It's Monday morning, and I am back on the bandwagon!

My discipline slipped a bit this weekend. We had Chipotle and Armand's on Saturday. Also, I couldn't resist a weekend trip to Patisserie Poupon in Georgetown. I had heard that it was the most authentic french bakery in DC. They didn't have pain aux raisin (the reason I went), but they did have amazing poire crossaints!

Recipes from this weekend:

The party was a ton of fun, and the food turned out great. Here are some of the recipes:

Mango-curry shrimp salad in wonton wrappers. I used green curry simmer sauce and Mango ginger chutney from Trader Joe's. Using those ingrediants, I would probably cut back on the mayo next time around. Who needs mayo with such other tasty ingrediants to hold the salad together?!

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/MANGO-CURRY-SHRIMP-SALAD-IN-WONTON-CUPS-105651

The cherry chocolate chip cookie recipe came from this months' Bon Appetite. I will post it as soon as it is available on-line.

And here's the crab dip. Simple, and a hit every time. Feel free to use way more old bay and tabassco than the recipe calls for!

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/HOT-CRAB-DIP-233213

Not Eating Out in New York

I recently discovered the blog "Not Eating Out in New York." This woman is brilliant! And disciplined... I am not so disciplined, but her blog inspired me to cancel my dinner reservations for this week and put my time and financial resources into preparing an awesome spread for our house warming party on Friday night. The summer-themed menu will include: Fruit kabobs, Peach salsa and gaucamole with assorted chips, Hot crab dip, Mango shrimp curry in wonton cups, Cherry chocolate chip cookies, and Lemon-berry cake.