Last night’s dinner was”¦ wait for it”¦ legendary. We had 17 people for dinner! That’s a lot of food!
Mal and I were invited to spend the weekend at Ashley’s aunt’s house in Vermont. Ashley also invited a bunch of her friends from New York City and a few blog friends, including Theodora, Leslie, Melissa, and Meghann, to ski, snowboard, eat, drink, and be merry.
Mal and I (and Murphy) arrived just before dinner was about to be served. Good timing, huh? 😉
Dinner preparations: Cutting garlic bread for Ashley. Drinking Bourbon County for me.
On the menu:
Homemade garlic bread.
Farfalle with a Creamy Mushroom Sauce <— I lovveeeed this dish!
Roasted veggies.
And Ceasar salad, Pasta Primavera with shrimp, and Baked Ziti with sausage.
After dinner, it was time for dessert: birthday cake for Theodora!
Happy birthday, Theodora!!! 
Frosting!!!
The night concluded with games and laughing hysterically about such things as “chicken boobs,” “hot meat for three,” and “happiness is like a bowl of eggs.”
Good times.
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Homemade garlic bread is da bomb! Sounds like a special time with friends…gahhh, I think I need to get out more!
OH ME, OH MY! All that food looks sooooo delicious :D. I totally wish I could eat all that ahhhh! You’re eating like kings 😉
Sounds like an awesome time!! And Murphy got to go!!
Will you post the recipe for roasted veggies??
Jess 😀
I love big group dins!!
That farfalle looks fabulous! Do you have the recipe by any chance?
Looks like such a fun night! Enjoy your weekend:-)
Good food and good friends (both old and new) almost always equal lots of fun! Have a great weekend! 🙂
That house is AMAZING. It looks like so much fun, and I definitely want to recreate my own version of that mushroom farfalle dish. Love it!
what a fun night!
What a fantastic party house! And so awesome that Murphey was allowed to be included in all the festivities!
Love some homemade garlic bread! I like it so garlicky that my mouth burns and my fiance refuses to kiss me for days.
“Chicken boobs” reminds me of an ex-boyfriend (who, coincidentally, was a total psycho) who called chicke breast, “chicken boobies.” It made me laugh, even though he made me run away. haha.
That looks like such a good time and Murphy looks like he enjoyed himself too 🙂
Looks like a great time 🙂
With amazingly delicious food! I wish I could throw a party like that.
How utterly wonderful! People can jsut be amazing sometimes 😀
LOL to these:
“chicken boobs,” “hot meat for three,”
And i am glad it’s YOUR blog, not mine, that has those words on it. haha! Nothing like some fun google word searches to bring the freaks a ‘knockin over to visit your bloggie. lol.
Ok so 17. I think i would have a heart attack. It freaks me out to cook for more than like 6. At least it doesnt seem like you were cooking for all 17 🙂
mmmmm cake with ice cream. Okay nix the cake, eat the ice cream- now that is what I’m talking about 🙂
That looks like so much fun. Great kitchen for entertaining.
Oh wow! All the foods look so delicious! Especially the garlic bread 🙂
I am having 20 people over for tea tomorrow and I have sandwiches and cupcakes to make and I am so excited to spend time with all the wonderful people.
Oh look at all the FOOD!!! I’m starving right now!!
Looks like a carb-a-licious fun fest….perfect skiing fuel!
Wow that looks like good food (especially the garlic bread). At first I thought you made a sit-down dinner for 17. I was going to say holy cow that’s a lot of pressure! The most I’ve cooked for as a sit-down dinner was 7. That was hard.
i love that mushroom pasta! Me and my flatmates make it all the time!
Looks like you’re having a fabulous time! Pooch looks like he’s having fun too. I want to cook in this amazing kitchen…..
That mushroom pasta looks soooo tasty!
What a fun night! I think a group that size would have fun playing Apples to Apples. 😛
Those garlic bread loaves look epic!