The first day of spring and our wedding anniversary. I wanted to set a colorful table. Wegmans had tulips today for $6 per bunch. B likes bright colors so I went with orange.
My aim was for a colorful low calorie meal. Simple but flavorful and a little bit different. We started with baguette and dipping oil made with extra virgin olive oil, balsamic vinegar, Parmesan cheese and garlic herb mix that Bill's sister gave us for Christmas. A gift that she purchased in Europe.
The salad....Thin sliced English cucumber and red pepper marinated in 1/4 cup of rice vinegar with 2 teaspoons of sugar added.
Main course-Pork meatballs with raisins and pine nuts served on Swiss Chard mix cooked with yellow squash in a bit of chicken broth. I added the leftover bread dip to flavor.
Meatballs are made with 1 pound of lean ground pork, 1/4 c chopped golden raisins, 1/4 c toasted pine nuts, 1/3 t cinnamon, 1 egg, 1/4 c Panko bread crumbs, salt and pepper. Cook on stove top in a tiny bit of olive oil.
Dessert was fresh apple slices tossed in a few drops of lemon juice so as not to discolor. The dip for the apples was equal parts of caramel and mascarpone cheese.
All cleaned up. I left the candles burning while we watched one of our all time favorite movies....Amadeus.
2 comments:
Yummy!
Wow, that sounds delicious. Lucky man that B is I say....
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