Showing posts with label food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label food. Show all posts

Monday, June 20, 2011

:: Come Dine With Me - Part One ::

I come a fairly large family (second eldest of six kids). Most of us are old and grown and have moved out of home. As a result we don't see each other as often as we used too, so to make sure we see each other once a month we have decided that once a month we will have a three course meal at one of my brother's or sister's houses. This weekend marked the second meal we have had and it is so much fun getting together and eating fabulous food.

The very first meal we had together was at my brother and sister-in-law's house. These two are known for their culinary masterpieces, so we were all salivating in anticipation! They chose an Asian themed menu of Thai beef salad, satay chicken skewers on fried rice, and sweet rice pudding. Mmm!

My sister-in-law has made a guest post over at my other blog :: Mind Your Crumbs :: because the entire menu was gluten free!

Now that I have the recipes in my hands, I will definitely be making them a part of my weekly meal rotation. Satay chicken on rice would be perfect with the chilly weather we've been having lately!


What would you serve if you were hosting a dinner party? Mr LG and I are hosting next month and any suggestions would be wonderful!






PS. A MASSIVE thank you to everyone who voted for my photo last week. Even though voting started five weeks before I entered my photo, with your help I managed to make it to ninth position with 193 votes! I felt so loved every time I saw my vote count jump up. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. xox

Friday, August 27, 2010

:: Food, Glorious Food! ::

Food, glorious food! Don't care what it looks like ...

Okay, so that's not entirely true. You see, whenever I have a get together with family or friends my first instinct is to take photos of the food. Does that make me weird?

This scrummy, yummy food is from about two weeks ago when Mr LG and I went to my brother and sister-in-law's house to watch the last few episodes of the first season of V. They cooked shallow-fried whiting for us (Mr LG and I aren't big on any sort of seafood) and oh my goodness, it was delicious! I was pretty much in a food-induced coma for the rest of the afternoon. I'm not yet fully converted on this whole 'fish love' thing some people seem to have going on, but I have to say I don't exactly hate it either. My next seafood related quest is to conquer my dislike of prawns! I will let you know how I go.

Do you have a food you can't say no too? I'm a huge fan of savoury foods - soft cheeses, olives, semi-dried tomatoes, sporessa ... mmm! I can never say no, even if I'm so full I'm about to burst!