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September Family Dinner

9/13/2012

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    Once upon a long time ago our friends and some family had a tradition of family dinners.  It was a wonderful tradition with lots of good food, good wine, and lots and lots of laughing.  I decided as we are entering into autumn that I needed to bring this tradition back so that I could make new memories of warm kitchens full of friends.  
       So last night was the reincarnation of the family dinner.  After a little debating on the theme and what was in season right now, I decided on Red and Round.  Everyone brought their own take on a dish that included either apples or tomatoes. 
 

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      I have to say that I really get sick of my own cooking and the flavors that I familiar with.  This is a great way to try some other flavors and other people's creative uses of the same ingredient.  We ended up with chicken parmesan, a beautiful green salad, caprese salad, barley salad, grilled ham and cheese sandwiches with tomato soup, fantastic cocktails, and a homemade apple pie a-la-mode.  Let me just say that I was impressed with evereyone!  Unfortunately I didn't grab pictures of everything. 
 

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My husband and I decided to make Chicken parmesan.    I had never made this before, and was expecting it to be very difficult, but since my husband did most of the cooking, it was easy for me!  You toast your own breadcrumbs, season them just to your liking, and bread your own chicken.  Bake, add sauce and cheese, and bake again. 

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My adorable sister got very creative! She mimics one of our favorite cocktails from Red Rabbit downtown.  It includes vodka, ginger beer, apple cider, and fresh apple slice as a cap, and freshly ground cinnamon sprinkled on top.  She found all these fun creative ginger beers and Nugget and was off and running!  After Whitney and Dana adjusting a few of the trials they were just right!

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      So if you want to have everyone over,  but you don't want to cook for everyone, this is the way to do it!  I have no doubt that the October dinner will be even more festive with pumpkins and fall foods everywhere.  Start your own family dinner and send over the pics!

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