Bridal Shower Menu & the Best Salsa Recipe Everfeatured
A few weeks ago, my mom and I enlisted the help of my big brother to assist in putting together the menu for my bridal shower luncheon. I requested lots of fruit and veggies, easy finger foods, and minimal use of the oven. If I do say so myself, we ended up with a lovely Bridal Shower Menu:
- Veggie Crudite
- Chips & Dips (Pineapple-Mango Salsa, French Onion Dip, Pepperoni Dip, and Avocado Mousse)
- Crostini with Lemon Mascarpone spread and Roasted Red Peppers
- Heirloom Tomato Tart in a Parmesan Crust
- Antipasto Misto of Grilled Zucchini, Portobello Mushrooms, and Eggplant
- Pesto Shrimp and Cherry Tomato Kebabs
- Wheat Berry Salad
- Chicken Orzo Salad
- Italian Sausage and Eggplant Baked Rigatoni
- Roasted Pork Tenderloin
To drink we had Watermelonade and White Sangria with Strawberries, Peaches, and Mango.
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Spaghetti and Meatballsfeatured
Spaghetti and Meatballs. Doesn’t that sound good? Simple. Classic. Comforting. Makes me want to curl up on the couch with a big steaming bowl, a bottle of wine and some old movies. It’s the little things in life.
The inspiration for this comfort meal came from this recipe a friend sent me from Smitten Kitchen: Tomato Sauce with Butter and Onion (from Marcela Hazan’s Essentials of Italian Cooking)
She positively raved about how good this tomato sauce is. And stupid easy. Literally, just three ingredients: canned tomatoes, onion, and butter. You don’t even need to chop the onion. Simply peel it and cut it in half. In it goes with the tomatoes and the secret ingredient to all things delicious (butter), and let it simmer. The result is really something phenomenal.
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SF Street Food Festival & Scavenger Huntfeatured
Hi Friends! Today, LMS correspondent Adam Carr gives us the low down from the SF Street Food Festival!
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The Mission has always been a mecca for cheap, delicious food, but The 2010 SF Street Food Festival took things to a different level.
Put on by La Cocina, an organization that aids low income food entrepreneurs, the SF Street Food Festival combined haute cuisine, Mission staples and popular San Francisco carts in an amalgamation of foodie goodness. Many of the La Cocina’s incubator program participants were dishing out snacks, including Azalina’s, Kika’s Treats, and El Huarache Loco.
The rules of the event were simple. Vendors were expected to offer a small bite for $3 that one could eat solely with their hands and larger item for $8 that could either be eaten with a fork or fingers, as long as no table was necessary. Vendors also offered a variety of beverages. After the massive turnout at last year’s event, La Cocina quadrupled the number of vendors from their inaugural event.
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Maui Edition: That’s a Wrapfeatured
Food. Wine. Golf. Spa. More Food. More Wine.
Life is good, no?
Special thanks to Outrigger for hosting us at the beautiful Maui Eldorado and gorgeous, uber-luxe Kapalua Villas – complete with private lanai, ocean views, sit-in shower, XL jacuzzi tub, washer/dryer, Moet and a gift basket full of Hawaiian munchies, and even a chilled pineapple waiting for us in the fridge! Man, a girl could get used to this kind of lifestyle…
Needless to say, it was tough extricating myself from this plush lap of luxury, and I can’t wait to visit again!
Well, that concludes our epic Lick My Spoon Maui Edition — hope it satisfied your island fever 🙂
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