My GFs husband's birthday is this Saturday and we invited them to our house for dinner and to play cards afterward. I thought we'd do kind of Italian, so the menu is this:
Baked Ziti
Italian Pinwheel Rolls (the dough is rolled out, spread with softened butter mixed with chopped garlic, basil, marjoram, and parsley, then rolled up like sticky buns, sliced, placed into pans and baked)
Coleslaw with Broccoli and Cauliflower Florets
Hershey's Perfectly Chocolate Chocolate Cake with Whipped Peanut Butter Frosting (This has become her husband's favorite cake on earth. I'm thinking more along the lines of cupcakes, though, instead of one big cake as I can freeze cupcakes for later)
Whatever wine I find as we're going to the winery on Saturday morning
Later on, we're going to play cards, so I thought I'd make a couple of dips, maybe some Hawaiian Spinach Dip (to serve in a bread bowl with bread chunks) and I'm considering some guac (my love affair with guac has not yet abated). Or is that too much green with the spinach and the guac? Maybe some Vidalia Onion Cheese dip instead of the guac? I can throw together a small appy platter along with some tortilla chips to munch on while card playing. And, if the weather holds Friday night and it's not raining, dear Richard has requested some Almond Brittle (but only if it's not raining as I won't even try to boil sugar when it's raining/snowing). We usually play cards until midnight or so, sometimes later, so the guys will be hungry again.
That should be OK for a Saturday night dinner, even for a birthday. Or should I make it a little special? Not quite sure. (Although my GF says I could put pretty much anything on the table and he would scarf it down! They've been coming to our house now for years for his birthday dinner and he always seems happy with what I decide to make.....as long as that cake is there for dessert, he's a happy camper. He doesn't care about anything else.)
Baked Ziti
Italian Pinwheel Rolls (the dough is rolled out, spread with softened butter mixed with chopped garlic, basil, marjoram, and parsley, then rolled up like sticky buns, sliced, placed into pans and baked)
Coleslaw with Broccoli and Cauliflower Florets
Hershey's Perfectly Chocolate Chocolate Cake with Whipped Peanut Butter Frosting (This has become her husband's favorite cake on earth. I'm thinking more along the lines of cupcakes, though, instead of one big cake as I can freeze cupcakes for later)
Whatever wine I find as we're going to the winery on Saturday morning
Later on, we're going to play cards, so I thought I'd make a couple of dips, maybe some Hawaiian Spinach Dip (to serve in a bread bowl with bread chunks) and I'm considering some guac (my love affair with guac has not yet abated). Or is that too much green with the spinach and the guac? Maybe some Vidalia Onion Cheese dip instead of the guac? I can throw together a small appy platter along with some tortilla chips to munch on while card playing. And, if the weather holds Friday night and it's not raining, dear Richard has requested some Almond Brittle (but only if it's not raining as I won't even try to boil sugar when it's raining/snowing). We usually play cards until midnight or so, sometimes later, so the guys will be hungry again.
That should be OK for a Saturday night dinner, even for a birthday. Or should I make it a little special? Not quite sure. (Although my GF says I could put pretty much anything on the table and he would scarf it down! They've been coming to our house now for years for his birthday dinner and he always seems happy with what I decide to make.....as long as that cake is there for dessert, he's a happy camper. He doesn't care about anything else.)
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