Saturday fun

Busy weekend (or rather, busy Saturday; recovery Sunday)... We hosted a little cocktail party, and spent much of Saturday shopping for, preparing, and then consuming the food & drink - I think an equal amount of time was spent on prep compared to consumption, so a fair trade off...
GOOD THING: making miniature frittatas; thanks Martha
LESS GOOD THING: making said frittatas without enough grease on the side of the muffin pan... i think that piece of kitchenware has baked its last

GOOD THING: using my lovely handblender (thanks Kara) to make all sorts of spreads and fillings (white bean+sage; tomato basil; tapenade)
LESS GOOD THING: using said handblender to blitz mozzarella with balsamic vinegar, to make the innards of Caprese bites (hollowed out cherry tomato with the cheese) - blending it all made the cheese a quite unappealing brown-gray colour. Oh well - they still tasted good!

GOOD THING: Having the party at all - it's always fun having people over, and I love an excuse to cook new things
EVEN GOODER THING: Ashley cleaning up everything today, while I slept off the effects of my newly created signature cocktail: gin, limoncino, and fizzy lemonade... what a wonderful sight to come downstairs after a nap to see a shiny clean kitchen...