Sunday Guides, Christmas

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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This Sunday Guides Issue is filled with Christmas inspiration. We love this time of year & creating a festive home filled with delicious food, a cozy fire, gingerbread spices filling the home & of course our loved ones. In this issue we have our Buche de Noël recipe, It can also make a fabulous centerpiece on your dessert table!  No time to bake?! No worries- Coco Luxe Fine Pastries in Gladstone NJ can make you a BEAUTIFUL & DELICIOUS Buche de Noël along with many other delicious desserts!  Place your order asap!!! If you are local & looking for beautiful flowers for your home, Paris House will be delivering until December 23rd! We rounded up a few of our favorite holiday red lipsticks, outfits & tablescape inspiration! You can shop our looks here too! For those looking for a holiday getaway please see our quick video on Old Montreal Canada. Our fabulous travel agents featured below can help plan the perfect getaway! We have a wonderful tour & class in the NYC Flower District & join us in Paris this May! We hope to inspire you to add Christmas merriment to your home this season!

xoxo

Michele

Sunday Guides, Flowers

 
 
 
 
 
 

This weeks Sunday Guides is a quick article to let you know about our upcoming floral classes, holiday entertaining events, Christmas class and our cyber Monday offerings! We have a few dates & spots open for our Christmas sets in both Long Valley NJ & also at our Hillside NJ studio. We will have more Christmas Entertaining & Travel related Sunday Guides coming up soon with our wonderful sponsors included!

Michele, Editor of Sunday Guides and Founder of Paris House Designs

Sunday Guides, Thanksgiving

Sunday Guides, Brunch Edition

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

We hope you enjoy our Sunday Brunch Recipes!

*** cooks note - we typically use “stale” day old challah bread more than baguettes, but either work!

Add Fresh fruit, bacon, fluffy scrambled eggs, freshly brewed coffee, bagels, smoked salmon with an herbed cream cheese & a make your own mocktail / cocktail station is so much fun! Jazz music is perfect! We design the loveliest fresh flowers & will deliver them to your party, events, brunch etc!

We love cooking & baking! We also love going out too- You can find a great local patisserie, bakery, caterers and cater your brunch! If you are local visit one of Restaurant Villages locations & take the family and friends out for lunch or dinner! One of our favorites is the gorgeous Long Valley Brew Pub, with stone walls, beamed ceilings & a lovely outdoor patio. It’s a great space to host an event too!

Our pain perdu recipe was also published in Long Valley Living Magazine- it’s a local magazine that we love being included in!

Upcoming editions: Saratoga Springs NY activities for kids! Fall Foliage Getaways & launch of our show in Paris France! Istanbul Turkey! & more.

Please email michele@theparishouse.com to advertise in our Sunday Guides. Our readers are local, NYC, Domestic & International.

Thank you,

Michele Rosenthal, editor

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Sunday Guides, A Tropical Party

Late Summer Entertaining With A Tropical Flair!

 
 

Editor, Michele Rosenthal

Photo & Styling by Paris House

Thank you to this weeks Sponsors! Chester Meat Market, Skyland World Travel, Hacklebarney Farm, Christen Holly Photography. Please see more info below!

We are savoring every day of Summer! This weeks Sunday Guides is all about having fun and enjoying delicious food with your favorite people!

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Here are our Tips & Recipes to help you put together a fun effortless tropical themed party!!!

Menu: recipes below

Jamaican Pork Tenderloin With Sauce Caribe (adapted from southern living)

 
 

We have been making this DELICIOUS and EASY recipe for 21 years & EVERYONE loves it! If you are in the Chester NJ area we highly recommend Chester Meat Market. I have been shopping there for decades. It’s outstanding.

  • coconut mint iced tea add rum if you like

  • Dessert - too hot to bake?!!! or simply don’t feel like spending all day in the kitchen!!! No worries get a dessert delivery straight to your door!!! We love Mini upside down pineapple cakes that will pair beautifully with our Tropical Dinner Menu!!! We linked them for you! Fun tip!!! Add a sparkler to the top of each mini cake and WOW your guests (please use EXTREME caution around guests & children and make sure to put out flame in water before disposing)

  • Decorate table with palm leaves and a few grocery store orchids! Scatter seashells down the center of table. No time to decorate or arrange flowers!? Call us!!! We deliver.

  • Don’t have a pool?!!! No worries!!! get a little kiddie pool & a slippery slide!!! Your guests will have so much fun & make lifelong memories. Try Walmart, Target, Amazon

  • Don’t forget a fun playlist!!!

 
 

Recipes:

Our Grilled pork tenderloin topped with the most delicious red current Caribe Sauce. It’s amazing!

Jamaican Pork Tenderloin With Sauce Caribe. (Our pork tenderloin is from Chester Meats, Chester NJ.)

Recipe Adapted from southern living 2002 issue!!

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 to 2 pounds PORK Tenderloin (our pork tenderloin are from Chester Meats!)

  • 3 tablespoons fresh orange juice

  • 1 & 1/2 tablespoons McCORMICK Gourmet Collection Jamaican Jerk Seasoning (or substitute with your favorite brand)

  • 1/2 cup red currant jelly

  • 1/4 cup Dijon mustard

  • 2 tablespoons dark rum or orange juice (I use orange juice)

  • Garnishes: chopped honey-roasted USA PEANUTS, tropical pesticide free edible flowers

  • Long-grain and wild rice (optional)

Directions:

Preheat Grill

Spoon the 3 tablespoons of orange juice over the tenderloins. Sprinkle 1 & 1/2 tablespoons Jamaican seasoning over the top.

Grill pork until cooked through, do not burn

While pork is grilling make the sauce.

Add these ingredients to sauce pan:

1/2 cup red currant jelly

1/4 cup Dijon mustard

  • 2 tablespoons dark rum or orange juice (I use orange juice)

Heat until combined and sauce is thinned a bit

Cover pork & let rest for 5-10 minutes

Slice and place on serving platter. Spoon sauce over, sprinkle with honey roasted peanuts. Garnish.

Serve warm!

Coconut-Mint Iced Tea

Of course, if you're in the mood for a tropical cocktail, add a splash of rum.

8 SERVINGS

2 cups fresh mint leaves (from 2 large bunches)

8 cups double-strength fresh-brewed tropical blend iced tea (such as original blend Paradise brand)

1 cup (or more) coconut syrup*

5 tablespoons (or more) fresh lemon juice

Ice cubes

Place mint leaves in large pitcher. Crush mint with muddler or wooden spoon.

Add hot tea, 1 cup coconut syrup, and 5 tablespoons lemon juice. Add more coconut syrup by tablespoonfuls and lemon juice by teaspoonfuls, if desired.

Cool completely. Fill glasses with ice, pour tea over, and serve.

*Available at specialty foods stores.

 
 
 
 

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Our readers are Local, NYC, Domestic & International

 
 
 

Thank you to our wonderful sponsors in this weeks Sunday Guides!

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Vanilla Bean Yogurt parfaits

Easy and delicious Breakfast & Brunch Recipes!

Perfect For Your Next Party

 
 

Recipe

Scrape one vanilla beam into a container of greek yogurt. We like FAGE full fat

Fill small bowls with layer of yogurt

Top with an excellent quality granola

We used bear naked granola

Next top with honey to taste

Then add mixed berries

***This can be made the night before & actually tastes better the next day!

See our blood orange mimosa recipe here

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Homemade Apple Cider Glazed Dumplings

 
 

Our apple dumplings are one of my family and friends favorite Autumn dessert I make!

We use Dufour puff pastry, local apples & local apple cider. I live in the countryside of New Jersey with several wonderful farms & cider mills.

If you have questions on any of our recipes please feel free to email us.

Recipe:

Core apples ( we typically make 6 dumplings)

Add a small Pat of salted butter & 1 heaping tablespoon of light brown sugar

Add a very small pinch of ground cinnamon

Roll out thawed Dufour puff pastry

Wrap each apple

We typically can make 4 dumplings per one sheet of puff pastry

Bake in pre heated oven check around 20 minutes so they don’t over brown

cool and add icing

Apple cider icing:

Combine

2 tablespoons apple cider

1 cup confectionery sugar

1 tablespoon of heavy cream

(You can easily double the icing- add more apple cider or more powdered sugar to get the consistency you want)

Serve with scope vanilla ice ream

Preheat oven to 400 degrees (all ovens are different so be careful not to burn or overcook your dumplings. We used an ovenproof ceramic casserole dish to bake in. We only put 4 dumplings per baking dish as to NOT overcrowd them and allow them for o puff up into a beautifully delicious buttery dessert.

*** please note the buttery brown sugar filling will not make your puff pastry soggy & will be incredible while warm melting into the side of vanilla ice cream. you can certainly omit that but it’s what makes these delicate pastries more unique, mouthwatering & irresistible!