Mother's 24-Hour Interval Dinner Bill Of Fare | Rhubarb Margaritas, Lobster Mac & Cheese, Raspberry Cream Tart

Last black nosotros hosted our families for Mother's Day Dinner.  We had a busy twenty-four hr menstruum already planned, therefore I planned unopen to existence able to brand everything ahead of time.  Our holidays frequently tend revolve unopen to kind of masculine fare - steaks, burgers, beef tenderloin, grilled brats, chocolate cakes, cheesy potatoes - therefore I wanted to serve a carte du jour that was girly, consummate amongst pinkish cocktails, flowers as well as linens.

I lately went to dinner amongst some girl at True Foods Kitchen as well as had the most delicious Rhubarb Strawberry Margarita.  It was therefore fresh as well as non likewise sugariness - therefore yummy.  I made the base of operations without alcohol, therefore those could added tequila if they wanted.  Emma loved it (without the tequila!), too!  She was excited to sugar/salt everyones rim as well as garnish amongst mint as well as strawberries.  I'll part my recipe subsequently this week.  

Emma as well as I made a Raspberry Cream Tart for our dessert.  We kind of created the recipe past times combining a span of unlike ideas.  She helped me brand the entire matter on Saturday, as well as nosotros piped as well as toasted the meringue on Lord's Day afternoon amongst my Mom's help.

I laid the tabular array amongst my favorite feminine floral linens as well as created a centerpiece out of peony, pinkish tulips (both from Whole Foods) as well as some garden roses from our yard.  Coral as well as Pink is 1 of my all-time favorite combinations.

Mother's Day Menu amongst Make Ahead Tips

Rhubarb & Strawberry Margarita (recipe coming soon!) : Make rhubarb as well as strawberry unproblematic syrup the twenty-four hr menstruum before.  Set upwardly make-yourself bar the twenty-four hr menstruum of.
Lobster Mac as well as Cheese* : Make ahead tips below.
Wilted Lettuce : I made the bacon dressing the twenty-four hr menstruum before, as well as therefore merely heated it upwardly inwards the microwave earlier tossing on the lettuce the twenty-four hr menstruum of.
Roasted Asparagus : I had it gear upwardly to teach into the oven on a baking canvas merely earlier the party.  Easiest vegetable side dish ever.  Drizzled amongst olive oil, tabular array salt as well as pepper as well as baked it for xv minutes.
Sliced Heirloom Tomatoes & Avocados amongst Lemon Juice, Olive Oil & Flaked Sea Salt : Assembled this merely earlier the party.
Raspberry Cream Meringue Tart (recipe coming soon!) : We made this the twenty-four hr menstruum before, relieve the meringue.

Wilted Lettuce Recipe

Lobster Mac as well as Cheese Recipe

*Lobster Mac as well as Cheese Make Ahead Tip : I made the cheese sauce, cooked the pasta as well as cooked as well as shelled the lobster tails the twenty-four hr menstruum before, but waited to get together everything until merely earlier I cooked it.  My 1 electrical load nearly homemade Mac as well as Cheese is that the sauce is absorbed into the noodles therefore much therefore that in that place isn't remaining creamy sauce.  After assembling, I baked it for 35 minutes at 350 which was merely plenty to teach far hot as well as bubbly without taking it likewise far.  I LOVED how this improved the recipe.

Hope you lot all had a wonderful Mother's Day :)

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