Good Food and Great Friends

Posted February 19, 2012 in General

Last night we had another vegan potluck, and wow — best turnout ever! And if I may say, best food ever? I’m pretty certain that everyone stuffed themselves silly and the majority of us went back for seconds or thirds. And when a berry crisp made a late appearance, there was a collective groan before everyone rose to grab a serving. I think I’m going to need a copy of each of the recipes … especially the lasagnas. I don’t usually say things like this, but OMG YUM!

Ty and I opted to bring our favorite macaroni and “cheese” recipe, which he ended up making, and a batch of my current favorite food in the entire world: soft pretzels. (I really wish I could take credit for those pretzels…)

I spent the majority of yesterday baking and doing dishes, due to the fact that we were also going to be attending a James Bond-themed cocktail party after the vegan potluck, and I’d promised to make pretzels and “crack cookies” — I mean chocolate chip cookies — for that. So, two batches of pretzels and a double recipe of cookies later, I’d fulfilled my baking commitment, Ty was finishing up the macaroni, and we were ready to go.

So we made some new friends, caught up with old ones, and generally had a good time at both events. Unfortunately, Ty’s down for the count today, with what appears to be the flu. Poor guy — he’s feeling so rotten. I wish there was more that I could do, other than wait it out and hope his fever goes down soon. I put the word out on Facebook for everyone we’ve had contact with recently to shore up their immune systems. I sure hope nobody else has caught it — we mingled with 50+ people yesterday.

On a positive note, I have to say, it’s really an awesome feeling when you arrive at a party, whip the covering off a bowl of some tasty thing you’ve made, and half of said food item have already been removed from the bowl before you can even set it down on a table. Especially when someone has a pretzel in one hand and a cookie in another, and can’t decide which to eat first…