184. Wine-Glazed Cornish Hens

Happy spring! I have another Dinner is Served dinner!

I chose No. 184 because Mr. Sauce had a couple of his friends over for dinner. When he invites his friends over, I tend to make “safer” dinners. I’ll make my friends eat kidneys and milk chicken, but I don’t want to do that to his friends–I don’t want them to hate me. Hence, Wine-Glazed Cornish Hens; there’s nothing controversial about this dish-pretty standard chicken and rice except the birds are so cute and tiny!

I ended up not veering too far away from the original menu. I really like wedge so I made the wedge. (It is one of my favorite salads–after Caesar with anchovies and before spinach with hot bacon dressing).

I also nixed the okra. Because not everyone is okay with okra. I’m not okay with okra (seriously, that shit is slimy). Instead I just sauteed some cherry tomatoes.

I didn’t make the “Angel Wing Cupcakes”because Mr. Sauce’s friends brought some pastries from a bakery in Frederick. There was a chocolate chip cookie dough brownie that was to die for.

Also, it was just as well, because the angel wing cupcakes just made me think of the “AngelMaker” on Hannibal (I will not insert an image of the AngelMaker”s handi-work, but if you want to see a pic and read about television censorship click here)

Anyway, here are my little hens. They ain’t pretty, but No. 184 was a solid dish.