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On the menu:
Seafood Quiche
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(By the way- these napkins are really teal- they look very green in these pictures.)
Green Salad with Pear and Walnuts
Grilled Chicken
Rolls
Lemon Blackberry Cake
Here is what the Quiche looked like.
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It had shrimp, scallops, crab, and lobster. It was the first time I've ever made a quiche (maybe not the best idea when it was one of the main dishes). It turned out O.K.- the texture of the egg was a bit too dense and I actually cracked the pie crust a little so some egg ran out between the pie plate and the crust. But it tasted good. (Anything with that much seafood in it was bound tot taste good I guess!) It's definitely one I'll make again and keep trying to perfect.
And the pretty salad my husband made.
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The other new recipe was the Lemon Blackberry Cake.
I started with a boxed lemon cake mix. I made what should have been two tiers (in a round cake pan) into four thinner layers. The only other changes I made to the directions on the box was to substitute apple sauce instead of oil and add the zest from one lemon. I cooked it at the temperature specified on the box but for less time (about 14 minutes).
Once each layer was cooled I squeezed a little lemon juice on the bottom layer and spread blackberry jam over the top. I did the same lemon juice and jam for the next layer, and the layer after.
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Then I placed the fourth layer on top...
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and frosted the entire thing with a lemon frosting (store bought, and a pretty yellow color).
If I hadn't run out of time I would've decorated the top with a bit of lemon peel cut into a curl and a few fresh blackberries. It was yummy, even if it was sans decoration.
Here is what it looked like on the inside.
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I was also really excited about spring-efying the napkins, with a little rubber stamping but that didn't make it to the table either. Best laid plans and all...but I got scatterbrained once I start running late.
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These are just paper napkins stamped with fun spring motifs and waterproof ink so it doesn't run when if the napkin gets wet.
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Oooooh... the cake looks delicious!
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