Happy New Year

We rang in the new year with a wonderful home-cooked meal, including two new-to-us recipes, so of course we had to take photos and share them here.

We started with one of our tried and true favorites: pork cutlets with mustard cream sauce. While we've made it many times before, this time we used much thicker loin chops and, without being too boastful, we cooked them to perfection. I don't know if we can do that again, but we did it on new year's eve. They were tender and delicious. 

Next came a new recipe for us, courtesy of Ellie Krieger's new book, Comfort Food Fix. Scalloped Potatoes Au Gratin. The potatoes stole the show (until dessert). Tender, creamy and delicious. Garlic and thyme infused the dish and added a touch of elegance. We cut the potatoes in our Cuisinart using a blade we'd never used before, decreasing the prep time immensely. We think part of the reason the dish was so great--aside from the recipe--was that the potatoes were cut so evenly. 

Asparagus rounded out the meal, simply roasted with olive oil, salt and pepper.

The pièce de résistance, that I'm still patting myself on the back for, was our key lime pie. I'd never tasted key lime pie until about a year ago, but it was love at first bite. The tanginess of the lime is so refreshing after a meal. Add to that the comfort of a creamy filling that's wrapped into a graham cracker crust, and you've got yourself a dessert worthy of recognition. Having never made a graham cracker crust before (it's so easy!), let alone an entire key lime pie, this was a gamble on new years, and it turned out amazingly well. I truly felt like an accomplished home cook after this meal, and the dessert was half the reason why. 

Homemade whipped cream.

Wishing you a happy, healthy new year!!

**The only recipe I can link to online is for the key lime pie. Here it is. Enjoy.**

Comments

[Cindy]

That pie looks delish!

[Maggie]

Thank you--it was!