Emilee Invades the Sitlers

Welllll. I've been counting down the days until my move back to the city of brotherly love. Two weeks ago I made a pit stop at the Sitler residence for a visit...which turned out to be a combination of an episode of Chopped & Full House. 

Amy and I rummaged through the fridge and cabinets, and after a phone call with David, we decided on menu! It included the leftover mystery meat from the night before, cauliflower mash for which we didn't have a recipe, a balsamic glaze for which we looked up a recipe, and a bag of frozen veggies, naturally. 

Charlotte was the master mixer, as you can see here. No, that's not her wine. Yes, we asked Matt to pick up balsamic vinegar...and he promptly delivered Neuman's Own Balsamic vinaigrette. It worked. But. We already had that in the fridge lol. (Sh, that's our little secret.)

So, the night before, this mystery meat (which is literally a mystery), was drowned in a scrumptious gravy. We figured the down home gravy wouldn't work with tonight's presumptuous balsamic glaze plan. So, obviously Amy decided to clean the meat. 

I didn't realize how perfectly placed the Dawn dish soap is here!!! Wait, did you use that?! You didn't, right? Amyyyy...

We flew by the seat of our pants with the cauliflower mash, adding nearly everything from the fridge to the pot. 

This is how our glorious glaze started. With some roasted garlic and crushed red peppers "until fragrant."

Mystery meat drinkin up the flavor. 

Charlotte worked very hard on our menu and name cards. Look how nice. (This is part of the Full House part.)

Check. It. Out. (This is now a famous thumb of that of one Kerry W. Sitler.)

I'll miss you guys when I'm in Philly, but you'll have to give me a place to stay when in home! (: