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Tonight we had a dinner party I inadvertently set up through a series of disconnected conversations. Oops. It was sort of unplanned, but it turned out amazing!
Jen is down visiting from New York for the holiday and Steph I, Mel, and I have been trying to figure out how to get together for the past month. Turns out our lives are just too busy and tonight we FINALLY got a chance to get together. And Meri…I’ve been hoping for Meri to come over and cook with me for a while. And tonight all the stars aligned!
Meri came up early and we went to Wegmans to get dinner supplies. The entire meal was based off wanting rice and using pomegranate seeds. Since we wanted to make rice, naturally we decided that we should make Korean food for dinner. I made some bbq beef, sautéed spinach, an sautéed bean sprouts.
I left Meri in charge of making something with the pomegranate seeds and naturally she came up with something amazing. She made an arugula salad with goat cheese, roasted acorn squash, and candied pecans. On top of that she dressed it with a balsamic vinaigrette reduction. Can Meri come over and cook us dinner every night?
Dinner was great. The food was good…we managed to eat nearly every bite. Conversation flowed even though not everyone totally knew each other. I love when that happens! After dinner (and sadly after Meri had to leave to go study) we broke out the cookies and things got wacky. I think we had too much sugar. All I can say, is that I’m glad no one ended up with that cookie jar on their head.