{"id":2000,"date":"2011-10-07T22:07:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-07T22:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themrscaseyann.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/07\/the-dinner-guest"},"modified":"2011-10-07T22:07:00","modified_gmt":"2011-10-07T22:07:00","slug":"the-dinner-guest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrscaseyann.com\/?p=2000","title":{"rendered":"The Dinner Guest"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dinner parties. We’re still hitting our stride…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The evidence: A meal that consists of very disconnected side-dishes and tons of protein. IE: a delicious lemon-pepper chicken, accompanied by black beans, roasted potatoes, mushroom risotto, sausage, and a broccoli\/carrot dish that came out 25 minutes late that I shamelessly gobbled up as everybody else was already full.<\/p>\n

Then we ate ice cream.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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There’s nothing\u00a0wrong<\/i>\u00a0with this meal (it’s food people!) but I would love more “flavor harmony” that rolls together, say, like two cinnabuns<\/a> doused in sugary frosting packed into a glass dish cause they’re tight like that!<\/p>\n

Um…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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All this to say that I’m going to start posting dinner party ideas. I have like a thousand<\/i>\u00a0more on my Pinterest<\/a> and dog-eared through my cookbooks, but I thought I’d jot this one down first…<\/div>\n
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Mexican Slow Cooked Pork Carnitas<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
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Via Skinnytaste<\/a><\/div>\n
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The Meal<\/i>:<\/div>\n
This pork<\/a> made in crock pot in AM<\/div>\n
Corn tortillas (I love TJ’s)<\/div>\n
Lime<\/div>\n
Avocado<\/div>\n
Roasted Salsa<\/div>\n
Cilantro to taste<\/div>\n
Blue-corn chips, roasted corn and some beans on the side<\/div>\n
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The Beverage<\/i>:<\/div>\n
Pellegrino & Cranberry juice<\/div>\n
\u00a0Limes or Mint for the fancy people<\/div>\n
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The Dessert<\/i>:<\/div>\n
Strawberry-Rasperry Sundae<\/div>\n
(like this one<\/a>, sans the sugar)<\/div>\n
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The Game<\/i>:<\/div>\n
Mexican Train<\/a>, of course!<\/div>\n
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Happy three-day weekend! xoxo, CM<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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