My good friend, Jen, organized this spectacular girls' outing! We all met up at her house before dividing into groups to scavenge the city for ingredients to make a spectacular dinner! Ultimately, there were eight of us, so we divided up into three groups... appetizers/sides, main course, and dessert. I ended up doing desserts with Karen and Wendy, so we ended up having a great time running around and catching up as we went.
After the hunt for ingredients was complete, we headed to Kiss Z Cook up in Carmel to do the cooking/baking. This was such a great idea on Jen's part because there's no way we could've done all this in anyone's kitchen - needed lots of counter space, and multiple ovens! It turned out great because we all brought our own twists and talents to the meal.So the meal? Yum!! For appetizers, we started with some basic bread with various spreads, and then some stuffed dates wrapped in black forest ham!
Wow! Then for dinner, we had TWO styles of pork loin, one stuffed with blue cheese and topped with a cherry reductions, and one with a mango/avocado salsa.Our sides consisted of sweet potato ravioli and roasted veggies, consisting of turnips, carrots, and brussel sprouts. Finally, for dessert we baked up a strawberry rhubarb crumble. With vanilla ice cream, of course!We were all so stuffed by the end and everyone was raving about everyone else's dishes. We pretty much instantly this needs to become a regular thing, maybe once and season or so. And maybe we'll even figure out a way to do in in the comfort of someone's home. No matter what, though, it's a great time!
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