnificent!
ReplyDelete- The Tablescaper
I just loved Luigi, but then when I saw him with his arms full of bread, I just swooned. That is so great. I love the idea of your lasagna casserole, looks fabulous. I have a lasagna soup too that I just love. What a beautiful and welcoming table. I need a Luigi!!
ReplyDeleteFINALLY!!!!!! OK...I used the Google Chrome thingy, and THAT made all the difference! I just didn't understand the difference between the Explorer and the Firefox and the Chrome. Ramon finally explained it to me in terms I could understand. He compared it to going to different stores to buy the same dishes. THAT made perfect sense to me! :-) Hooray! I finally get to see you fun tablescape for this week that I, for one, am really glad you photographed and posted! How cute is this? Really! SO neat! Luigi is a little doll (literally, I suppose!). What's wild is that on Tuesday I prepared a very similar dinner!!! I made what I call Supreme pizza pasta, salad and bread!!! HAD to have wine with it, of course! :-) You and I were thinking along the same lines!!! I didn't serve mine up looking nearly as nice as you did. (It was just me, so I didn't really go there!) Separated at birth, I tell you! Thanks again for the advice on the computer thing. I didn't have the Firefox on here (Ramon said I do have it, but I sure as heck couldn't find it!), but switching over and using the Google Chrome - which I use for a lot of things anyway - worked out great! Take care!!!
ReplyDeleteHi Liz,
ReplyDeletethis was a perfect table for an Italian meal. Beautiful tablecloth but didn't really look Christmasy
to me, just that it is red, but I use red during the winter months myself. That Lasagna looks great,
as well as the salad. I have had sweet Italian dressing at Bob Evans on a Cranberry Chicken salad and it was Yummo..........
and most of all I loved your lil Luigi bread holder....adorable and perfect for this pretty, warm and inviting table.
Thanks for coming by and for your encouraging comments, nice to meet you hear in blogland.
Blessings, Nellie
Awww! Luigi is adorable! I know your family enjoyed the yummy rigatoni at this welcoming table! Thank you for your visit to my table this week!
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