What I loved about my experience at the ALDI Test Kitchen is
how much we focused on enhancing the experience of dining together rather than
pulling out all the stops to concoct some crazy Food Network feast. Instead,
Chef Brigitte Nguyen focused on how we can keep costs and food prep time down
while offering interesting dishes your diners will love.
For ease of use and hosting, she suggested a wine bar
featuring an assortment of ALDI offerings, which include award-winning reds,
whites and sparkling offerings, which can easily be paired with seasonal fruits
and juices for festive-looking wine-based cocktails.
Going beyond the basics bites, a great appetizer to welcome
your crew to your is a pea “pesto” crostini, which can be made mostly in
advanced and on the cheap. It had great flavor and was beautiful as well.
Another option are mini celery gratins, which was a clever way to use a common
ingredient that’s always available inexpensively.
Another awesome idea – don’t bother with dessert. Everyone
is stuffed, if you did your job, and eating pie or cake is just because they
have to. Instead, buy an assortment of Specially Selected cookies, chocolates
and nuts, and arrange them on a three-tiered cake stand. You can even purchase
small bags so people can take home their dessert for later. I loved that idea
because even though I always have room for dessert, I know most have better
self-control than I.
That said, the white chocolate cranberry blondies as
well as the peanut butter granola bites
were an amazing finish to our mock holiday dinner.
Another idea I loved at our
ALDI Friendsgiving was a hot chocolate bar. Pair it with a bottle of cream
liquor from ALDI and you’d have quite the nightcap.
Thank you to ALDI for a wonderful experience. Check out all
ALDI's wonderfully inventive and inexpensive recipes, and follow me on Instagram for more delicious photos.
1 comment:
looks awesome! I love Aldi
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