Well, since I haven't blogged for several weeks, I am at a loss for where to start. Hyrum wetting the kitchen floor with glue mouse traps stuck to his hands and leg? Halloween and the attendant festivities? Winning the "best soup in the world" contest at our Ward Party? Coming home to a dead mouse in the middle of my kitchen floor (again) and little bloody mouse tracks all over my kitchen (and I mean all over)? Hmmmmmmmm. Maybe I'll just stick to Today.
Right now I am putting together the "refreshments" portion of our Young Women 'Evening of Excellence'. This year it is an "Academy Awards" theme so I wanted to make the refreshments more like fancy appetizers. Mom and I have been brainstorming and we came up with the final menu last Tuesday night while watching Martha Stewart's Apprentice. The menu is as follows:
Stuffed Mushrooms
Savory Shish kabobs (skewers of marinated tortellini, olives, zuchinni, and grape tomatoes)
Frosted globe grapes
Lemon cream tarts
Sugar dusted brownie cubes
Sweet bread assortment (pumpkin and banana nut) (not to be confused with a sweetbreads assortment)
Crudite (Fresh veggies)
Chilled sparkling wassail
And all of this for a budget of $30-$40. I love this kind of stuff--trying to come up with a menu of balance between colors, flavors, and textures. It is soooo much fun for me. I can't wait to plate them all and see how it looks. I know, I know, it is a Young Women's function and I am really going to be the only one who even notices this little buffet. Most people will look at it and be like "great, they're serving food." But, who cares. It is fun for me to make it beautiful.
See I am not the crafty type. I don't scrapbook. To be honest, scrapbooking seems like a HUGE waste of time and space to me. And crafts...well let's just say that I am not as talented as I would like to be. Ok, I can't make a stick figure cute. But when it comes to food...now that is a genre I can get into. Happily, it is also a nice diversion from actually eating food. I am just as content (or more so) to plan, cook, plate, and serve beautiful and delicious food to others as to eat it myself.
Speaking of which, I just finished reading Anna Karenina and just started reading What Einstein told his Cook--a funny and captivating book on food science written by a very witty chemist. I think this is my favorite thing about being home--having the time to do things that I love.
3 comments:
That Einstein book sounds right up my alley, er something like tbat. Who is the author etc?
Can't wait to see what you bring for Thanksgiving. I definitely think the appropriate strategy is to assign ourselves. And I told Richard the same yesterday.
Elizabeth
Ummm, for Thanksgiving I am bringing everyone the gift of my company. Because my almond extract-brown sugar popcorn was not well received.
I can cook (no matter what anyone else says), but I'd rather be assigned. Just give me a job and a cook book, and I'll be there. :)
Post a Comment