Home Sweet Home #71

Hello and welcome to Home Sweet Home!  This week I made yet another version of the fruit flavored tea.  I made this tea with strawberries and apples.  My taste testers like each new version of this tea more than the last version I have made.  So, it was a hit.  I have made blackberry tea and real peach tea.  Click on the links to get the recipes.

Ingredients:

4 cups of hot black tea (I used 2 Luzianne decaffeinated Family tea bags)

1 cup of strawberries sliced 

1 cup (or about 1-2 small)  apples peeled and sliced

honey to taste or 3/4 cup of sugar

• In a medium pot combine the hot tea with the strawberries and apples and simmer for 10 minutes. Getting the fruit soft brings out the most juice and flavor.
• With the back of a wooden spoon, crush the fruit in the tea and then pour through a fine strainer into a pitcher.  I crushed mine again in the strainer.
• I did use coffee filters to strain out the strawberry seeds, which go through the strainer.
• Add honey to taste or use 3/4 cup of sugar.
• I then pour this warm tea over a half of pitcher of ice.
• Chill for at least 2 hours and serve.

Yield: 4-5 servings

I have been on a no processed food spell for awhile now.  My whole family doesn't comply but, it is nice to make tea with fresh fruit instead of chemicals for them.

Now I would like to highlight some of the posts that caught my eye last week at Home Sweet Home.

Mary Alice at Chateau Chic showed off her lovely dining room.

Laurie at Heaven's Walk created a gorgeous French Market Basket.

 Debra at Common Ground showed her beautiful new dining room slipcovers.

Denise at Pink Postcard also showed off her pretty new linen slipcovers.

Annika and Sussi at Precious Sister made their own DIY chalkboard clock out of a pot lid!  How cute is this!

Miss Kitty at Miss Kopy Kat made her own faux Italian chandelier.

So, much talent in all of you ladies!  Thank you to all who join me at Home Sweet Home!   It is wonderful to have you here! 

Sherry

I will join these ladies today:
Vintage Inspiration Friday at Common Ground 

Feathered Nest Friday at French Country Cottage

Show and Tell Friday at My Romantic Home

Home and Garden Thursday  at A Delightsome Life 
Creative Things Thursday  at The Vintage Farmhouse
Say G'day Saturday  at Natasha in Oz
Redoux Interiors Link Party 

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