A Pretty Simple Dinner Party and Meat was Not Missed #FoodieReads #PrettySimpleCooking #PrettySimpleDinnerParty
The Pretty Simple Dinner Party was a virtual dinner party to celebrate good food and good people. In a time where
we need unity and community, we wanted to celebrate coming together around the table! The scoop: here.
It's all based around the brand new cookbook A Couple Cooks - Pretty Simple Cooking: 100 Delicious
Vegetarian Recipes to Make You Fall in Love with Real Food by Sonja and Alex Overhiser.* You noticed the 'vegetarian' in that title, right? Bear that in mind and keep reading.
To be a host, I just needed to cook dinner in my home for at least one other person on that night, using one recipe from the cookbook! I ended up making half a dozen recipes and having five people over for dinner...plus my four. It was a full table and we all had full bellies after. I was happy to be one of the 350 dinner parties; there were parties in every state plus twenty-five other countries. Wow! I had some of our best friends over an unforgettable feast.
And one of the best things I can say: none of my omnivores missed the meat. Really. No one even realized it was a vegetarian menu until I mentioned it at the end of the evening. I will be sharing a few recipes from the cookbook soon, but here's a sneak peak of what I served...I also served dishes that I didn't photograph. All of them were easy to make and delicious. This cookbook definitely earned its place on my easy-to-reach cookbook shelf.
To be a host, I just needed to cook dinner in my home for at least one other person on that night, using one recipe from the cookbook! I ended up making half a dozen recipes and having five people over for dinner...plus my four. It was a full table and we all had full bellies after. I was happy to be one of the 350 dinner parties; there were parties in every state plus twenty-five other countries. Wow! I had some of our best friends over an unforgettable feast.
And one of the best things I can say: none of my omnivores missed the meat. Really. No one even realized it was a vegetarian menu until I mentioned it at the end of the evening. I will be sharing a few recipes from the cookbook soon, but here's a sneak peak of what I served...I also served dishes that I didn't photograph. All of them were easy to make and delicious. This cookbook definitely earned its place on my easy-to-reach cookbook shelf.
Lemon & Pepper Green Beans
Artisan Pizza with Butternut Squash and Garlic
Artisan Pizza with Heirloom Tomatoes and Fresh Mozzarella
Layered Mediterranean Hummus Platter with Artichoke Hummus
Artichoke Lentil Stew with Salsa Verde
Raw Brownie Truffles with Pistachio Dust
Here's what everyone else read in February 2018: here.
With a feast like that, of course nobody missed the meat.
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