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Dinner on a dime…

Totally kidding. But seriously, I’ve actually COOKED dinner for the last several nights. I don’t know how to act with TIME in the kitchen… last night, I made gardein chick’n scallopini on angel hair pasta with this DELICIOUS saucy stuff. It had sauteed onion & garlic, diced tomato, basil, kalamata olives and green olives, capers, artichoke hearts, spinach, and “mama sug” flavor!! It was SO good. Seriously, it tasted JUST like chicken!!! And WOW. It was GOOD!

Tonight, I browned butter and crushed some almonds, roasted the almonds, and placed salted, peppered, and paprika’d flounder filets in the sautee pan on the crunchy nuts. We had the flounder with left-over angel hair (plus pesto) and lemon butter broccoli.

What has gotten into me?

I’m really enjoying LIFE. It’s refreshing to have a life outside my day-job. I’m humbled by my luck to have beautiful babies, a fantastic life partner, and a job that takes care of me and gives me time for the things that matter most. I don’t feel worthy, but I’m thankful constantly that THIS is MY life! I can’t believe it!

I had a flavorful dinner TWO nights in a row. Whoda thunk? I’m happy!

The Menu Journey Begins

I’ve deemed myself the “armchair chef” today.  I own the cloying voice that says, “No, I didn’t go to culinary school, and no, I’m not a REAL chef, but I know what I like, and this isn’t quite right… Let’s talk about this… what about this instead of that?”  or most irritating:  ”How do they do it at The Four Seasons?”

Our hotel chef and I will be working on new and improved banquet menus, and I’m certain he wants to kill me. Creating guest experiences is a personal delight of mine, and I’m pretty lucky to have the opportunity to do it for a living. What’s the WOW factor, anyway? It’s different for every group, but remains: the breathtaking moment when the planning guest enters his/her ballroom and says, “WOW!”

And I usually gasp a little – due to sheer excitement.

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