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You are here: Home / Lifestyle / Grande Finale

September 13, 2008

Grande Finale

After lunch we headed to a wine tasting at The Wine Shop at Foxcroft, one of our favorite wine locations in the area. It was a bit awkward having the camera follow us in, but we ended up making friends with another couple who was at the tasting!

I had about four 1-ounce pours –

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The Layer Cake was especially good, mostly label influenced 🙂

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Once home we had some downtime to relax before our evening started. We had His and Hers drinks – but she had a few sips of his 8)

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Our day of filming ended with a big bang – a few of our friends over for dinner. We had an AWESOME time!!!!!

Cockail hour I had a very small pour to start me off (trying to keep it light until dinner)

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And He had a Manhattan, which I sipped off of –

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Dinner table –

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We made a scrumptious baked pasta dish: Whole wheat penne, ground sirlion (90% lean), mushrooms, zucchini, red pepper, sun-dried tomato, goat cheese, red pepper flakes & cheddar on top. It was all cooked and tossed together and then baked just so the cheese on top melted.

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Kate brought a salad (thanks!!!!) to help us out. Arugula, greens, walnuts, cheeses and cranberries – perfect!

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Plus the husband’s homemade rolls –

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My plate –

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Plus a roll that I forgot about –

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And wine pour #2

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Seconds!! Mostly salad, some pasta.

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The girls all split a Pumpkin Ale, brewed locally here in NC – Cottonwood! My favorite beer from college.

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And Amanda and I split another after a while –

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And then came dessert!!! Coconut Muffins. Er, cupcakes!! They are really more like cupcakes with icing!  They were good, but I think they dried out a little.

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Wine pour #3 (small!!)

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Justin is quite the home brewer!! He made a dark beer, the Gingerbread Pirate Ale, and a root beer. I had tastes of both, and both were excellent!! The husband has plans to brew with him in the morning 🙂

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And ended with one more splash. One of those nights where I should have just had 2 full glasses to make things simpler!

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Thanks so much to our friends for coming!!! We had a great time 🙂

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And thanks to Marsha and Dave for putting up with us all day long!

I sure hope I didn’t drink too much……. I’m planning to sleep in, run, make a delicious breakfast, and study ALL. DAY. LONG. Ugh.

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  1. Biz319 says

    September 13, 2008 at 10:24 pm

    What a great day!

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  2. madison (follow my weigh) says

    September 14, 2008 at 12:18 am

    wow the dinner looks really good! must have been an interesting day to have cameras following you around =)

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  3. Toni J. says

    September 14, 2008 at 1:23 am

    tell matt to post the cheesy roll recipe!! they look so cute and perfect (not to mention delicious!)

    i hope we get to see this footage someday… i’d love to watch “a day in the life of” !

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  4. Christie says

    September 14, 2008 at 5:08 am

    Whata great pasta dish… I think it is great to showtail how you can make healthy dishes just as easyily that taste just as good, and just use a few substitutions. I often do this when I go to parties or have poeple over because you dont need to tell them what they are eating and then when they do find out it is healtheir they are more apt next time to try something that way!

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  5. VeggieGirl says

    September 14, 2008 at 7:11 am

    Your coconut cupcakes/muffins look sooo scrumptious – YUM!

    Enjoy your restful Sunday!

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  6. jenna says

    September 14, 2008 at 7:30 am

    ooh my gosh, I LOVE LAYER CAKE!!!!!! I cant find it anywhere here though..you are lucky! 🙂

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  7. shawna says

    September 14, 2008 at 8:20 am

    Looks like a great day! And the food looks delicious. I’d love to give that Layer Cake wine a try!

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  8. JenP says

    September 14, 2008 at 8:25 am

    Do you think you could post the baked ziti recipe? It looks DELICIOUS! Thanks!

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  9. Erin says

    September 14, 2008 at 8:26 am

    That pasta dish looks delicious. Any chance you can share the measurements, or did you just throw it together and not measure anything?
    Your life is so fun!

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  10. Foodie (Fab and Delicious Food) says

    September 14, 2008 at 8:34 am

    I second the request for the baked ziti recipe! It looks absolutely delicious! (as do Matt’s cheesy rolls, but I think I saw him say he would post the recipe – yay!) If you could post the ziti recipe when you have a chance, that would be great!

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  11. Kinder says

    September 14, 2008 at 9:01 am

    Looks like it was an exciting day for you. Dinner looks delish. I think I need to start baking bread, your hubby has inspired me (=

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  12. Sidi says

    September 14, 2008 at 9:35 am

    I would be dead tired after such a day. Filmed, taking pictures, hosting a dinner party. Congrats guys!

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  13. Andrea says

    September 14, 2008 at 10:04 am

    I loovvee pumpkin ale! I get so excited for fall just for the pumpkin ale and also pumpkin ice cream. 😀 The home brewed gingerbread beer sounds awesome. Was it nice and spicy?

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  14. Bridget says

    September 14, 2008 at 10:18 am

    Hey I have a bottle of that Layer Cake wine I picked up at Trader Joes…might actually have to crack it open soon!

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  15. Bev says

    September 14, 2008 at 10:24 am

    ok I know you hate this but where did you get the candles ? Your dinner looked fabulous. Have a great Sunday 🙂

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  16. Grounded Fitness says

    September 14, 2008 at 11:21 am

    you should have taken a picture of the camera people following you around, so we could see what it was really like. thats what i wanted to see.

    just getting peeks of it from the pics, your house is gorgeous. it reminds me of a pier 1.

    www.groundedfitness.com

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  17. Glory says

    September 14, 2008 at 12:31 pm

    I love Layer Cake – I just polished off a Zinfandel last week 🙂

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  18. Kath says

    September 14, 2008 at 1:36 pm

    Baked Pasta Estimate,
    12 whole wheat penne, cooked
    8 oz lean sirloin, cooked
    Pint cremini mushrooms, some chopped sun-dried tomatoes, 1/2 red bell pepper, 1 zucchini, 1 garlic clove, S+P, red pepper flakes, all cooked in skillet
    Combine cooked elements in a large bowl. Stir in a 4 oz log of goat cheese until melted. Pour mixture into baking dish and top with shredded cheese of choice.
    Bake at 350* for 10-20 minutes – as long as you need and until cheese is melted.

    Bev ,
    I’m pretty sure I got them from Pottery Barn on sale last fall.

    caitlin (seebriderun),
    Plates are actually some strange brand that karen got us for Xmas one year, but I’ve seen similar ones at tons of stores.

    K

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  19. caitlin (seebriderun) says

    September 14, 2008 at 1:15 pm

    looks like you had quite the weekend.. and by the way, those white dishes are so amazing on that beautiful table! are they PB?

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  20. Erin says

    September 14, 2008 at 6:14 pm

    Thanks for sharing!

    Reply

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