My birthday

Had a group of my closest friends over for some good food and conversations. I always find that brithdays are just another good excuse to get people together. Steve and I had fun preparing all the food that morning. Unfortunately, the party ended pretty early due to the largest snowfall to hit BC in years. I have amazing friends and enjoyed spending some time with them!

On the menu:

Curry tomato Capellini
Asiago Meatballs with homemade tomato sauce
Various types of cheeses and brushetta from our local Italian deli (our new favourite store)
Bacon wrapped water chestnuts with homemade cranberry bbq sauce (note: don't bother buying fresh water chestnuts...they took us forever to peel!)
Filipino traditional sausage and pork
And of course we had a few healthy vegetables too
Cupcakes (tasty...although not as good as the REAL cupcakes) :)
Fruit platter (thanks, Rose!)
Brownies for the guests to take home

and a few good bottles of wine!