Today I hosted my first dinner party. On a small scale and not a very sophisticated one, though, but you gotta start somewhere, right? Nevertheless, I am feeling a sense of satisfaction, pride and delight that is hard to describe in words, which is very unusual to me. As the aftermath for the evening I am having a warm feeling and am tempted to smile, whenever thinking back how smoothly and perfectly everything went.
A friend couple was invited over for a dinner and a movie (thanks for the company and the visit by the way, we enjoyed having you here a lot!) and to unwind myself from the exam of yesterday (who decided that exam dates ought to be on Saturdays anyway?) I planned and executed an American themed dinner for four with the priceless help of my DH. He helped me through every step of the way, from planning the scheduling of the different dishes and then in prepping, chopping and the actual cooking and baking. How wonderful is he! How lucky am I!
To make it all just a little bit more special I printed out a menu card:
Even looking at the card makes me smile again. Sigh. A little dream come true. And little dreams are just as important as the big ones, right?
Like you can read, for main course we had
Sloppy Joes and
Coleslaw (recipe courtesy of
Simply Recipes, the coleslaw one slightly modified), with
Fresh Lemonade by
Food Network that you can see a little bit in the glass and jug beneath. The hamburger buns are made with
the previously posted recipe.
And for dessert I made
Rocky Road Brownies (which I've been dying to make for a while now and I took the opportunity with pleasure and enthusiasm) and followed
the recipe by Deborah in
Taste and Tell. Messy, but oh so gooey and yummy! A perfect ending to my first dinner party, in my opinion.
Everything turned out very well, even though all of the recipes were ones I had never tried out before. But this definitely was not the first and last time I will make these dishes, as they tasted so good! After eating our tummies full, we continued the evening by watching the movie
Up which was sweet and touching, I liked it very much. It isn't too often that an animated film makes you think about things and that's what I liked about it.
After a wonderful, wonderful evening with friends and food I am ready to start the new week with fresh energy.
A little dream come true can sure give one big boost to life.
I agree! The food was delicious and I appreciate it that you had made everything in such a nice way. Thank you once again!
ReplyDeleteThank you! It's great to know that others enjoyed it as well, both the food and the evening! I loved hosting you, we have to do this again!
ReplyDeleteIt all looks so wonderful! I'm glad you tried the brownies and you liked them.
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