After 3 1/2 days in bed with the flu (oh such BAD memories of chemo), yesterday I celebrated my first extended day out of bed by visiting Dr. Sanity then we went to a dinner party. The regular FWF group had been invited to another couple's house for dinner. They have a place in Lincoln as well as in Healdsburg so we don't seem them often.
It was the usual you bring this, you bring this, etc. Since I have been crowned Queen of appetizers I made appetizers. It was the same stuffed brie I'd made a couple of weeks ago except I couldn't find 1 big brie in town so I bought 2 small ones. I stuff them with basil, shallots, sundried tomatoes and walnuts. Then wrap them in puff pastry and bake for about 20 mins. 1 turned out perfect, the other (in my mind) a catastrophic failure. It had leaked most of the contents out onto the cookie sheet. Chase, mr food himself, just scooped in up, plopped the leaked contents on top of the dough and problem solved. It actually looked really good that way. And tasted delicious.
I was relatively certain I wouldn't be eating much because I'd hardly eaten anything all week. My appetite returned with a vengeance!
But what really got me was the after dinner drink Limoncello .
Oh my goodness, the stuff is addictive! And fortunately for all of us Bev and Chase have a lemon tree that is ALWAYS loaded, experimenting here we come.
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