Cooking Club III

Last weekend we had our third round of Cooking Club. If was Jeff and Jenny's turn to host and they did a great job. The food was all very good even if Cran and I did chop for 2 hours straight. :) Brent was gracious and stayed home with Mikayla that night due to some issues she was having. Cran asked Cari to sub in and be her date for the night. Thanks Cari! I think unofficially the theme for the night was mangoes - and as a bonus Jenny's baby was the size of a mango that week too. Perfect. All the recipes were from a cook book they got on their trip out east.

The night started off with cocktails/mocktails called Mango Bellinis.


The hors d'oeuvres was plantain chips with mango pomegranate guacamole (This might've been my favorite of the night. soooo good!)


The first course was the one Cran and I made and consisted of julienne chopping MANY ingredients. They were delicious though. Spring roll salad with green apple-mango vinaigrette


For the main course we ventured into seafood. Jenny is the only one who's had experience making scallops. This dish was very rich. Shrimp beurre blanc atop pan-seared sear scallops. Served with long grain rice and vegetable confetti.


The evening rounded out with chardonnay poached pears served with a raspberry sauce.


All in all a success. I've uploaded all the nights pictures.