We've got a chili rubbed elk roast in the instant pot...will deglaze with a dark ale to make gravy...served on garlic mashed potatoes. Big winter greens salad with tatsoi, spicy mustard greens and pea shoots. Cheers!

PS - love your pears and cheese idea for desert. Lovely.

Karaage. Served with a sauce made from mayo, soy sauce and sriracha.
Cucumber salad and steamed rice with stir-fried pea pods and mushrooms on the side.

One of my fav questions to foreign cooks I meet "How do you fry chicken?" Almost the entire world does it, there are some fantastic variations out there!

I gotta tell you though I would fry chicken for a week for just one plate of the elk roast! YUMMM

Just kidding.

We're sitting in the mountains watching the sunlight fade away while munching on black caviar from a shop in Brighton Beach, (great selections and very inexpensive). We have all the accessories: minced red onion, chopped hard-boiled egg, capers and toast.

Dinner will be chicken marsala over fresh angel hair pasta with a green salad.

We still have some tiramisu from a dinner party last week.

We chowed it all!

Source--{I cut this in half}
https://www.food.com/recipe/easy-chinese-corn-soup-168745.

I also added some cooked shredded chicken


INGREDIENTS
Nutrition
2
(15 ounce) cans cream-style corn
2
(14 1/2 ounce) cans low sodium chicken broth
2
eggs, beaten
2
tablespoons cornstarch
1?4
cup water
1
(10 ounce) can corn niblets, drained (optional) or 1 cup frozen corn kernel (optional)
salt and black pepper


DIRECTIONS
In a saucepan combine the creamed corn and broth; bring to a boil over medium-high heat.
In a small bowl or cup whisk the cornstarch and water; add to the simmering corn soup and continue to cook for about 2 minutes or until thickened.
Gradually add the beaten eggs while stirring or whisking the soup constantly.
Add in the corn niblets (if using) and heat though.
Season with salt and pepper.
Serve and enjoy

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We had plenty of pizza left, as well as some tidbits from the appetizer platter.


Dad & Sis got turkey meatloaf w/ herbed stuffing and mushroom gravy, and steamed brussels sprouts



Oh, and we had leftover birthday cake for dessert