You’ve been tasked with preparing a semi-formal full-course meal for mothers in the family

App - Off bottom farmed oysters w/mignonette

Main - prob bacon wrapped scallops and risotto

Finish with Italian Ice or tiramisu

*skipped soup & salad courses.

App : simple bruschetta and balsamic caprese salad skewers with mozzarella pearls and cherry tomatoes with charcuterie

Soup (some women will choose this as their main so it’s a good option): roasted corn and shrimp bisque

Main: baked skin on rosemary chicken breasts with mashed potatoes and veggies

Dessert: chocolate chip pecan pie alamode

App: crawfish cheesecake

Salad: spinach, olives, feta, tomatoes, avocado, cucumber, tzatziki sauce

Main: reverse seared ribeye steak, Brussels sprouts cooked in bacon, and some sort of smothered potato dish

Dessert: cherry and apple cobbler

Everyone goes crazy when we do 1/4 head wedge salads with Cousin’s Creole Tomato dressing, extra sweet grape tomatoes sliced in half, thick bacon lardons, chives, blue cheese crumbles, everything bagel seasoning, and balsamic glaze.

Beautiful presentation and so delicious.

What I am actually making tonight for my mom et al:

Sensation salad

Roasted beef tenderloin with crisped smashed new potatoes in dijon pan sauce with marsala mushrooms

Roasted carrots

Roasted whole green beans with bacon and brown sugar

Homemade blueberry pound cake with Meyer lemon glaze and creme fraiche


Not full course, but we will likely be satisfied.

if it’s my mother…

stuffed artichoke
Sunday gravy with pork shoulder, Italian sausage and meatballs
olive salad
fried chicken
panna cotta