Wine and cheese dinner

Aaron and I have been doing a wine and cheese night in our home on Friday evenings, when we can. We splurge on buying really delicious cheeses and a decent bottle of wine since we don’t have to pay a babysitter, tip, restaurant prices, etc . . .  Pop in a good movie and it’s a date!

Ingredients

• roasted garlic –cut off top, drizzle with olive oil (good amount), sprinkle with salt and pepper, scrunch some foil around it, and pop in the oven for approx 45-60 min @ 400-425.
• fruit  and nuts– choose one or two: figs, red grapes, apples, pears. Almonds, candied walnuts or pecans
• meat – salami or prosciutto
• olives- check out the olive bar at your local grocer; they often have pepper and artichokes too. Experiment!
• bread - I usually just slice and broil a baquette brushed with olive oil and sprinkled with salt
• cheese –this is the star for us.  Try to pick three really different cheeses. Pictured above is a manchego,
triple cream gouda, and a goat’s milk cheese called Humbolt Fog (if you love cheese, you must try this). Point Reyes blue cheese is also divine.

I purchase 1/4 lb of each cheese, which was a good amount for us to have two wine and cheese nights.