Larry and Lynda were in SoCal with the Hares for Kate's medical conferences and stayed an extra day to visit with us. How fun! We had Sunday dinner together with L & L and invited Ben's recently returned mission President, (a former Bishop of our ward), and his family to come over for dinner. Larry and Lynda were excited to meet them. The food was delish! Here's the menu:
Penne pasta with our garden sauce
Melon Fruit salad
Tomato/Basil/Mozzarella salad
homemade French bread
homemade wheat rolls
Dessert:
coconut sorbet or lemon sorbet with fresh raspberries
Dow sets the standard for the tomato/basil/mozzarella presentation. The picture here is one he made for me last summer when he was on SoCal during my 30th anniversary. I forgot to take any pics of this dinner. Too bad.
Dow's salad:
Arrange the ingredients in a large bowl/platter. For Sunday I used 2 large dinner plates that bend up around the edges, (so dressing wouldn't drip & so I could have one at each end of the table. Spray balsamic vinegar on them, sprinkle with a strong olive oil. Season with salt and pepper. That's it!
I just want to remember how we made the sauce for that penne pasta. Wow was it good! Lynda helped me adjust the spices, and as usual, Larry helped a ton with chopping and washing dishes.
Penne sauce:
Saute 5 cloves garlic in olive oil.
Saute 2 onions, diced
2 each - green, red, yellow peppers, diced
1 orange pepper (that's all I had)
throw in some chopped tomatoes from the garden
2 handfuls of chopped basil from the garden
Sprinkle the top with oregano
Add about half that much thyme
Allspice - not too much - barely a pinch. I fyou can taste it, you've added too much.
Salt and about 2 turns of freshly ground pepper
In the winter you could add some meat if you want, but it was chunky and very satisfying as it was. We poured it over 1 box whole wheat, 1 box multi-grain penne pasta.
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