Easter hangover

April 6, 2010
Test lunch #10
Tasters: Lisa and Mr. H

Menu:
Bowtie pasta salad with ham and peas
Citrus salad
Granola bite
Chocolate
Recipes, notes and feedback:

Salad: I made up the recipe! 1 bag bowtie pasta, cooked, 3 green onions, chopped, 1/2 cup chopped celery, ~8 oz frozen peas blanched in pasta water, 1 1/4 cup chopped ham. Dressing: 1/2 c sour cream, 1/4 c. mayo, 2 T apple cider vinegar 1 clove garlic, pressed, 1/4 c chopped parsley, salt and pepper. Unfortunately this wasn't very good. It tasted very vinegary the night it was made but by the time lunch rolled around it was really, really bland. Some oregano and more lemon juice/vinegar might have helped along with more salt and garlic. Still, it was boring.

Citrus salad: From the farmers' market: pommelo, navel orange, tangerine, Cara Cara navel, ruby red grapefruit all cut away from the membranes. Six pieces of citrus barely made five servings of salad so this was a pain to make. Biscuit and I loved this. Mr. H wasn't a fan of the tart citrus.
Granola bites: Recipe from King Arthur Flour but made in a mini muffin tin. I overbaked them but they were still yummy. Mr. H thought the meal was too carb heavy. A half recipe made about 15 mini bars.

Chocolate: Everyone got 2 chocolate eggs. I'd baked so much for Easter I had a sugar/baking hangover.

Other accomplishments:
Getting better at photographing food
Made the entire meal, start to finish for 5 people (including Biscuit) in 1.5 hours. Including packaging and label making it was about 2 hours but still a record.

Goals for next week:
Figure out if I want to continue this.