First post! so, E and I will be using this blog to accomplish two things...
1. let everyone know about the progress made toward planning for our wedding
2. stay organized
Esther and I made the invites for the
engagement party,
saturday, 22november2008, 6:30PM
featuring our mugs printed on some fancy paper.
oh, and here's the planned menu, hopefully will allow me to not be consumed with cooking the whole night.
bar: homebrew (brown ale, aardsma ale, double IPA, belgian black)
wine, A few mixers, ie. club soda, OJ, cranberry, ginger ale, coke
Apps:6:30-7:30
Couple of cheeseplates w/ fruit, veggies, nuts, italian cured meats
fresh baguettes
Soup:7:30
Butternut squash soup, olive oil, bacon bits, arugula oil
Main, Family style: 7:45/8:00
Mixed greens salad, sliced beets, slivered almonds, pomegranate vinaigrette
Sliced pork tenderloin
with fig, lignonberry, shallot, balsamic chutney or
homemade apple sauce
Chili rubbed tri-tip roast
Chicken tagine
Sides: Roasted small potatoes, onions, carrots, parsnips
Dessert: fresh 'out the oven cookies
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