Fallen Souffle

I know you all have been on the edge of your seat waiting for this review. Well Evan finally got the pictures off of his camera so I am now able to enlighten you as to the goodies we had at our party.

We decided to keep things simple by having a “make your own sandwich bar” which proved to be quite popular. We got a variety of meats and cheeses as well as tomatoes, lettuce, bacon and some mustards and mayos. We also cleaned up our panini press so people could toast them. I thickly sliced some white and wheat bread from the bakery and let people create. Who knew something so simple could be so good!

I also made a potato salad, that was nothing too special but I did use my garlic mustard aioli from Trader Joe’s…yum! I think that and the use of real 100% fat mayo made the dressing awesome. I was going to add hard boiled eggs and bacon but got lazy and decided to keep it simple.

The night before I cooked up some soft pretzels. These were so easy to make and so darn good! It was actually a Sandra Lee “Semi-Homemade” recipe, the first of her recipes I have used because it didn’t involved any of her weird flavor combinations. They are amazing right out of the oven but they held up nicely for the party the next night by just popping them in the oven for a bit to toast up.

Soft Pretzels

1 loaf frozen white bread dough, thawed
Flour, for dusting surface
1 egg, beaten
1/2 cup coarse salt

1. Divide dough into 14 pieces. On a lightly floured surface, roll each piece of dough into a 16-inch rope, and then form into a pretzel shape. Transfer dough to the refrigerator until ready to boil.

2. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

3. In a large pot, bring 4 quarts of water to a boil. Add pretzels, 3 at a time, and cook until pretzels rise to the surface, about 2 minutes. Remove and drain on paper towels. Arrange pretzels 3 inches apart on buttered sheet pans. Brush with beaten egg. Sprinkle with coarse salt. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until browned. Serve with a grainy mustard.

We had a great time hanging out with all of our friends and sampling all of the goodies everyone brought. I honestly didn’t watch too much of the game because I was too busy socializing, but the outcome of the game was good and Grey’s Anatomy was intense! (I love that show!)

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