For now at least, I am burnt out on the idea. We will definitely revisit it in the future. Both Carlos and my dad have requested that we continue - in some frequency, if not once a week.
Week Seven was a greatest hits package: Carlos made his Cabrese Salad, while I revisited a Pasta with Shrimp and Sun Dried Tomatoes dish that I've made in the past for our monthly family dinners. (The first Monday of each month, my mom, dad, sister Christine, her girlfriend Karlie, Carlos and I get together for dinner, rotating houses.)
We had our friends over - the same crowd as Week Six minus Jason K. plus Debbie and Bart.
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I could tell that Week Eight was going to be the last week for awhile when I decided to serve Jambalaya - from a box of Zatarain's mix instead of from scratch. Carlos served a simple salad of baby spinach, strawberries, cherry tomatoes, nuts, and cranberries. Odd sounding but very tasty.
Jason S. brought the same delicious bread he had brought before. Debbie brought a dessert. Julie brought a huge home-made cake! We only ate about 1/4 of it Wednesday night. Carlos and I are still working our way through it.
Jason K. and Bart were unable to attend.
The last addition was my mom. (I invited my dad too, but he was out of town.) As Carlos describes her, "She's a character." I'll do a separate post one day soon with some stories about her.
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The Cooking Challenge nights are on pause for now. We hope to start them up again, maybe in January.
I still want to tackle French and German food. I'd like to have my dad attend one of these. I'd like to have Christine and Karlie in the mix with our friends.
Until then, Bon Appétit!
2 comments:
wow, jambalaya from a box...and you admit it. I know what you mean; real cooking is a lot of work!
I'm stating the obvious, but your mother is, well, something else.
Seriously, she needs her own tv show. :)
Anyway, I very much enjoyed myself! Thanks again.
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