Tonight I had my most favorite meal...finger food. There were two items from here, so I figured I'd lump them into one post and review them all.
We had marinated olives which turned out really nice. They were served warm. There were various cheeses as well.
Next, I combined two bruschetta recipes...wound up with a balsamic vinegratte (sp?) with diced tomatoes, red onion, garlic, basil, and fresh mozzerella. I served this on fresh baguette slices. (This was my best loaves of bread so far. I was very excited.) This was second favorite of hubby and myself.
Next was the Window Crab Cakes posted by Jean a while back and bumped to the top last week. I have two in the family that LOVE crab cakes and I've never been able to make them where they would stay together. NO LONGER! I now have my crab cake recipe. I may play with it a little, but they stayed together beautifully. I did chill them for several hours before frying them. This was oldest son's and hubby's favorite of the night. (Oldest really didn't want to pick...he really liked them all.) BTW, there were none left to freeze and I doubled the recipe...YIKES!
Finally, Jean's Sesame Chicken. I was very upset when I realized I did not have sesame seeds..not sure how that happened. Oh well! This was my youngest son's and my favorite of them all. He would have eaten ALL of them if I'd have let him.
All in all, it was a good night of experimentation! I can't wait for tomorrow. I've got two more days off and I'm planning on taking advantage of it by experimenting as much as possible!
We had marinated olives which turned out really nice. They were served warm. There were various cheeses as well.
Next, I combined two bruschetta recipes...wound up with a balsamic vinegratte (sp?) with diced tomatoes, red onion, garlic, basil, and fresh mozzerella. I served this on fresh baguette slices. (This was my best loaves of bread so far. I was very excited.) This was second favorite of hubby and myself.
Next was the Window Crab Cakes posted by Jean a while back and bumped to the top last week. I have two in the family that LOVE crab cakes and I've never been able to make them where they would stay together. NO LONGER! I now have my crab cake recipe. I may play with it a little, but they stayed together beautifully. I did chill them for several hours before frying them. This was oldest son's and hubby's favorite of the night. (Oldest really didn't want to pick...he really liked them all.) BTW, there were none left to freeze and I doubled the recipe...YIKES!
Finally, Jean's Sesame Chicken. I was very upset when I realized I did not have sesame seeds..not sure how that happened. Oh well! This was my youngest son's and my favorite of them all. He would have eaten ALL of them if I'd have let him.
All in all, it was a good night of experimentation! I can't wait for tomorrow. I've got two more days off and I'm planning on taking advantage of it by experimenting as much as possible!
Daphne
Keep your mind wide open.
Keep your mind wide open.