Toronto Bites: Friends for Dinner

Tonight was fun - got a chance to hang with my old (that is NOT a comment on our age by the way) friends who I went to high school with. Actually, two of the ladies I have known since grade 6! Hard to believe we have known each other so long. Unfortunately, through time we lost touch -well actually I lost touch with them during university.

But through the magic of technology, and Facebook, we managed to reconnect 2 summers ago and I am glad to have them back in my life, even if only electronically mostly and in person once every couple of years. It is true what they say about true friends - you might not see each other for a long time but with true friends you just pick up where you left off. And we did.

Here`s a couple of nice quotes about friendship before I get down to the business of cooking:

A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be. ~Douglas Pagels

Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. ~Sicilian Proverb

The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart. ~Elisabeth Foley

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival. ~C.S. Lewis

All right....back to the business at hand. My friend Jill who is visiting from Scotland is a vegetarian so I thought since she was coming for dinner that I`d do a full vegetarian menu. That`s why a few weeks ago I experimented with Falafel.

Surprisingly they`ve become very popular with my family, and were a huge hit as lunch when we were camping - who knew!!! Except Brenden tells me he only likes them cold and with ketchup...whatever! You cannot even try to explain the tastes of a 15 year old boy. At least he tried it and has been using up the leftovers from Friday night like crazy!

So here`s our dinner menu:

Appetizers: