Grating celeriac

[klwilliams]

gormflaith, learnteach, and acanthusleaf all came over for dinner tonight. I haven't had a real dinner party before, except for making spaghetti for the godchildren. I actually cooked real food and everything. The menu was:

roasted chicken (I didn't cook this; I bought it pre-roasted at the grocery store. I have roasted chickens several times before, though, and I knew I wouldn't have time to do it myself.)
steamed broccoli (dead simple, and fast)
carrot and beet soup (This is the soup recipe I first tried a couple of months ago, and it was delicious this time, too.)
carrot and celeriac slaw (This was absolutely delicious. I got the recipe from the cookbook Chaz got me for Christmas. Yummy.)

In fact, the other first tonight was eating celeriac, aka celery root. I hadn't even seen one before this past weekend, or at least I hadn't recognized it if I had. I grated both the celeriac and the carrots and combined them with mayonnaise, crushed mustard seeds, and lemon juice. Yum.

Plus, it was tons of fun having cool people over to hang out and talk. I'll have to do this again soon.

Comments

[maryosmanski.livejournal.com]

Sounds like it was a wonderful meal!