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Sunday, January 31, 2010

Family Dinner- All involved!

The prep work started in the morning...

Alyssa made cocktails: " pink drinks" from her American Girl magazine! ...basically, strawberry sorbert, yogurt, orange juice, apple juice and banana. She sprinkled red sugar sprinkles on top!

I made a black bread terrine with camembert, roquefort, filberts and raisins, served beside a green salad, and aged balsamic.

Alan made his Lemon Risotto. Always SO good!

Marshall made a hunter's style of mini braised short ribs (onions, carrots, celery, tomatoes, garlic, thyme, paprika ,vermouth and mushrooms soaked in red wine) with a nice ragout served on creamy , parmesan mashed potatoes.

Dessert: Marshall made a Pavlova from his International Kids Cookbook. Turned out great! He even made the whip cream from scratch! very good!

of course the champagne, from Italy ( we brought home with us, from our last trip. Claudio's vineyard!) brought back memories.

Then a few more special wines Alan picked out to compliment the meal...kids had sparkling water!














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