I am quite behind getting a post about a fun night we had a couple weeks ago, but it will be worth the wait!
We had some friends over for an Iron Chef themed dinner. This was a friend's idea. I was not creative enough to come up with this on my own. Since we were hosting it, I got to pick the ingredient. And I had a terrible time thinking outside the box for this one. I couldn't think of anything that would work for a main course and dessert. Because if I pick steak…how well does that really go on a pastry? Or chocolate on chicken for a first course? Even after watching tons of Iron Chef shows, I was struggling to make it work in my head. So I went with something easy.
I picked STRAWBERRIES.
It was so much fun! One couple brought a strawberry cake for dessert which was so yummy!
We were going to make a strawberry salad since I couldn't find ANYTHING that had strawberries in it for a main dish. I was just going to grill and make something to go with the salad.
Well our other friends out did themselves! (Also the ones that picked having an Iron Chef theme.) They brought homemade crackers (graham crackers and some other delicious concoction). And he made them all from scratch and grows his own wheat for flour for them!
They also made homemade salsas. One was a spicy strawberry one and the other was a chunkier fruity salsa. Both very tasty with the crackers!
They had also planned to make a salad, so they kind of took over the kitchen and tossed in all sorts of fruits, their home grown lettuce to go with the spinach we had and homemade salad dressing…with strawberries in it, of course! It was so pretty. I HAD to take a picture! (Or two!)
They also brought homemade housewarming gift jams for us and our cake-bringing friends who also recently purchased a new house.
On top of all of this, I was also given my very own handmade hula hoop! It's so pretty and so much fun. We played with them in the yard. (They brought some of their own, too!)
These were also the friends we played this game with.
Clearly we had a great time getting together for this meal! I want to make this a monthly or every other month event with these friends and stick to the Iron Chef theme. It was so much fun and they are always an entertaining group!
