Girls night and food

Hi people!

I had a last girls night two days ago and had just the best time ever. I'm leaving in exactly 6 days to the maritimes and though I'm excited, I'll miss these lovely ladies. We ate, played Cranium and salad bowl, we had some drinks and laughed our asses off. The funny thing is that I cooked all day and tried my best to snap a random picture here and there, then when people arrived, I took bad, flashy pictures of the finished dishes, and then forgot to take pics of my friends..... So sad, I really have to get use to photographing the atmosphere of the room, not just the food...

ah well, I won't put all the recipes for all these dishes on here, it'd be a loooong post.

But if anything strikes your fancy, make a comment, and I'll send you the recipe.

So the recipe list from the first picture to the last: My dad's garlic and cheddar stuffed mushroom recipe (though he'd probably find some way to flambé it...), then we've got the good luck bowl of cheezies. In the arts, you always have a bowl of cheezies in the room for events. Even for the events that are fancy and catered, you'll most likely find the bowl of cheezies. It's like good luck, so I bring that tradition home too.I made turkey and artichoke tacos served with a yogurt cheese but there was too much food and I forgot to serve them! Below you'll see a salmon, coriander, curry paste and lime juice bruscetta topping with made from scratch herb crisps, then there was the soy puffs with a lovely spicy peanut sauce and my favorite, Jijimi, Koren pancakes with a rice vinegar and soy sauce. A great summer canape is slices of cucumber with pickled ginger and a sprinkle of sesame seeds (a recipe from my friend Shana). Of course there needs to be the roasted chickpeas, the cheese plate (Gorgonzola), mango, olives and artichokes. And lastly we've got the orzo salad (kalamata olives, tomatoes, fresh marjoram, feta, green onions...).






For the sweets we had delicious chocolate cupcakes (that I've been eating for breakfast since...) with a sweet, buttery, yogurt glaze.

I like to make little gesture parting gifts. It's small, simple and in a ziplock bag I realize, but I do what I can. I gave everyone some mini chocolate dipped Nova Scotia oatcakes, and homemade caramels.

In conclusion, we ate a lot, it was good.