On Saturday I got up around 10:00.
I took a shower and then jumped right into making dinner.
After several requests for food, I decided that I was going to make a big dinner this weekend.
I invited a bunch of people, but not all of them came.
That ended up being a very good thing, because we would have completely run out of food.
I decided on a menu of BBQ chicken pizza, salad, and a dessert.
I made a wild decision to make lemon bars. I had never made them before and didn't know how they'd be received. I'll get back to that.
This morning started with the filling for the bars (I made the crust the night before).
While they were in the oven, I made pizza dough.
A real project, that was. I figured I needed enough to feed 15 people, so I made the recipe in two separate bowls at the same time but could only bake one at a time.
I stacked them and left them for the afternoon.
By this time it was 2:00.
Brok was visiting Luke and Kevin and they were in the Acorn.
So I went over there to finally eat lunch and hang out.
We went to the first half of the soccer game and then decided to go get bubble tea.
Pineapple-Green Tea with tapioca pearls and jellies. I recommend it.
When we got back to campus, Casey (whose new nickname is Queso) needed to get stuff from Brok's truck, and Brok wanted to see our house (specifically the crawlspace).
While we were standing the the Oakwood/Slater parking lot, Keelan joined us.
Queso was giving Brok a tour of the house and Kevin, Keelan and I were talking about dinner.
I told them that I had made lemon bars
WHAT!?!
Lemon bars are Keelan and Kevin's favorite dessert. That fact was enough to make my day.
YES! They'd be well-received!
And to make me really nervous. Like I said before, I had never tried to make lemon bars before, so I didn't know how they'd turned out.
It was my Great-Grammy Swanson's recipe, doubled.
The ended up being pretty delicious, albeit not very lemony.
I'll adjust that next time.
Anywho, we got back a little before 6:00, so I had an hour to put the pizzas together, cut the lemon bars, prep the salad, change, and do a quick-clean of the living room and my desk.
I looked very cute for my very first dinner party.
And we had a great time.
But I need a new pizza crust recipe.
I am so thankful for new and old friends and for food and for laughter and for living in a house with a full kitchen and for my Great-Grammy Swanson and for Ben Rector and for soccer games and for bubble tea and for busy Saturdays that I can now look back on and smile.
Oh yeah, and I am now Auntie Hope. Like, AWHN-tee.
Yeah. I'm thankful for that, too.
I took a shower and then jumped right into making dinner.
After several requests for food, I decided that I was going to make a big dinner this weekend.
I invited a bunch of people, but not all of them came.
That ended up being a very good thing, because we would have completely run out of food.
I decided on a menu of BBQ chicken pizza, salad, and a dessert.
I made a wild decision to make lemon bars. I had never made them before and didn't know how they'd be received. I'll get back to that.
This morning started with the filling for the bars (I made the crust the night before).
While they were in the oven, I made pizza dough.
A real project, that was. I figured I needed enough to feed 15 people, so I made the recipe in two separate bowls at the same time but could only bake one at a time.
I stacked them and left them for the afternoon.
By this time it was 2:00.
Brok was visiting Luke and Kevin and they were in the Acorn.
So I went over there to finally eat lunch and hang out.
We went to the first half of the soccer game and then decided to go get bubble tea.
Pineapple-Green Tea with tapioca pearls and jellies. I recommend it.
When we got back to campus, Casey (whose new nickname is Queso) needed to get stuff from Brok's truck, and Brok wanted to see our house (specifically the crawlspace).
While we were standing the the Oakwood/Slater parking lot, Keelan joined us.
Queso was giving Brok a tour of the house and Kevin, Keelan and I were talking about dinner.
I told them that I had made lemon bars
WHAT!?!
Lemon bars are Keelan and Kevin's favorite dessert. That fact was enough to make my day.
YES! They'd be well-received!
And to make me really nervous. Like I said before, I had never tried to make lemon bars before, so I didn't know how they'd turned out.
It was my Great-Grammy Swanson's recipe, doubled.
The ended up being pretty delicious, albeit not very lemony.
I'll adjust that next time.
Anywho, we got back a little before 6:00, so I had an hour to put the pizzas together, cut the lemon bars, prep the salad, change, and do a quick-clean of the living room and my desk.
I looked very cute for my very first dinner party.
And we had a great time.
But I need a new pizza crust recipe.
I am so thankful for new and old friends and for food and for laughter and for living in a house with a full kitchen and for my Great-Grammy Swanson and for Ben Rector and for soccer games and for bubble tea and for busy Saturdays that I can now look back on and smile.
Oh yeah, and I am now Auntie Hope. Like, AWHN-tee.
Yeah. I'm thankful for that, too.
1 comment:
Thanks for the run-down of your day and evening. I see another dinner party in your future. And, I'll send you a new pizza crust recipe.
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