[cheebacheeba]

Uh, I dunno about the BEST stuff I've ever made, it's ALL pretty good - but I'll give u a rundown on my last dinner party?

For entree's , we had some grilled turkish bread with garlic and corriander, & a fresh vegetable platter:
*Red and yellow capsicum (u call 'em bell peppers I think)
*Zuchini
*Whole yellow grape tomatoes & roma tomato wedges
*Spanish onion
*Cucumber
*Lettuce
*finely sliced garlic
*sliced carrots + celery
*Mixed olives
*Danish fetta cheese
With my own home-made guacemole & REAL (can't tell u what's in this one...secret) red wine vinegarette.

I guess you could say for starters, we had oven baked pre-marinated thai red curry chicken wings, & thai fish cakes with a couple of (yet again home-made) dipping sauces.

For the main meal, we served Indian, all made from scratch in our case, but I'm sure some good jarred stuff would be almost as good, my girl and I are just way too into our cooking...

We had spicy chilli pappadams, steamed saffron rice with cloves, cardammon and green sultanas over which was served a mild lamb korma (with kangaroo), and a butter (mekhan) chicken sauce with mixed steamed vegetables. On top, we had some peices of oven baked pre-marinated spicy tandoori chicken (thighs as I recall), with lemon juice and a corriander & basil garnish.

For dessert we made chocolate puddings with caramel cages and chocolate/orange sauce served with a side of sliced yellow kiwifruit and strawberry, on top of which was whipped cream, and my own fruit dressing made outta fresh mint, lemon juice, a touch of frangelico & cointreu, brown sugar and passionfruit (this one is so good, I don't mind giving it away), I ground some fresh nutmeg & cinnamon over the top too.

Sorry not to keep it simple, but I'm sure you'd like it.

- B.