Tonight's Dinner: February 1, 2013

Tonight I was preparing food for Linda's bridal shower.  We had planned to do a simple salad bar since Linda loves salad and we were hosting it in a suite at the Fairmonte Hotel in San Jose.  I didn't want to cook too much since we didn't have a way to heat things back up.  Even though we were just doing salad, I had planned to make several different appetizers.  I knew that I would be strapped for time, so I premade a spaghetti sauce on Monday when I had time.  I was inspired by a recipe in Bon Appetite Magazine to spruce up a jar of pasta sauce.  I added extra garlic, green onion, ground beef and a small bulb of fennel.  It turned out really well and tasted super homemade and only took a few minutes to put together.