Menu Planning

[menthe_reglisse]

Here because I need to store it somewhere I can keep referring to it

Comments

[minnesattva]

That all sounds amazing! I'm hungry now, and wish I could have a dinner party for my birthday. :)

[menthe_reglisse]

*sends virtual dinner party containing all your favourite foods and some excellent guests*

I like cooking, and I like menu planning to cover as many variables as possible. It feels like a kind of logic puzzle or challenge to optimally cover guests' tastes and needs, colours, seasonality, contrast between courses, textures, cooking requirements and so on. Except I don't enjoy logic puzzles and I do enjoy this.

[julietk]

Stir-fry the cavalo nero / kale? With a bit of garlic? That does require being last minute though. You could bake it but I have never actually done that.

[menthe_reglisse]

Ooh, now that's a possibility. I think I can manage one very last minute thing that's as quick as that. I'd do it between courses, which is okay.

[booklectic]

Sounds gorgeous! Hope it goes well.

I tend to use goat's cheese for stuffed mushrooms, and having written that I really want to go and do that now.

I don't know if you've seen my friend Kake's vegan recipe site, by the way? http://www.earth.li/~kake/cookery/

[menthe_reglisse]

Thank you for both recommendations. I will investigate.

[kissmeforlonger]

So how did it go?

[menthe_reglisse]

Very well, thank you! The blind wine tasting was lots of fun and people seemed to like the food. And I enjoyed cooking it. Also, the house is now very clean and tidy! Which will last all of three days, but is still enjoyable as a temporary state.