You Can't Win Them All!

Well, even the best of us have flops of a meal and I definitely had one this Saturday night! We had friends over. I was very excited to have these particular friends over because my girlfriend had recently had major surgery and my purpose was to get her and her family out of the house. . .change of scenery. . .a great meal. . .well, at least they had a change of scenery!

I made what I thought to be a simple undertaking. . .vegetable cerviche for an app, roasted potatoes, roasted asparagus with Parmesan and Florentine stuffed chicken wrapped in prosciutto. Dessert. . .double layer vanilla cake stuffed with whipped cream and raspberry preserves and topped with sugar and shaved chocolate. Now, doesn't that sound good??!!

Vegetable cerviche. . .DELICIOUS!
Asparagus. . .mushy. . .almost unrecognizable. . .and the parm cheese I topped it off with could be lifted off in one lacy layer all at once.
Potatoes. . .crispy. . .not roasted. . .OVER-roasted. . .almost empty on the inside. . .you KNOW what I mean!
Chicken. . bland. . .boring. . .white. . .dry. . .shall I go on?
Dessert. . .DELICIOUS!!

So, if we had just stuck with the appetiser and dessert and just forgot about the mess in between, we would have been fine. Our guest politely went on and on about how great it was to be out. . .and how great it was to not have to cook. . .and how well the kids were behaving & how much fun they were having. . .the were very. . .POLITE! To my gracious & very dishonest friends. . .I owe you one! I won't be posting any recipes from this weekend. . .better luck next time!