Dinner 10-10-10

For starters the dinner did not turn out to be a perfect 10...but the company did :)

Menu:

- Caramelized onion, spinach , mushrooms, and pineput puff pastry
- Ina's potato and Fennel soup
- Ina's corn pudding
-'For the love of cooking' stuffed peppers (I used red quiona instead of rice)
- Pionner Womens pumpkin cake.

Pioneer womens cake was close to a flop, thankfully a friend got some amazing cheese cake to salvage the situation...

The appetizer I would say came out to be the best....easy and yum!

Corn pudding came out good...but I forgot to steam the whole pan, and baked it instead..result -> little runny corn pudding...but the taste was good, after all it's Ina's :)

Potato -Fennel soup...hmm...taste was good...peeling potatoes took way too long for my liking...further more, this was supposed to be made with leeks, which I happily substitued fennel.....was alrite I guess....

Stuffed peppers.....another near flop...the red quinona is perhaps healthier....but was gave a more rustic feel to the dinner...did not have the wow factor...need to come up with better ideas for main course...or shd have few more options...this is wht happens if u go off the beaten path.....but it was alrite..

Company was fun....guess we can talk with no TV to provide entertainment......well house is really small...and I do need to get the other two charirs upholstered for next time...and oh yea...I need new cutlery...

If not for the impending work that had to be done after everyone headed back, which went well into 3am...guess it was a good dinner nite. Well....it was either this, or nothing...

Need to plan a nicer menu , on a quiter nite....soon :)