Dinner...

To celebrate getting furniture, Ingrid and I had dinner last night with two friends, Lee and April. I did the cooking and made things familiar to anyone who has been around me lately: stuffed mushrooms, the Huachuca special (toasted french bread, prosciutto, basil, avocado and tomato), spinach and shrimp salad w/ almonds and vinaigrette and the seven dollar pasta (but this time I marinaded and grilled chicken to put on top using the Italian beer marinade that Yolonda told me about). I tried taking pictures, but only two came out (possibly due to wine consumption) and only one had visible food in it. The good news is, the one that came out is the first new thing I've cooked since I started posting pictures and telling you all about my gastronomic adventures...dessert! I got these cool dishes at Ikea that are single serving casserole type dishes. I put pre-made biscuit dough on the bottom, sliced sweet banana on top and baked them. Then I drizzled caramel and powdered sugar on top with a scoop of vanilla bean ice cream too. I think next time I'll use berries or peaches instead of bananas, but it turned out well...and, Lee taught me about the "flower" function on my camera which is used to take up close pictures. See the difference below...