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| Dinner party last night was a lot of fun and I got to try new dishes. Here is how I did it: The day before I cooked the most delicious wild rice, thanks to Teresa and her wonderful and easy recipe.
I made Chase baked beans with the chipotle ketchup that I made, it was a hit!, thank you for the recipe, I only added some sauteed onions and garlic before baking them and because I had a vegetarian I didn't put bacon, instead I sauteed cut chorizo on the side.
Made carrot cake and it was frosted the day of the party.
I made 2 roasts, one was a chuck and the other a picnic roast. Both were cooked in different seasonings but both had beer, they were cooked for about 4 1/2 hours. The one that was most popular was the pork. Appetizer is always good when we have brie in puff pastry
The side dishes were very good, I made a fresh tomato salad plain with herbs, a whole chinese cabbage sauteed with a little bit of butter, to the rice I added sauteed mushrooms, to the baked beans it was optional the chorizo. I cooked baby potatoes together with the pork at the last hour of cooking. This is one of the guests plate.
Silvia |
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| Silvia, everything looks delicious. Especially the beans and the two roasts. ~Ann |
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| Glad you enjoyed the beans! I was sure the homemade ketchup would be a nice addition. Sounds and looks like a lovely dinner. |
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- Posted by dixiedog_2007 (My Page) on Sun, Dec 23, 12 at 17:20
| Silvia everything looks wonderful. I would love to have a plate served to me like you showed. Your fortunate to be able to grow fresh tomatoes for such a long season. I adore homegrown tomatoes! |
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| Ann - Thank you, the guests left full and that was my price. I like when everyone eats and have a good time. Chase - You had a bright idea with the homemade ketchup, they were perfect pairing for the meats. I will make them again. Dixiedog - This morning we had some frost in the lawn, but when I went to check the tomatoes, it was warmer and sunny and they are still doing fine.
Silvia |
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| Silvia, it all looks delicious and sounds like a wonderful party. The beans looks especially good, I love beans of all descriptions. That tomato tart looks good too, though. Annie |
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| Thank you Annie - Every day I learn something new to try. I got the idea about the ketchup from you and Chase gave me the idea on the beans, we all like them. I wanted to make the filo tart that somebody posted but I had already the puff pastry leftover, anyway it came out good, next time I will make the filo. Silvia |
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| Silvia, what an amazing delicious dinner! everything, every dish works so well together! You are the matchmaker of the food world. Wild rice is very special, "God's Gift", "Sacred gift". I enjoy reading and learning about the Native American cultural significance of Ricng. Look into youtube, you will find it very interesting. dcarch |
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| Thank you Dcarch - When I cook and after the guest eat and they like the meal, I feel a satisfaction that everything that I did went well and when they go for seconds and praise the food that is a very good sign,lol. And today, you just made smarter.:) I did go and see the youtube videos, so interesting! Especially for me that I spent as a child a good time with my father in the Amazon jungle learning about the food, the plants and the native tribes... Silvia |
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