mealsforfriends

I keep reading that January 17th is the day most people give up on their New Year’s Resolutions.   I’m not giving up yet, so read on!

Resolution #1:   Have more small dinner parties.   I’m right on track with this one – last night we had two couples over for an evening of great food, wine and friendship.   It took a lot of energy to prepare the meal, but everyone raved about the food so it was worth it.   Thank goodness for my awesome husband – the best house cleaner, dish washer and general kitchen helper in the world!   The menu was:   bruschetta with wild mushroom saute, butternut-leek soup, pork loin wrapped in bacon with dijon/rosemary glaze, shrimp and crab stuffed baked potatoes, balsamic roasted asparagus wrapped with proscuitto and focaccia bread.   I promise to post recipes soon!

Resolution #2:  Organize my pantry.   I’m doing really good on this one, but it’s always a work in progress.   You’ll have to take my word for how bad it was before.   And now I can actually find what I’m looking for!   And I’m going to keep it organized, I promise….

So much easier to find stuff now!

Resolution #3:  Serve one vegetarian meal a week to my family.   This one is working out very well so far…..I’ve made a veggie frittata and an eggplant parmesan casserole.   The family declared both of them to be “keepers”!   I’ll post recipes soon.  I’m having a lot of fun researching great vegetarian entree’ ideas…if you have any favorites be sure to let me know!

Resolution #4:  Enter my favorite recipes into an online recipe software program. So far I’m not doing that great with this one.   However, after spending way too much time looking for a recipe for chicken wing sauce that is written on a piece of paper somewhere in my office this very evening, I have a renewed drive to get it done!

Resolution #5:   More visits to the local Farmer’s Markets.  I thought I was going to have to wait until Spring for this one but I just found out there are going to be indoors Winter Farmer’s Markets starting next Saturday!   Can’t wait to go and see what they have…..

That’s the update…..thanks for checking out my blog and I will post recipes this week!