Company for Dinner
We had company for dinne last night.
The gentleman who hosted us when we were in Albany is here with his wife. They spent the weekend in the mountains and actually did the drive from Banff to Jasper to our house in one day! That's a lot of driving but we anaesthetized them with wine when they arrived and made it all okay.
We had a large dinner. I should have made less, but it's always a struggle for me to cut back because I want to be hospitable and I equate hospitality with generous food and drink.
We had blue cheese stuffed apricots as nibblies with our wine (thanks Vanessa!) Vanessa is the Recipe Queen. She loves to pore through new recipes and try out any that look appealing. When she hits a winner, she tells me and doesn't let up until I promise to try it. The cheese crowned tenderloins we had as the main course are also thanks to her keen eye for the delicious different.
Dinner:
shrimp with aioli sauce laid out like flowers curled around a dollop of sauce, stems piped from aioli and slices of cherry tomato covered with pesto at the bottom. Served on a black plate. Very pretty.
Teddy's Hazlenut mesculun salad served in a ring of cucumber standing on its edge.
Cheese crowned tenderloin in a raspberry/balsamic sauce, duchess potatoes, creamed carrots and onion and broccoli.
To end the evening, chocolate cups filled with citrus sauce, raspberries, a sliced grape and little pieces of banana. The cups are only about 1/2 cup size so there wasn't a lot of room. It's amazing to think that 6 raspberries, one grape, and a quarter banana split between 4 people equals dessert. Definitely not up to my usual standards!
The gentleman who hosted us when we were in Albany is here with his wife. They spent the weekend in the mountains and actually did the drive from Banff to Jasper to our house in one day! That's a lot of driving but we anaesthetized them with wine when they arrived and made it all okay.
We had a large dinner. I should have made less, but it's always a struggle for me to cut back because I want to be hospitable and I equate hospitality with generous food and drink.
We had blue cheese stuffed apricots as nibblies with our wine (thanks Vanessa!) Vanessa is the Recipe Queen. She loves to pore through new recipes and try out any that look appealing. When she hits a winner, she tells me and doesn't let up until I promise to try it. The cheese crowned tenderloins we had as the main course are also thanks to her keen eye for the delicious different.
Dinner:
shrimp with aioli sauce laid out like flowers curled around a dollop of sauce, stems piped from aioli and slices of cherry tomato covered with pesto at the bottom. Served on a black plate. Very pretty.
Teddy's Hazlenut mesculun salad served in a ring of cucumber standing on its edge.
Cheese crowned tenderloin in a raspberry/balsamic sauce, duchess potatoes, creamed carrots and onion and broccoli.
To end the evening, chocolate cups filled with citrus sauce, raspberries, a sliced grape and little pieces of banana. The cups are only about 1/2 cup size so there wasn't a lot of room. It's amazing to think that 6 raspberries, one grape, and a quarter banana split between 4 people equals dessert. Definitely not up to my usual standards!
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