I found a nice cookbook holder at Re-Store the other day. I brought it home and started looking through our multitude of cookbooks for an attractive, colorful one to set out in the new holder. I settled on TAPAS: A Classic Collection of Spanish-Style Recipes. It's one of those had-to-have cookbooks that we've never actually used.
I started flipping through the pages and got REALLY motivated to make some Tapas....right then. So, I picked out three recipes that sounded especially yummy and ran to the store for some ingredients.
The menu consisted of: Mini Spinach, Tomato & Pine Nut Pizzas, Lemon & Garlic Chicken, and Green Beans with Slivered Almonds. These were paired with a lovely Cycles Gladiator Pinot Grigio from my new favorite winery...they have such an AWESOME logo (and the wine is pretty tasty, too ;)
Here is a photo of the mini pizzas and beans:
Next, I was going to take a photo of the chicken, but some hungry munchkins started digging into the food before I got a chance to set up a nice photo. So, all I got was a quick, sideways snapshot...
Oh well, at least everyone, even the picky kids, liked everything ;) Verdict: make it all again!
How pretty! Shellie. I have a cookbook holder just like that that I've had for years. I put it out on my little kitchen cart and I also put a pretty cookbook in it called "Grandma's Favorite Recipies" (well even if "Grandma" is in the title, it's still a pretty cookbook. The page is turned to Beef Wellington but needless to say, I haven't tried THAT yet; page looks pretty tho. I'm making something for you you'll really like I hope...oh, wish it could come before birthday but...
ReplyDeleteP. S. I put my cookbook out with the holder like yours about 6 months ago. Serindipity or coincidence or something.
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