I love throwing dinner parties, and themed dinner parties are even better! In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, I decided the throw a party where all of the food was either Irish-inspired or green. It wasn’t as challenging as I …
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20 Below: Basil, Ginger & Garlic Stuffed Chicken
Upon request (and somewhat of a challenge) from one of my lovely readers, I’m going to start a series of “20 Below” posts where I will highlight an entire meal for 4 people that costs less than $20 ($5.00 per …
Dinner Party Salad: Spinach, Heirloom Tomato & Blood Orange Salad
I am a huge fan of blood oranges. They add great color to any dish, and have a more robust flavor than many other orange varieties, so they are really good salads and salad dressings. Because of the snow I …
Daring Cooks Challenge: Mezze
I know I don’t usually post on a Sunday, but I recently became a Daring Cook through a very cool group called the Daring Kitchen, which brings together thousands of food bloggers from around the world and challenges them to …
Dinner Partying for Penny Pinchers
So you may have heard we’ve had a veritable snowmageddon here; I had planned a dinner party for this past Sunday but postponed due to snow until last night–when we had a blizzard. Luckily my dinner guests braved the snow …
Dinner Party (5 of 5): Cinnamon Banana Cake w/ Candied Walnuts
I’ve been remixing this recipe a lot because I love banana muffins/cake, and this recipe has been great in every variation I have tried. As the final course of my dinner party, I wanted something sweet but not too heavy …
Dinner Party (Part 4 of 5): Coconut Curry Chicken
I’d had a can of coconut milk sitting in my pantry for months; I’ll admit, I was a bit trepidatious about using it (not sure why). Seriously, I shouldn’t have waited so long–it made this chicken dish so rich and …
Dinner Party (Part 3 of 5): Balsamic Glazed Chickpeas w/ Red Swiss Chard
I had originally planned to do roasted brussel sprouts for my dinner party veggie side dish, but the red swiss chard looked so amazing I just couldn’t resist (it hasn’t looked good in MONTHS). I decided to pair the chard …
Dinner Party (Part 2 of 5): Twice Baked Parsnip & Sweet Potato Mash w/ Pecan Streusel Topping
Dear Readers, For the first time since I started tracking my blog with Google Analytics, I have surpassed 1,000 visits in a 30 day period. And it’s because of you! Thank you so much to all of my loyal followers …
Dinner Party (Part 1 of 5): Cucumber, Fennel & Radish Salad
I hadn’t hosted a meal in a while, so I decided to host a dinner party last night–thanks to both JG’s, JK, LM, and RK for letting me cook for them, and especially to AK for washing the mountain dishes …