I hosted my first dinner party a few weeks ago with Lori and Shaq, and tonight I had my second.
Linds and Jonna drove over from Laramie to hang out and eat some grub. Jonna hadn't seen my apartment since I moved in - and Linds hadn't seen it since the addition of my living room rug - so it was fun to show them how the place has changed.
We had a roast chicken, sweet potatoes "fries," and a new recipe: asparagus with balsamic brown butter sauce that was an absolute disaster.
The directions call for adding a balsamic mixture to a pan of browned butter, the process of which completely exploded all over my stove and walls - sort of in the manner of a fireworks show. There were little explosions and splatters at first that rose to a grand finale of sprays and bursts before I could move the pan from the stove.
On top of that the recipe sucked. I will not be making that again.
However, I made another new recipe for dessert: Glazed Lemon Buttermilk Cake that we topped with mixed berries.
And that totally made up for the asparagus...
Wow, I wonder what made the butter explode like that. The cake looks wonderful, and I like your cake plate, too. I'm sure you all had fun, though. Jonna and Linds, wish we could have seen you while we were there.
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