March Dinner Club

Drum roll please.....
Sunshine Cheesecake!!!

Topped with candied oranges:
So perty:
Garnished with mint:
Kaija & Dean brought Spring Rolls for an appetizer:
It was Nikki's first taste of a spring roll (she loved it):
Bruce & Nellie hosted. I love the character of old Duluth houses. We realized all 4 couples live in 100 year old houses!
Nellie put together a beautiful table setting:
while Bruce worked in the kitchen:

Dinner was Cha Xui Pork and a veggie salad:


The food was delicious! The pork was very tender and the veggies complimented the dish very well. There were Thai birds eye peppers in the salad... holi canoli!! It was by far the spiciest pepper I have ever tasted! That's the beauty of dinner club... trying new things! We also had Wasabi Mashed Potatoes.
Dessert was obviously Sunshine Cheesecake. Everything pared together very well and no one left disgustingly stuffed. For drinks we had some Chinese beer, Sake & Sauvignon Blanc. So fun!!

All the couples obliged to a photo.
Henry & Nikki:
Dean & Kaija:
Nellie & Bruce:
M&M:

Our streak of good eats continued into the week.
We've had gorgeous weather and so Mikey fired up the grill on Monday night for some grilled chicken:
Homemade blue cheese dressing:
on a bed of mixed greens, avocado, red peppers, red onions, cucumbers & tomatoes:
On Tuesday night, the cooking continued. I came home from class to a fragrant house due to the making of Pork Lo Mein:
The Pork Lo Mein included marinated pork, cabbage, shitake mushrooms, sambal, green onions, garlic, ginger, special Lo Mein sauce and fresh noodles. I was in charge of preventing the smoke alarm from going off! A lot of the cooking takes place at high temperatures and our smoke detector is right by the stove so the heat sets it off.
I've never had "fresh" Lo Mein noodles so this was quite the treat!

Anna has hung out in the kitchen quite a bit lately. Who can blame her?