Valentine's Day

On Sunday I looked around the Relief Society room and saw the many single sisters- widows, and divorced. I thought that Valentine's Day must be difficult for them so why not invite them to dinner on Monday night. I asked 7 sisters, and 6 were available to come. I told them we were having a red meal and they could bring something red if they wanted to add to the meal.
When I went home from church I started to set the table.
Kirt was in Ward conferences all day so I was alone and didn't need to fix any meals. (or so I thought, but I still fed him supper)
I put the red and white gingham table cloth (I made it when we lived in Germany) on the table, and got out the nice silverware, the china and the goblets. I wanted to have the table look very festive- like a party - but was determined to not go to the store for anything. Luckily, I found some Lindt truffle balls - wrapped in red foil - in the cupboard so was able to put one on each plate. I had bought them for a recipe for upside down molten chocolate cupcakes, I still have enough left as it was a large bag. When Kirt came home he had picked up a small heart shaped box of chocolates for each sister.

I cooked a ham- but put a glaze on it that was a mixture of cranberry sauce and orange juice. I made up a loaf of pink bread. I used one package of the Pampered Chef Beer Batter Bread Mix. It said you can use any beverage- so I used red soda- it was yummy. We had water as the main beverage but in the juice goblets we served a mixture of orange juice and fruit punch- so it was mostly red. One sister brought a red jello, and two others brought different variations of pasta with tomato sauce. For dessert there was red velvet cake and cherry cheesecake. It was a feast and we all visited and laughed for hours. We were glad that no one brought beets- but was surprised that no one brought tomatoes.