Last night I decided to prepare a special holiday dinner for me, myself and I. Before I went out for my walk I took a chance. I plugged in the Christmas lights which were still in a wad by the table. Maybe the house would catch on fire, but it would be worth it in case it didn't and I could walk back in in the dark and be surprised by the lights.
The jog was great. It was cold and windy. I listened to my Beatles Pandora station. I ran into Anne and Peter. I filled my pockets with stones and glass.
I got back and was greeted by a twinkling pile of lights, and no smoke from house fire.
I had planned my mostly-Trader Joe menu before I left:
Wine
$5.95 bottle of Prosecco Sparking Wine
Appetizers
One of John's chocolate chip cookies
One Trader Joe's The Art of Chocolate/A selection of beautifully crafted Belgian miniatures (keep going until I get to the peanut butter one)
One ginger snap left behind by Tom (Perfect for Those with Glutin Sensitivity)
Small bowl of candy coated chocolate covered sunflower seeds for good health
One dark chocolate covered Espresso Bean
Main Course
One Trader Joe's Maryland Style Crab cake on toasted bun with tartar sauce and Romaine lettuce
10 Baby carrots, pre-peeled
Dessert
Small slab Gethsemani Trappist Kentucky Bourbon Chocolate Fudge
Leftover coffee from breakfast
Music
Yo-Yo Ma / Songs of Joy and Peace
The only problem: I discovered the crab cakes were supposed to have thawed for 24 hours before cooking–and they were frozen solid. So I was forced to change the menu midstream to Trader Joe's Authentic New Mexican Chicken Chile Verde over rice. But still I would call the evening a resounding success. So much so that I wasn't even able write about it until this morning.
10 comments:
Such a haunting photo above...
And I thought it was cheery!
I love the wad of lights.
Nice meal you had there! Is the Chile Verde good? Someone just gave us a two pound box of See's soft centers. I love See's but not the soft centers, but don't imagine I can trade them in.
Who on earth would do that to a sunflower seed? Never mind why.
Most Sincerely, Love my junk food but really
Stray: They remind me of Lee. Remember how she used to just take the lights out of the box and plug them in still in the plastic holder?
Sally: The Chile Verde was really good. If I had a box of See's Nuts & Chews, I'd trade you.
Anony: Wha..Wha... What? Candy coated chocolate sunflower seeds don't appeal to you? But they're all colors.
Oh how divine! Be careful with the lights. A friend of mine did that...and left them there all year and would plug them in on a whim! Dinner parties especially. People would drape them over themselves as they sat on the sofa or if they were standing near the pile they'd put them on their heads while they talked and drank. Ho Ho Ho.
Too bad they don't have battery powered lights- they'd make a fun scarf!
The chocolate covered sunflower seeds sounded odd to be too, but then I thought There's chocolate covered peanuts, why not chocolate covered sunflower seeds?
I used to live across the street from Trader Joe's. Fun place. Maybe I appreciate it because I remember when pre-prepared food involved peeling back tin foil to expose the mashed potatoes...
LOVE the wad of lights. EVERY year, I carefully take the lights down from the tree and fold them in nice rows for next year. But when next year comes around, they are in a wad. ALWAYS.
nice,
eating like a bird, that's the way...
yum all those different tastes to savor...and YoYoMa!
were the carrots cooked?
xo
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