Am I invited? LOL. Here are some menu ideas.
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Appetizers:**
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Capresse salad (slices of tomato, and mozzarella cheese dressed in herbs and olive oil)
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Stuffed mushrooms
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Bruschetta (which is a flat bread rubbed with garlic and olive oil topped with tomatoes, peppers, and cheese)
Here are pictures for the three appetizer examples:
http://whatscookingamerica.net/Salad/TomatoCaprese.jpg
http://www.mushrooms.ca/blog/uploaded_images/ItalianStuffedMushrooms2-783921.jpg
http://www.mingleitup.com/images/Bruschetta.jpg
Entrees:
You can have a soup starter such a minestrone soup and then proceed with main dishes such as:
Pasta variety (vegetarian or meat/seafood):
- lasagna
- ravioli (three cheese stuffed ravioli, portabello/mushroom ravioli)
- baked ziti
- Eggplant Parmesan or chicken parmesan
- Shrimp primavera
- Shrimp risotto?
Here are some pictures:
Portobello ravioli image by xXbelovedXx on Photobucket
http://www.foodstuffs.com/itemimages/big_Chicken_Parm_entree.jpg
http://www.allnaturalseafood.biz/images/site_product_pics_edited/entrees/meal_kits/shrimp_primavera.jpg
Since you don’t like shrimp, you can substitute it with chicken.
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Deserts:**
Canoli
Gelato
Tiramisu
chocolate torte (tart)
Italian bread served with NUTELLA ![]()
Spumoni (Italian ice cream flavor found in Ben and Jerry’s)
Panna cotta
Zeppole (Italian doughnuts)
Chocolate biscotti with hazelnut coffee
Some pictures:
http://supergravelynbros.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/product-spumoni.jpg
http://www.taste.com.au/images/recipes/agt/2006/01/3335.jpg
http://www.andreasrecipes.com/photos/Chocolate_biscotti.jpg
the second link is panna cotta