Last year’s culinary homage to ‘Babette’s Feast’ gets a revamp with tonight’s planned Mexican dinner party with Suzie and I preparing a multi-course meal that is markedly less extravagant than our previous endeavor.
To inspire and help us prepare, we went out to a Mexican restaurant a few weeks ago, where we laid out our initial menu, brainstormed ideas, and had a horchata and mockarita. (Neither will end up making the cut, as we’re going easier on ourselves and just picking up some Mexican soda at the store.)
Instead, simplicity and abundance are the orders of the day, with a menu including the following, all made from scratch:
~ Salsa roja
~ Salsa verde
~ Guacamole
~ Carnitas
~ Arroz roja
~ Enchiladas in a verde sauce
~ Mexican wedding cookies
Bowls of avocados and limes, and bunches of cilantro to boot. We’re frying our own tortilla chips too!
