i invited some girls over for an impromptu dinner on saturday night, it being cold out and our plans for the evening looking bleak. what was supposed to be a lady-like evening (as you can see by my delicate attempt at arranging the table) turned out to be a dinner consumed over potty-mouth conversation. all talk aside, the food turned out great.
i bought some pristine white tulips and arranged them in my brand new 75%-off pitcher from fish's eddy.
i put together a small meat and cheese plate with salami, a firm sheep's milk cheese called petit basque, fig spread, and chili-rubbed greek olives.
In my new roasting pan, I made a Pan-Roasted Chicken adapted from this recipe (I skipped the pearl onions and added a bit of rosemary and sage to the mushrooms as well), using free-range chicken legs purchased at the USQ greenmarket. I served the chicken with a multi-colored assortment of fingerling potatoes (a bag cost $5 at the USQ market), which I blanched in boiling water for 2 minutes, then roasted for 30-40 minutes after tossing them with salt, olive oil, and rosemary.
i also made balsamic-glazed onions simply by sauteeing halved red onions in oil, and then adding a cup of balsamic vinegar, a cup of water, a bit of sugar, and some chopped rosemary, and letting the mixture boil down until it reduced into a demi-glaze.
i will also point out that miro and ally made a boston lettuce salad with tomatoes, snap peas, shaved parmesan cheese, and a balsamic-garlic viniagrette that isn't picture.
here are the potty-mouthed ladybirds:
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