For this meal,we prepared for the cold winter in front of us by preparing a classic Winter Meal. We made an endive Salad with fancy greens, walnuts and cranberries, goat cheese, maple vinaigrette, and “Turkey Pasta” (turkey cut into long, thin strips). The maple syrup vinaigrette was so good! You could almost eat it without the salad. Our main course was a Shepherd’s Pie (with ground lamb, carrots peas and mashed potatoes). For dessert we made an Apple Tart. We used puff pastry and then layered apples that had been tossed with brown sugar, cinnamon, and butter. We also were lucky to host Laura, an OPERA singer, for dinner. She liked the maple vinaigrette too.
Mom’s note: the kids used their new knives tonight for the first time. Please beware! Most of us don’t have that sharp knives (I certainly don’t) so new knives (or just sharpened knives) are much quicker to cut through everything (including little fingers) so be careful.
Endive salad and shepherd’s pie.
Peeling potatoes for shepherd’s pie crust
Peeling More Potatoes (into our compost bag)
Group chopping of carrots
Sauteeing onion and carrots for shepherd’s pie
Adding lamb to onion and carrots
Alex’s turn to sautee
Adding peas…ready for mashed potato topping
Shepherd’s pie fresh out of the oven
Puff pastry apple tarts…before the puff!
Finished apple tart with whipped cream. Yum!
With our guest, OPERA Singer, Laura Krumm!!!
