be home before 6:30

[hikerbeth]

I asked Pete to be home by 6:30 to help with the dinner party for *his* friends. . . I gave him 2 tasks (this is after I spent an hour grocery shopping and 3 hours of food prep on Wednesday, and still had to fix the rest of dinner on Thursday). His tasks were to set the table and set out the appetizers (easy stuff--relishes and cheese and crackers

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The Menu. . .

[hikerbeth]

The Appetizers: various relishes, cheese (goat, brie, fontina) and crackers, shrimp cocktail (I did easy appetizers since I wasn't sure how many people would actually come before the 7:30 dinnertime).

The Salad: Mixed greens with lemon-oregano vinagrette, tart apples, walnuts, and a sprinkling of parmesan.

The Meal: Baked Rigatoni and Vegetables (eggplant, roasted pepper, and a yummy tomato sauce with onions, garlic, red wine, roasted tomatoes), Tuscan white beans and chard, green bean/mushroom/tomato casserole, Insalata Caprese (tomatoes, buffalo mozzerella, basil, oil, pepper), Several kinds of bread.

The Dessert: Parfaits of pears, mixed berries, and marscapone.

Re: The Menu. . .

[hikerbeth]

Well, there were two "no fish" people and I don't cook meat (well, I'll make an exception for my father-in-law at Christmas, but that's it). . . so I needed to do a not-too-weird vegetarian menu. . . Italian's generally safe with a group, and included the bean dish and the cheese for protein.

Voila!

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