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I love hosting people for dinner.
It’s so much fun to create a menu, prepare the meal, and it’s really rewarding when people like what you’ve made for them.
The first time we hosted people for dinner, I got so nervous about whether they would like the food, whether everything would go ok, that I went kind of overboard. I bought way too much stuff and we had leftovers for days!
Luckily, after a few rounds of practice, I’m much better at it now. Hosting has gone from a kind-of-stressful experience, to a pretty enjoyable one.
Would you believe that the 4 course meal above only took two hours to make? That includes prep and cooking time. And it’s all amazingly good for you too.
The secret is putting simple…
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