So You Think You Can Stuff?

Sunday night dinners are a regular thing around here. We go halfsies on purchasing ingredients, I generally do the cooking and, most of the time, someone else does the dishes. It's only fair. 


Some nights it's just the twos of us, the roomie and I. Well I should say the threes of us, puppy's there too but he usually doesn't get invited to the table. On these occasions we make a big one pot meal that'll last us through a couple of lunches for the week. Last week, we had beef stew. 


This past Sunday we added three more the the mix - the dancer, the Frenchie and the comedian. A fine group indeed. 


Aside from the fabulous company this Sunday night dinner was particularly fancy for three reasons.. 


First off, the Oscars served as the entertainment for the evening. The Cirque du Soliel show took the cake for me.


Secondly, our favorite guest sous chef rocked it out, as per usual and inspired the elevation of an old fav recipe into a must-have new truck menu item for Spring 2012 - GEM's Chicken Dumplings: Free-range ground chicken with ginger, cilantro and waterchestnuts - I promise, it's one of those oh-wow-gimme-more kind's of things. 


Finally, the spirit of doings things together really took of when the dancer joined the Frenchie in a fabulous stuffing assembly line of love. For an amateur cook, as the dancer calls herself, this girl got her stuff on and made some of the cutest little dumplings and she did it, fast. 

The comedian served as the photographer, the roommate made sure the habi (our pet name for habanero chilis) made it into the meal and the dog, wagged his tail. 


PS.. sorry kids, by the time we remember to photograph a finished product.... there was no more product left to be photographed. We'll getcha next time.