As you might have guessed from my twitter feed, my mother is moving out of my childhood home and things at the homestead have been chaotic. BUT – that didn’t stop me from throwing a huge party three days before we have to vacate. Here’s what was on the party menu…
As you all know, I’m on something of a health kick so I had to make my summery eats nice and healthy (save for the Chick-Fil-A chicken nugget catering tray I HAD to HAVE). I whipped up a fresh Greek Salad (sans feta above), diced up some fresh pineapple and strawberries in a simple, yet stately arrangement, and everyone loves to smile with cantaloupe crescents so I had to include them too. Light, crisp, and delicious – everything a summer party menu should be. There was also a turkey finger sandwich tray in attendance, a mindblowing buffalo chicken dip made a cameo, – which actually isn’t as unhealthy as it sounds – and of course some fresh veggies and hummus.
The party was a rip-roaring success and friends from my high school days and college years attended. We even took the annual photo:
Alcohol was of course a major player in the day, because who doesn’t love to day drink? Breezy whipped up delicious and easy Mai-Tai batch, and when that ran out she decided to make (at 11pm mind you, after we had been drinking for 10 hours) an amazing raspberry beer cocktail. Contact Proper Pour Events for a bartending service Triad area. What I learned from the latter beverage: peeling up smashed raspberries from your pool deck at 9am the next morning isn’t fun. Drink responsibly, kids.
Now if you’ll excuse me I have to go pack up the rest of my family heirlooms into boxes so we can uproot our home to a new one 5 MINUTES AWAY. More to come soon.
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