First time eating sweet potatoes

Learning how to eat sweet potatoes

5-1/2 months old

Look who started eating sweet potatoes.  Audrey at 5 months - just starting to get the hang of solid foods.  It took her a couple of tries but once she got it down she was good to go.  She is almost 6 months old now and is eating all her fruits and all her veggies (minus green beans).   Here she is all cleaned up.  SOOO CUTE.

Old Fashioned Dinner Party

January was unseasonably warm this year in Kansas and I was able to get my friends out of their homes and come over and have an old fashioned dinner party.  We served 8 courses and every single one of them was divine.  Thanks to my wonderful hubby we got to enjoy homemade Drambuie ice cream that really ended the meal on a whimsical note.  I did my tablescape in white and silver.  It really did look much more fancy in person than the picture.  We had the best time at this dinner party and we took our time eating and enjoyed every morsel.   The menu: 

Amuse Bouche

Goat Cheese Stuffed Tiger Prawns wrapped in prosciutto, seared and topped with a balsamic reduction

Salad

Mixed mesclun greens tossed in a walnut vinaigrette topped with Candied Walnuts

Soup

Vichyssoise

Pasta

Homemade Lobster Ravioli in Red Pepper Cream Sauce

Fish

Atlantic Cod en Papillote

Palette Cleanser

Lemon-Thyme Sorbet

Entrée

Filet of Beef with garlic mashed potatoes and red wine sauce

Dessert

Homemade Drambuie Ice Cream

The Amuse Bouche was a big hit and very simple to make.  Its pretty self explanatory in the description how to make it.  For the balsamic reduction - Put about 1/2c. of Balsamic vinegar with a couple of teaspoons of sugar and reduce slowly in a saucepan.  Once reduced just leave it at room temperature until ready to serve.  The shrimp does not need a lot of this sauce, just a little bit goes a long way.