Day 117 and recipes 100, 101, & 102

Today was a homerun with three great hits. What a meal!!. Everyone was asking for seconds and thirds. That is always a good sign!

Loren and his Swedish fiance were here for dinner. Since Loren is somewhat of a vegan connoisuer and Maja had traveled all the way from Sweden, I had to make a very special meal and Bill's book came through for me again.

We started with the Green Summer Salad (pg 38). It was so beautiful to look at that I took a photo and will send it on to you tomorrow. This was one of the best salads I have ever eaten. Everyone had seconds and we cleaned the platter. For the greens
I used mesculin greens that I had planted in the garden. They were so fresh and pretty.

Next, we had Spaghetti Squash Casserole (pg 139). Have you ever tried Spaghetti squash? Bill's method of cooking it is so easy. You just put the whole squash in a pot of water and boil it for 45 minutes. Pour of the water and let her cool slightly and the skins just pop off. What a great tip that is.

The rest of the recipe is easy to prepare and easy to serve as the spaghetti squash is baked in a casserole with all the other vegies and topped with bread crumbs. It rated a check ++ from all. It was so good. Even after all five of us had seconds, there was enough left over for lunch tomorrow.

I will tell you about recipe #102 (the dessert we had) tomorrow. Oh, my gosh, my mouth is watering just thinking about it. Its worth buying the book for this alone.