Saturday my parents, sister, and cousins came over for lunch.
We made a duo of cucumber salads (recipes from my friend's food blog):
http://www.duodishes...-of-two-salads/
Cooked some salmon on the grill and turned it into salmon salad:
http://www.foodnetwo...cipe/index.html
Served that with some crackers and also some homemade egg salad.
We had carrots served with black bean hummus dip and chips and salsa... that was all snacky stuff before the real meal.
Started the sit-down meal with some cold borscht (traditional Polish beet soup) - http://www.foodnetwo...cipe/index.html - it was a big hit, even with the family members who swore they hate borscht
Then we had an awesome pasta dish (thank you Giada and Erinisme): http://www.foodnetwo...cipe/index.html
After lunch, the cousins went home and Diddy's parents showed up. We let the meal digest for a few hours before starting in on dinner!
Diddy did an awesome job preparing a beef tenderloin with a garlic, rosemary and thyme rub: http://allrecipes.co...ing/Detail.aspx
It was grilled to a perfect medium-rare, and we served it with grilled corn on the cob, grilled asparagus, and the leftover beet greens sauteed with garlic, onion, and red wine vinegar.
For dessert we picked up some amazing cheesecake from Cheesecake Machismo, our incredible local cheesecake place.
oh man, what a weekend!!!!!
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