Well I guess you could say I fell off the blogging bandwagon there for awhile. It happens. Don't get me wrong. I've still been cooking and eating well these past two months. I suppose I was just too distracted by, well, all of life's little distractions to blog about it. Or perhaps all of the cooking was really more of a distraction from the distractions... There's something to think about!Either way, I've been meaning to get back on track, and finally this weekend presented the perfect opportunity: My Next Food Network Star premier party. When I was home in Buffalo a few weeks ago and first saw the promo, I couldn't believe that it was time yet again for the show that brought us Guy Fieri, Aaron McCargo Jr and Melissa d'Arabian. So I sent out all my invites and started the menu planning.
I'm big on themes for this sort of occasion. Recall, the Next Iron Chef premier where everyone had a secret ingredient to cook with. I thought better this time of imposing any restrictions on my guests, so figured I'd just come up with my own guidelines. And then the perfect idea hit me. I would make a recipe from some of the former winners.
Anyway, here we go again! Without further ado, here's what I came up with.
Melissa d'Arabian's Salmon Cakes: The recipe does not include a dip, but I whipped up a simple mayo one with the ingredients that go in the salmon cakes (mayo, dijon, onions, bacon grease and lemon).
As it turns out, Guy's got some pretty tempting recipes, so I rounded out the menu with these two little quickies.
Ginger Carrot Soup Shooters: I put my soup in little plastic shot glasses so guests could easily eat them. I have to say I wasn't a huge fan. A little too overpowering in its pine nutiness. I tried to give it another layer of flavor with some roasted red bell and jalapeno peppers. And as a garnish, I did a little swirl of honey on top.
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