Lamb Chops and Wedding Planning

I am nothing if not efficient. That’s why I’ve got an arsenal of weekday gourmet meals that can be made in under 30 minutes.  This week, I made lamb chops for my fiancé Randy and I … a nice change from chicken and fish.  I prepped the lamb chops within 2 minutes, little salt, pepper and Wildtree Garlic Galore and then sauteed them for 15 minutes.

While they were cooking I did the asparagus … same way as last week, rubbing them with oil on my fingers, then adding salt and pepper … the sweet potato frites were simple too … cut up sweet potatoes, rubbed with garlic grapeseed oil, seasoned to taste with salt and pepper, then sprinkled with a little Parmesan for an additional layer of texture.

The salad, mixed greens with Wildtree Wildberry dressing.

Simple, easy, delicious.  Perfect for weekday faire!

On the weekends, I slow down a little and take my time to cook.  This weekend however, I did a little multi-tasking.  I went to my friend’s baby shower at the top of gorgeous Topanga Canyon.  Nancy’s house (her daughter just had the baby) also happens to be the location for my upcoming August wedding!

Lucky for me, the shower was being overseen by Bob Gregory (partiesbycelebrations.com), the hero who’s planning my own big day.  Bob and I snuck in a little work between toasts and games, and not only mapped out logistics and locations, but discussed the catering menu as well!

The food at Nancy’s party was catered by Bob Gregory too!

I can’t say enough good things about Bob Gregory and his team! Happily, on this very fun and uber-efficient weekend, I was able to check ‘find location’, and ‘get caterer’ off the wedding to-do list!

If you need more detailed cooking instructions feel free email me at beth.kandell@me.com.