Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Secrets of Italian Cooking

Saturday evening the girls and I spent our 'Girls Night Out' at the Minicks house! The Minicks are an Air Force family that spent a lot of time over seas in Italy. Mrs. Minick graciously offered to let us come over for an evening of Italian cooking! She had us divided in teams to begin working on all the steps for an amazing Italian feast!

One of the main things that we had wanted to learn how to make was a traditional spaghetti sauce. The secret: lots of garlic and TONS of extra virgin olive oil!

Trying to get the wine open....

Now the party can get started! :)

Now what Italian meal would be complete without one of life's greatest pleasures...TIRAMISU!?!


























Looks pretty good huh? It tasted even better! We made a caprese salad with tomatoes, fresh buffalo mozzarella and basil, Traditional spaghetti, sauteed vegetables in an Italian vinaigrette, and chicken in wine with lemon and rosemary......

It all looked SOOO good!

We had such a wonderful time just sitting and laughing and eating to our heart's content! The food was out of this world, the wine was flowing, and the company is always fantastic!

We ended the evening with delicious Tiramisu and a bottle of my favorite Moscato!

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