Great Lunch from Laura

More pictures from my trip to Dartmouth, hope you guys aren't tired of them yet!  The last two posts I have are all about the food though, so they should be right up your alley.  We were very lucky to have Laura Lenart, a personal chef serving the Woodstock and Barnard areas of Vermont, cook lunch for us.  She did such a great job, everything she made tasted amazing.  Plus, she was so nice and accommodating!  If you live around the area, and need personal chef services make sure you look her up, you'll thank me! 

I snuck a couple pictures of the food while she was cooking.  Although I wasn't sure how she was going to put everything together I was still pretty excited to try everything.  She had some homemade tomato sauce simmering on the stove.

She also had shrimp cooking on the stove.  Yum!

Laura cooking up her fine meal!

First course was shrimp with pasta and tomato sauce.  She used flaked red pepper and it gave the dish a kick.

Next was a salad with fruit and feta cheese.  I'm not sure what the dressing was, seemed kind of like a balsamic vinaigrette, but better. 

Main course was chicken and vegetables.  She had pre-grilled the chicken before she brought it over, so I'm not sure of her secret, but it tasted amazing.

This was the dessert Laura brought over, I couldn't wait to dig in.

Waiting in anticipation as she plated slices of the cake...

Chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting.  It was rich and I couldn't stop eating it.

And you better believe I ate every bite!  

Thanks to Laura for a great lunch, hopefully I will have the opportunity to try her cooking again soon.  If any of you have the pleasure of tasting her creations, I'm jealous, but I'm glad you got to enjoy it as well! 

Happy Hump Day! 

Big Green

I wanted to share a some pictures from my trip out to Dartmouth to see my brother graduate.  It was a great weekend filled with family, memories, and some new friends.  I was so happy I was able to go and see him graduate into the real world, although I did try and convince him to stay in college! "They never listen..." ;)

My Mom, through one of her many connections, found a house for all of us to fit in for the weekend.  Suzanne, the owner, rents out two houses on her property in Woodstock, Vermont.  Please take a look at her website by clicking here.  My Mom first found Suzanne because she was looking to do a walking tour around the Woodstock area, and that's exactly what Suzanne does.  The houses are both beautiful and the views are beyond words, even in rain.  Suzanne joined us for lunch the first day I was there, and was a great addition to the group.  I encourage anyone who's thinking about taking a trip out east to check out her walking tours and accomodations. 

My Grandma and one of my Aunts from my Mom's side, as well as both my Grandma and Grandpa from my Dad's side were able to all be there.  It was so nice to have us all under one roof, as it doesn't happen very often.

The house was very pretty, and had a ton of nooks and crannies to be explored.  I really loved this old barn door that led to my room.

My Mom arranged for a personal chef to come in and make us lunch.  Much more on that to come (oh my god, the food was so amazing.)  Here are her and my brother as we're about to eat!

My brother's hockey frat held a "BBQ" for the graduates and their families.  The reason why I have BBQ in quotations is because apparently that means white table clothes, linen napkins and salmon, which to me is not a true BBQ, but they're east coasters so I let it slide ;) 

More pictures to come...