THIS PAST SUNDAY WE HAD SOME OF MY FAMILY OVER FOR AN EARLY DINNER. I DECIDED TO MAKE GNOCCHI FOR THE FIRST TIME. ALSO ON THE MENU WAS EGGPLANT PARMIGIANA AND STUFFED PEPPERS, ONIONS AND TOMATOES. I ALSO MADE THE ORANGES WITH BALSAMIC VINEGAR AND PEPPER AGAIN. FOR AN APPETIZER KAREN MADE HER HOMEMADE PIZZA. I HAD TO MAKE THE BASIC TOMATO SAUCE FOR THE EGGPLANT. I MADE THE SAUCE AND THE ORANGES EARLY IN THE MORNING BEFORE CHURCH. AFTER CHURCH I STARTED PREPARING THE INGREDIENTS FOR ALL THE DISHES. IT WAS LIKE IRON CHEF AMERICA! WHILE I WAS MAKING THE GNOCCHI DOUGH I HAD SARAH PREPPING AND ASSEMBLING THE EGGPLANT. KAREN WAS HELPING ME WITH THE GNOCCHI. YOU CAN MAKE THE GNOCCHI AHEAD OF TIME AND KEEP IT REFRIGERATED BEFORE ITS READY FOR THE SAUCE. AS I WAS ROLLING AND CUTTING THE GNOCCHI, KAREN WAS DROPPING THEM IN THE BOILING WATER AS FAST AS I COULD MAKE THEM. AFTER WE MADE THE GNOCCHI I STARTED ON THE STUFFED VEGETABLES.
ROLLING THE GNOCCHI
STUFFED PEPPERS, ONIONS AND TOMATOES READY FOR THE OVEN
SARAH PREPPING THE EGGPLANT
KAREN TENDING TO HER PIZZA!
DAVE, JOAN AND MY DAD AND MOM
EGGPLANT OUT OF THE OVEN
MYSTERY GUEST AND ?
STUFFED PEPPERS, ONIONS AND TOMATOES OUT OF THE OVEN!
GNOCCHI IN THE PAN WITH SAUCE
GEORGE, MYSTERY GUEST, BETH, JOAN, DAD AND GEORGIE
the pasta was most exquisite
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