new year’s resolution: host people more often and cook.  menu for the evening:

• starter: mexican chicken and rice soup
• salad: caprese salad with fresh mozzarella, heirloom tomatoes, olive oil and vinegar
• entree: baked chicken stuffed with pesto, pine nuts, and mushrooms with cacciatore salami and and provolone cheese to seal it in, drizzled with lemon
• sides: steamed green beans and roasted pears with cinnamon
• dessert: champagne-soaked apples, baked and glazed in caramel with vanilla and cookie dough ice cream

(entree dish)

good start to 2012.