Special Fall Dinner Party Menu Your Guests Will Love
Good morning! I’m excited to share a delicious Fall Dinner Party Menu that will impress your guests. My friends and I have each chosen a dish (and recipe) for this dinner party. I’m showing an Autumn Salad that I recently served to our company from out of town.
I’m also unveiling our new extendable dining table that expands from six guests to ten (and possibly a cozy twelve). It’s nice to have more space when we want it, especially with the holidays coming.
The Fall Dinner Party Menu
The links are at the end of the post.
Autumn Arugula Salad With Apples, Crispy Proscuitto, and Goat Cheese
This has a lot of fresh flavors and textures.
Arugula Salad with Apples, Crispy Prosciutto, Goat Cheese
Ingredients
- 1 bag of arugula
- 2 apples thinly sliced
- 1 avocado chopped
- 1/2 cup pomegranate seeds
- 1/3 cup Trader Joe's Spiced Pumpkin Seeds or walnuts or pecans
- 1/2 cup chevre goat cheese in small dollops or crumbled feta cheese
- 3 slices prosciutto fried to a crisp and crumbled
Instructions
- Place all the ingredients in a bowl.
- When ready to serve, lightly dress with a lemon shallot vinaigrette.
Lemon Shallot Vinaigrette
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice Sometimes I add a 1/2 tsp. of grated lemon zest
- 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
- 2 tbsp dijon mustard
- 1/2 shallot minced
- 1/2 cup olive oil Extra virgin
- Sea salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Add all the ingredients to a jar and shake well.
- Let flavors blend for 30 minutes before serving. Store for up to a week in the refrigerator.
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Our New Transitional Extendable Dining Table
This large table from Crate And Barrel has a modern transitional design with a white oak top and iron legs and is very sturdy. We put the smaller table that we had in here under our covered patio for outdoor dining.
Without The Extensions
The dining room is painted Sherwin Williams Acacia Haze.
With The Extensions
We have extra stackable chairs in the garage that we bring in here for larger parties like the one we had last weekend.
And that’s the new extendable dining table that we love and a Fall Dinner Party Menu that YOUR guests will love.
I’m going to pin all the recipes. You can find them here…
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MaryAnn,
I too am making that salad for my book club next week.
My eye is drawn to the abstract painting in your dining room. Where is that from? Was that a California find? Our home is classic- that painting is just the right amount of abstract.
Yes, I did buy it in California at a shop by Ann Dennis in Costa Mesa…years ago. I am not sure if she is still there. Thank you!
Your salad looks amazing! Can’t wait to try it. Beautiful table (so versatile) in your very pretty dining room.
Your salad looks delicious. The dining room is so pretty, and I love the color you painted the walls. Your new home is lovely.
It’s such a fun season to entertain.
Karen B.
I just love the color of your dining room it is so rich. I bet you are thrilled to finally get that table! My sofa finally came yesterday as well. That salad looks absolutely delicious! I am adding that to my repertoire! Maybe Jenna will make it for Thanksgiving!
That salad looks delicious and will be perfect for our Thanksgiving. I have been looking for something new to make and this should please all the picky eaters in my family. Thank you!
It’s a good one!
Definitely making this salad for my Bookclub lunch meeting! Love all the ingredients and combined, they will be heavenly!
Your dining room is perfect, especially the expandable table. Wishing you many good times gathered with family and friends!
Thank you so much, Mary-Ellen!!
MA! That salad … that table! Love every single detail of your new home including what you’re serving for our autumn progressive dinner. You had me at crispy prosciutto … but then there’s the goat cheese, arugula and apples. A heavenly combination and it has fall written all over it. What a great table. I can already tell that the extensions are going to be getting a lot of use. And I can’t get enough of your dining room and that gorgeous acacia haze paint. This was so fun! xo
I love your new table. I would so like to replace mine with something more contemporary but at this point in my life, it’s not really practical. My chairs have needlepointed seats done by me so I hate to discard them after all of the hours put into creating them. In my next life….
Your salad recipe looks like a keeper. Enjoy that little babe!
Your chairs are heirlooms!!
Mary Ann this looks so good – and I do NOT eat salad! 🙂 Seriously, that crispy prosciutto seals the deal for me; can’t wait to try this! Thank you as always for including me! xo
Mary Ann! This salad looks and sounds so good! Perfect for fall and thanksgiving! I love your beautiful dining room and your new extendable table as your family is growing!!! Have fun in LA!!
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