Friday October 6, 2012

Dinner for 12

Japanese Illusion

Oysters with Wasabi Granita & Pickled Ginger

Sushi - Teriyaki Chicken, Carrot and Cucmber Rolls

Hearty Miso Soup with Spinach

Teriyaki Salmon Fillets

Chicken & Vegetable Yakitori

Japanese Beef Rolls

Japanese Rice

Green Beans with Miso Dressing

Asian Hot and Sour Slaw

Toffee Apple Roll with Sesame Ice-cream

It is Canadian Thanksgiving weekend.  A time when my husbands family all gets together in one location to celebrate.  Last year we hosted the group of 68 at our home.  As I had already been doing Friday night dinners at the time, just not blogging about them yet, I invited anyone who wished to come to join us for dinner.  It was a huge hit with those that attended.  This year some people had to travel by our city to attend Thanksgiving so I put the word out that anyone who wanted to could stop in for dinner on their way.  We had 8 takers and including my husband, myself and our two oldest children we had a total of 12 seated around our table,  plus 2 little snackers that came in and out of the dinning room.

Some of these dishes I have made before and some were new to my repertoire.  I really liked the Teriyaki Salmon Fillets.  They were super easy to prepare and very tasty.  They will become a regular meal in our house I am sure.  Unfortunately in all the chaos of seeing people you don't get to see very often I totally forgot to take pictures of the food.  It was fantastic though.  There is nothing I am more thankful for than my wonderful family and I am always happy to share food with them.

Sources: Hearty Miso Soup and the Asian Hot and Sour Slaw were from Nina Simonds book Simply Asian Meals
All the other recipes were from Taste (an Australian cooking magazine website)