Christmas Gathering

Invited to a friend's house for Christmas dinner, I brought the non-green salad, more of a relish tray really. It included capers, spiced black and green olives, fire roasted red peppers, sun dried tomatoes, an apple cranberry chutney, pickled mushrooms, bread & butter pickles, and an eggplant appetizer. It fit in well with the French inspired menu that played out dish by dish...

Mushroom Cap hors d'oeuvres
Cheese platter
The non green salad
Squash soup
Marinated mushroom & tofu stroganoff
Oyster sauce over noodles
Green Beans
Green salad

Then homemade cookies and chocolates for dessert.

We were three families enjoying a fine and very filling dinner together. All the kids played beautifully together and we adults enjoyed the cozy and warm atmosphere with plenty of wine, great discussion and laughter.

How blessed we are.