Can't Blog - Cooking

This weekend is Bruce's 56th birthday, and I'm busy getting a couple of meals together.

Tonight we have a light eater coming over, so the menu will look something like this:

• one small steak of some sort
• oven roasted potatoes with rosemary
• beans cooked in browned butter with almonds

And for dessert, probably just some fresh fruit and nice chocolate.

Tomorrow we have a small crowd coming for brunch, so the menu's a bit more elaborate. 

There will always be bread, pickles and olives on the table, to accompany 

• gaspacho for the first course 

and, for the second course

• green salad with fresh wild blueberries and fresh peaches
• smoked salmon with capers etc.
• cold lobster and Alaskan King crab legs

Guests will graze on these nice things for the time that it takes the third course, a

• cheese souffle 

to bake in the oven.

Because this is a birthday party, there will be 

• Chocolate-Orange Carrot Cake

for dessert. 

In case you're wondering, I won't be serving Cronut burgers. 

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Here's a picture of the Kinsol Trestle, a lovely spot on the Transcanada trail we visited when we were in Victoria.

Thanks for reading! Have a great week!

Karen