Our friends, the McAferty's, invited us to their house for dinner on Friday. There was a little
twist and a
challenge! The
twist was that we were having an
"Iron Chef" type experience. Well, maybe not
exactly like it , because we all made our dishes at our own homes. The
challenge was the
"secret ingredient". Everyone was to make their assigned dish using the ingredient:
Chocolate!
What could be better?
Here are the dishes:
The Appetizer: Judy made a delicious dip made out of
chocolate, sour cream, & honey and served with fresh fruit.
The Salad: I made a fun recipe called "
Snickers Salad" Yes, that's right...there are
Snickers candy bars (thus the
chocolate) cut up in it and it's delicious! (The presentation was much better before we started serving but I forgot to take the picture first!...still new to blogging!)
The Main Dish: Jackie made a wonderful
"Mole" (
mow-lay...a type of sauce that uses
chocolate for part of the ingredients) served over chicken breast, with amazing brown rice (Dan made the rice), tortillas, and garnished with green onions, and my favorite avocados.
The Dessert: Lori made a scrumptious "Chocolate Souffle" as the finishing touch.
This is Lori introducing her dish (we each introduced/explained the recipe...but again, I forgot to take pictures while everyone else was introducing their dish)
After dinner, we played a hot round of couples "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?"
The McAfertys...
The Sloans...
The Hamblins...
Thanks to our "hosts with the mosts", the McAferty's! We had a wonderful, fun evening!
P.S. This was so much fun we think there will be other nights like this to follow...you may get a call!
You know when something major happens and you remember exactly where you were when you heard the news? I remember being with a bunch of friends when another friend at home sent a text telling us the Bashas by our neighborhood would be closing. We were all in shock and disbelief. It was hard seeing it close.
We all remember seeing each other there and visiting. We used to count how many people we'd run into late Saturday nights on our "milk run" or early in the morning buying food for our kids going to camp or on a school field trip. I used to "car pool" with my friend to go grocery shopping...just for the fun of going! I liked the convenience of parking close, knowing where everything was in the store, and not having to go thru unnecessary isles of promotional items. I liked that the cashiers, managers, and baggers knew me by my name and were friendly & smiled!
We were told there was another Bashas just a few miles away and we could make that our new Bashas. So, I gave it a try. I honestly tried to make it "My Bashas" but low and behold, they closed that one down a few days after this trip.
A few weeks after they closed this Bashas, they went into Bankruptcy or some "reformation". Now, they've closed the Bashas in Page (don't worry, Safeway's up there still delivers to the houseboats). It's sad to say goodbye to all "My Bashas"!
