A lovely overnight party with friends.

In mid September we visited  some good friends at their lakeside house up north.  It is less than a 2 hour drive and we were invited to stay overnight.  Their house faces west and they experience incredible sunsets in the evenings.  This particular evening did not disappoint.

 Our friends introduced me to this Partake non-alcholic beer.  It comes in different flavours and has about 10 calories.  I liked the 'pale ale' flavour that I tried.  The others had wine.

For dinner that night we started with the most delicious jalapeno popper appetizers.    With the seeds removed the jalapenos were not burning hot, provided more of just a delicious heat that went well with the bacon/cheese stuffing.  The cucumber slices topped with smoked salmon were a perfect cooling agent to accompany them.

Here is the recipe for the jalapeno poppers.  My girlfriend added cooked bacon to the stuffing instead of

wrapping them around the jalapeno.

In tomorrow's post I will tell you what we had for dinner!