that went pretty well

so i knocked out another party, a small one this time, only about twenty people and it was cocktail party style food.  it was fairly easy but not super easy.  i woke up wednesday morning with a fantastic headache, so bad that i ended up getting sick and going back to bed, but not before i got the pulled pork working.  that was important.  also on tuesday night i got held up at work and didn't get home until ten thirty and still had to make marinara sauce and coleslaw.  the marinara was killer...pretty standard except for white wine instead of red and the addition of a half pound of carrots blended into it.  it was good.  i'm not really a tomato sauce sort of guy but i thought it was great.

anyway, i only made three dishes...pulled pork sliders with coleslaw (kinda my go-to dish), meatballs in marinara, and bruschetta.  but i made three damn good dishes.  and i've never made the meatballs or bruschetta before...but i knocked them out of the park.  the meatballs were full of parmesan, fresh parsley, and tons of fresh ground nutmeg.

i know, right?  nutmeg in meatballs?

yep.  they were soooooo good.

i've done pulled pork a ton of times, but it was awesome as ever.  i usually put lots of chipotle chili powder in my slaw but made it more on the sweet side this time.  killer.  the pork has the lid on but trust me, it was tender, succulent, and wonderous.

the bruschetta was something i'd never made before, but how can you screw up tomatoes, fresh basil, garlic, and olive oil?  i wanted to plate them up individually but the host of the party didn't want to have to do another batch when the first was gone, so i toasted up a ton of baguette slices and kept the bruschetta in a bowl, and served the balsamic on the side.  it was still awesome and yummy.

the whole spread looked like this...i even made a menu card and framed it!  bam!

so, sorry i haven't been blogging a lot lately...i don't really have an excuse...i'm just lazy.  also my buddy let me borrow new super mario bros. wii, so i've been hitting that pretty hard.  anyway, i was excited about cooking yesterday, and i was listening to awesome 40s big band xmas music the whole time.  good times.

until next time, loyal readers...i'm takin what i'm givin cause i'm cookin for a livin.