Recipes to Remember...

Southwest Cous Cous Salad

2 Cups uncooked cous cous, cooked and cooled
1 can black beans
1 Can corn, or corn off the cobb if availabe
Green Onion
Sliced Avocado
Cilantro
Red bell pepper chunks

Dressing:
Vegetable oil
Red Wine Vinegar
Lime Juice
Salt and Pepper

Mix all ingredients, stores in the frigde for days!


Mediteranean Cous Cous Salad

2 Cups uncooked Cous Cous, cooked and cooled
Purple Onion
Sundried tomatoes
Fresh tomatoes
Feta Cheese

Dressing:
olive oil
red wine vinagar
lemon juice
salt and pepper

Mix all ingredients

 Valentine's Dinner Party

This year I wanted to do something a little different for Valentine's day, so I threw a dinner party. I had so much fun doing it, and  i think it turned out great!

Appetizer table...

 Strawberry topiary with fruit dip

Shrimp cocktail in disposable champagne flutes

 Table set up

 A very blurry group shot, still learning how to use my camera. :)

I won't embarrass our husbands by posting the video I took of them singing and giving us flowers. Cheesy, yes. Did we love it, of course!!

I didn't even take any pictures of the food that I spent all day cooking! Oh well! The menu included, grilled new york strip steak, smoked salmon, roasted potatoes and asparagus, spinach citrus salad with candied almonds, and creme brulee for dessert!

Funny story about the dessert... if you are serving creme brulee to a large crowd, do not think that your little kitchen torch that puts out a flame about the size of a match will do the trick. Craig to the rescue. He went and grabbed his plumbing torch.  A little over kill, but hey, it worked.

It was so much fun, I just might make it a tradition!

I have the greatest friends, they took my kids all day so I could get ready for the party. I was home all by myself cooking, cleaning, and decorating and it was a great day! I know, I'm weird.

Johnson Wedding December 31, 2008

This was such a beautiful wedding, black and white with accents of red.

Menu: Hot potato bacon and broccoli cheese soup in fresh bread bowls.

Caesar Salad

Hot Spinach artichoke dip

The drink station, raspberry pineapple punch, ice water, hot chocolate in the silver urn complete with all the fixings including flavored creams, mini marshmallows, chocolate shavings, and whipped cream.
This photographer did an amazing job! (heather ives photography) This is my favorite picture.

I also did the cake at this wedding, all fake cake except the top layer so the bride and groom can still cut the cake.

This bride wanted something a little different for dessert so we served assorted mini desserts including; mini cheesecake bites, brownies, lemon bars, chocolate dipped shortbread cookies, and mini fruit pizzas. It looked so cute, I wish I would have gotten a picture.