Saturday night – 01/28/2012

Menu
White bean and Kale soup
Sauteed kielbasa
Sauteed chorico
Green salad with roasted red peppers, fennel and vinaigrette
Homemade rolls

Saturday night – 01/21/2012

Menu
Braised country style pork
Israeli Couscous with roasted butternut squash (roughly based on this recipe)
Sauteed swiss chard with garlic and lemon
Roasted golden beets

Vanilla ice cream with hot apples and caramel sauce

Saturday night – 01/14/2012

Menu
Shredded honey roasted turkey breast & thighes
Herb stuffing with carrots, celery & onion
Mashed potatoes
Succotash

Gingerbread

Holiday Party 2012

Here is the menu for the 2012 edition of our annual After-the-Holidays Holiday Party.

Appetizers

• Chili-cheese puffs (from the Uncommon Gourmet’s All-Occasion Cookbook)
• Polenta pizzas with walnut pesto & roasted cherry tomatoes
• Beef crustini with horseradish cream
• Roasted Shrimp Cocktail
• Pigs in a blanket
• Cheese, crackers, mixed olives and grapes

Main dishes

• Turkey and Spinach Curry (roughly based on this recipe from the NY Times)
• Black Bean, Corn & Tomato Salad (from the Joy of Cooking)
• Curried Cauliflower
• Roasted Indian-Spiced Pork Tenderloin
• Coconut Rice with mint

Dessert

• Cranberry-Walnut Cakes
• Pumpkin Cheesecake
• assorted pastries from Madrid bakery