Italian Night

Well, last night was the second installment on our international cooking adventure. Rachel was in charge. She is a great menu planner and scoped out lots of possibilities on FoodNetwork.com. , She chose bruschetta with Gorgonzola cheese and honey, lemon spaghetti, and homemade pizza. She also wanted to make chocolate bread pudding, but we already had some leftover cookies so we opted out of that one.



Almost everyone enjoyed the appetizer bruschetta, but Jared wasn't too fond of the "Gorgonzola spice" that was in the cheese. I personally thought it was divine and ate way too many. Ryan, Sarah, Maren and me all liked the pasta, but Rachel and Jared thought it was too tart. And it should be no surprise that everybody liked the pizza. We played those pretty safe and made pepperoni and ham/pineapple. Wow, was I full after all that good stuff.

We all worked in the kitchen together and had a good time making all these fun dishes. It was pretty sweet because Jared was trying hard not to say he didn't like some of the food, because he didn't want to hurt Rachel's feelings. We had to make a declaration that it's okay to not like some of it since we're all trying new things. I wonder what he'll think when he finds out what Gorgonzola spice really is?