Black and White and Yummy

Just settling down after our Pre-Halloween festivities. It was a fun day. Love when friends gather and provide feedback that makes my party planning and effort so worth while. Love all the oohs and ahhs as friends and family look around. So here's a little recap of the festivities.

As was mentioned in an earlier blog post, we went with a black and white theme inspired by Edgar Allan Poe and The Raven. Little touches here and there that pulled it all together.

Let's begin with today's menu.

Appetizers - J.Shields

Appetizers:

Cheese and grapes (simple fair presliced cheese and grapes)

Lemon Pepper Cheese Balls (a mix of alouette and cream cheese with lemon pepper rolled into balls)

Roasted Red Pepper Hearts (marinated roasted peppers cut in half)

Main Course:

Main Course Table - J.Shields

Black Bean Salad

• Black beans
• Cannelini beans
• Safflower oil
• Vinegar
• Salt
• Lemon Pepper
• Artificial Sweetner
  

  Refrigerate overnight

Tell-Tale Heart Salad

• Romaine Hearts
• Roasted Red Peppers
• Mozzarella balls
• Hearts of Palm
• Artichoke hearts
• Cranberry vinegrette

Raven Wings

Was going to cheat and order wings. Realized they may cause a health issue for a family member due to an allergy. So I made them from scratch.

Saute oil and minced onion

Braise chicken wings in the oil

Season with seasalt and lemon pepper

Prepare BBQ sauce (oil, minced onion, garlic pepper, brown sugar splenda, apricot jam, pomegranate jam, ketchup and white wine vinegar.)

After sauting add to the BBQ sauce and boil.

Refrigerated the wings overnight. The day of the party I simmered the wings in the sauce in a crockpot to serve warm.

Black and White Pasta

• L'Antica Madia Farfalle (black and white striped)
• Alfredo sauce
• Tomato sauce

Backbone Sandwiches

• Turkey sandwich roll-ups ordered from Costco

[insert picture of food table]

Desserts:

Oreos (black and white of course)

Cupcakes orders ½ chocolate with white icing and ½ yellow with chocolate icing

Candy Buffet (mounds, ghost peeps, blood orange dots, tootsie rolls, hershey bars, hershey cookie and cream bars, mints, chocolate eyes, tootsie roll minipops, and black and white lollipops)

Lady fingers

Soon I will have another post with some of the decorations and other preparations. But after all the festivities, I am a bit overtired. Time for a rest.