Last night I was able to help a friend of the family celebrate his 70th birthday. He and his wife selected a menu and invited their close friends to enjoy a meal in their home. The guests were gracious, grateful, and very enthusiastic about the food. I love when people truly enjoy their food.
For dinner, the guests enjoyed caesar salad, roasted asparagus, grilled vegetables, baked mashed potatoes, crabcakes, and beef tenderloin. The funniest thing - the mashed potatoes were the clear favorite! I find this so interesting - fancy food has it's place, but what we all really love is some good home cooking. The kind of things our grandmothers made. Comfort food.
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| roasted whole beef tenderloin with assorted mushrooms in a wine reduction, served with gorgonzola sauce |
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| roasted asparagus spears |
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| caesar salad with garlic baguette crisps and shaved parmesan |
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| baked mashed potatoes |
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| Maryland-style lump crabcakes |
I'll be sharing the recipes later in the week! All of the recipes or components are easy to make ahead of time. This would make a terrific dinner party menu.
I'm drooling. Can't wait for the recipes. Happy Monday! :o)
ReplyDeleteMmmmmmmmmmm Baked mashed potatoes look delicious. I'm hanging for that recipe now...
ReplyDeleteIs it wrong to want beef for breakfast?
I'm so glad I had breakfast before I saw this, or i would have craved beef for breakfast too. It all looks so good. Hope those recipes are going to posted very very soon.
ReplyDeleteoh yes, crab cakes, asparagus, beef! Can't wait.
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