February 10, 2014 Dinner Party at Palmers Sautéed Rib Eye Steak, Roasted potato wedges, steamed Broccoli and Asparagus, Béarnaise Sauce, Salad and Red Velvet Cookies and Ice Cream

February 10, 2014 Dinner Party at Palmers Sautéed Rib Eye Steak, Roasted potato wedges, steamed Broccoli and Asparagus, Béarnaise Sauce, Salad and Red Velvet Cookies and Ice Cream

As often occurs when we eat dinner with the Palmers we end up with two dinners as neither Susan nor I are particularly good at menu control and both end up cooking overlapping parts of dinner.

Tonight was no exception.

I wanted both salad and asparagus and Susan agreed to roast potatoes and ended up cooking broccoli also.  

So we had three green vegetables.  Aside from that dinner, was great. Susan sautéed thick Choice rib eye steaks we had bought at Costco in butter and thyme and garlic and steamed asparagus and broccoli while I made a béarnaise sauce and made salad with Cesar salad dressing.

Susan also served cheeses and lax and cream cheese for appetizers. We took a bottle of a silver medal winning Coteaux de Langedouc ($7.99 Trader Joe’s).

Susan made wonderful red velvet Butter Pecan cookies with a Duncan Hines boxed cake mix, pecans, butter.  We ate them with Blue Bell vanilla ice cream and Susan's freshly made chocolate sauce.

So it turned out to be such a food feast that I got only four hours of sleep, although I thankfully was able to see the episode of Downtown Abbey I had missed from 2:00 to 4:00 a.m.

Bon Appetit