Balls and Walnuts
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Tonight’s menu
My cousin Charlene, her husband, and their daughter came over for dinner tonight. They live in Puyallup, Washington, and while they visit Charlene’s brother (my cousin) Barry every year, they usually take the 5 south. This year, they took the 101.
Here’s the spread:
Bruschetta with a tapenade of tomatoes, shallots, basil, and a teeny bit of garlic. (Much more garlic on the bruschetta, naturally.)
Greek salad with Romaine and Red Leaf lettuces, feta, some kinda high quality olives, oil & vinegar dressing.
Ravioli. Both kinds: spinach/cheese with a tomato sauce, sweet potato with sage/butter sauce.
Focaccia. Yes, this was probably overkill, considering I made bruschetta, but what the hell. Jake likes focaccia.
Dessert: a fruit salad of ripe peaches, blueberries, and raspberries, served with warm Creme Anglaise. (That’s not the recipe I followed, but right now I’m too exhausted to go into much detail.)
Yes. Exhausted. Am I getting too old for this? I hope not — I still have to cook for all of you when you come to visit 🙂
D.
If anything would get me on one of those prop planes, it would be one of your meals.
Thanks, Sis.
I’ve taken bunches of rides on those prop planes, and I’m still alive! Just pop a valium and come on up.
Delicious!
Yum! Makes me hungry just thinking about the menu.
Of course, my gallbladder & I parted ways 3 weeks ago and I’m still trying to figure out what I can eat…. But I’ll definitly take a rain-check!