Dinner Guest!
The very first dinner guest to sit at our new dining room table was entertained last week and I was so proud of my meal that I had to share:
Mmm
What we have here is cheese stuffed manicotti that had been sitting in my freezer for entirely too long (hey, I’m all about honesty here). I used a food processor to shred some broccoli, spinach, carrots and mushrooms and added that to the marinara sauce then poured all that over the manicotti, which I had placed in a glass baking pan. I threw that all in for about an hour and then poured a glass of wine as I set about the rest. Not pictured is the salad with goat cheese, cranberries and walnuts that I made but that’s because it was devoured before I had a chance to take the pic. I did manage to snap the photo while the flat bread was still around, though. I took that and covered it lightly with olive oil, black pepper, basil and oregano and then baked it for a while with the pasta. Then I added the olive oil/pepper dipping combo here and was able to present it nicely before the boys dug in. Both Scott and our house/dinner guest Nate told me they thought the meal was delicious and I definitely agreed, especially considering most of it was pulled from pantry or freezer shelves.
Gotta love grown up dinners – perhaps this table will inspire me to get off my ass and cook even more! Although carryout fits nicely on it as well…
