Fun, fun party!!
I didn’t really keep track of my eats tonight. I just enjoyed myself, ate until I was full, drank a few and stopped with I was starting to feel it. A very moderate night, but also a very fun night 🙂
We spent the afternoon polishing my grandmother’s silver…
And cutting out paper hearts…
…Setting up candles
And then Nate arrived with valentine’s cards, conversation hearts (my favorite!) and a bag full of Trader Joe’s goodies! (Our party was pot luck which was so much fun!)
Boys assembling platters –
Nate’s artichoke dip –
Veggies + hummus
The. Best. White. Cheddar (Vermont, from TJ’s) with caaaashi crackers (Hi Kate!! We missed you!) and corn crackers –
MY OTHER RECIPES
Our contribution to the evening was a Smoked Salmon Mousse. Easy as pie to make and quite delicious, although a bit too salty. My only adaptation was that I used lite sour cream. It gelled perfectly.
Plus a bunch of toasted GH bread in the form of crostini
I also made this Red & White Salad – Mixed Greens, Strawberries, Red Pepper, Craisins, Feta + Raspberry dressing (Annie’s) on the side – for some green!
Amanda + Justin brought Wild Mushroom Risotto – best mushroom risotto to date!
And Diana + Dan brought these delicious Chocolate Brownie Cupcakes with Pink Frosting!
Tablescape
We also made POMtinis!! This was a casual mixture (meaning I don’t really know the proportions) of POM, vodka, chambord and seltzer. Delish!
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I took the night off from photo journaling – it was too hard to photograph every bite while we were standing and chatting!! Here are the highlights, with a bunch of bites inbetween (and a heavy emphasis on crackers + cheese!)
“Main Course”
Some white wine (champagne glasses are so fun – and the portions are smaller!)
A virgin POM drink, half empty –
A touch more – plus I had a few red wine sips –
Dessert –
Plus a few bites of the husband’s White Chocolate Cherry Babka!
The V. Crew
Ladies Night
We love Nate!
The house is now put back together, and to all a good night!
2nd best KERF post ever! Second only to ‘Oatmeal at Nate’s house ‘post. Perhaps I’m biased.
Lovely recap…your photos look awesome! Loved the pomtinis and everything else, of course. Thanks again!
🙂 Diana
What a fun night!
What a great night! Good eats all around!!
Wow! What a great party!
Those cupcakes look adorable!!
You said you stopped “with” you were starting to feel it. I think that means you didn’t 😉
Envious of your beautiful, decadent evening! Thank you for sharing the awesome descriptions and photos!
Your place looks fantastic!
What a FUN FUN FUN night!!!! Y’all did such an amazing job with the Valentines theme/set up! Beautiful! 🙂
I have to agree that that cheese is SO good 🙂
If anyone wants the risotto recipe, I used this one from finecooking.com: http://www.finecooking.com/recipes/wild_mushroom_risotto.aspx I quadrupled it for the seven of us but probably should have just tripled it…
Hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend!! Thanks for having us!
love all of the candles and the hearts on the door!
such a healthy night – the spinach dip looks really good.
What a fun Valentine’s potluck Kath. Loved the little cupcakes your friends brought. Sounds like a success!
White chocolate cherry Babka – I’ve only seen chocolate or cinnamon Babka during the Holidays. Ugh, I want some now – too good!
Cutest cupcakes EVER!!
So fun!
All the food looks delicious – but those cupcakes with the hearts on top have my mouth watering!
what a decorator you are … brilliant party atmosphere!
and there is NOTHING better than crumbly white vermont cheddar, cheese, drool ….
glad you enjoyed yourself!
looks like such a fun night! I love all the candles!
What a cute night with an amazing spread of food! Just like you I didn’t stress about food, I just ate intuitively. I think it’s working so far 🙂
Looks like you had a fun and relaxing night with good friends and great food! I much prefer staying in to eat then going out, esp. on a busy night like Valentine’s!
Everything looks great! My mouth watered when I read: “White Chocolate Cherry Babka” Mmmmm
What a fun night!! Everything looks delicious!
What a wonderful evening!
i adore your house and your spreads and your parties!! they always are so put together and perfect, and I love that you don’t do all the work and that friends are always bringing something new and different!! (mushroom risottO…. nice! and TJ’s cheese- so cool!)
the veggies with hummus, crackers and cheese, and different dips look SCRUMPTIOUS…….and your vday decorations are so cute.
HAPPY SUNDAY KATH! hope it is relaxin for ya!
Is that the TJ’s hummus quartet I see?! Haha
Oh my gosh – everything looks perfect!
i love all the paper hearts everywhere…so pretty. great party!
Wow, your party looks like a lot of fun! The food looks amazing too!
Such a fun post!!!
What a wonderful spread of food and a great way to spend Valentine’s Day!
Your evening looks so fun Kath! You put on some super cute and nice gatherings!
Thank you everyone!!
Sarah (lovINmytummy),
Perhaps…
Amanda ,
Thanks for the recipe!!! We had a great time too.
K
What a cute party! And those cupcakes looks/sound amazing…brownie cupcakes?! Yum!
Kath, your shoulders look buff! The yoga is working! My arms/shoulders are also lookin’ good from yoga.
Thanks Jennifer 🙂
It looked like a great night. I love the heart cut outs!
I’ve just found my way here via The Chic Life and have to say it looks like a wonderful party!
I had no idea what POM was, so I googled , as you do, and found the fabulous POM website! I should have guessed given the whole Pomegranate Juice week. Then I had to look up chambord as I’ve never heard of that either, well I guess you girls have had your fruit portions lol Sounds great, love the idea of raspberry liquer.
everything looks delicious! do you by any chance know how your guests made that wild mushroom risotto? It looks really good, and I’ve been having trouble finding a good recipe.
Looks like a great evening. Mushroom risotto is one of my favourite dishes – the best one I had to date was at an Italian restaurant in Prague. Yum!
I love how colorful your home seems to be!
Everything looks absolutely delicious! What a GREAT party!!! Bravo, Kath! 🙂 🙂