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Plus One Dinner Party

I’m a little behind on my goal to host 52 dinner parties. But I’m back on the wagon and hosted a dinner party this week to kick off the unofficial beginning of Summer. It was a Plus One dinner party…

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The idea is to invite a few friends over and then ask them to bring a “Plus One” that the host has never met. I sent out invitations, asked for dietary restrictions and then waited to find out who was coming for dinner. It was genuinely a surprise and kind of exciting! I also asked everyone to bring a 3 minute introduction of their “guest” where we told each other’s life stories and anecdotes. Towards the end of the dinner we all went around and introduced someone. It was so fun and everyone was laughing at all the great stories. I’m definitely going to do this more often. It was fun to change up the usual routine of who we invite for dinner.

Since I’ve been busy with our new party store I asked my friend Eleanor Gerber-Siff to do the flowers and my friend Andrea Pimental to help with the food. She used the recipes from Simply Organic‘s new site: Easy Summer Eats. It’s full of recipes for entrees, sides, drinks and desserts that make it easy to eat well during the summer months. For this meal, we served Vanilla Mango Mojitos along with our appetizer: Grilled Watermelon Caprese Salad. Then for dinner we had Grilled Flank Steak with Chimichurri Sauce (which we served with tortillas) and this Grilled Heirloom Tomato Salad. To end the night, we had Blackberry Ginger Peach Cobbler with homemade ice cream. All of Simply Organic’s spices, seasonings, and flavors are carefully, responsibly and sustainably sourced to ensure the highest quality. They also give back 1% of sales on their products to support organic farming around the world. Simply Organic also put together a fun quiz that helps you find summer party themes, menus and decoration inspiration. Take the quiz here and share your favorite summer party ideas.

Plus One Dinner Party | Oh Happy Day!

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Plus One Dinner Party | Oh Happy Day!

Plus One Dinner Party | Oh Happy Day!

Plus One Dinner Party | Oh Happy Day!

Plus One Dinner Party | Oh Happy Day!

Plus One Dinner Party | Oh Happy Day!

Plus One Dinner Party | Oh Happy Day!

This post is sponsored by Simply Organic: Pure. Simple. Joy.

Photos by Paul Ferney for Oh Happy Day
Food by Andrea Pimental
Flowers by Wallflower Design

  1. Heather

    May 22, 2015

    GENIUS idea. I’m totally going to try this!!!

  2. Kristi Craig

    May 22, 2015

    I love this idea for a dinner party! I am definitely going to try this out one day.

    Kristi
    http://www.beloverly.com

  3. Robin K

    May 22, 2015

    Lovely menu and beautiful table.

  4. Paige

    May 22, 2015

    This looks like such a delicious table spread!

    Paige
    http://thehappyflammily.com

  5. Karen

    May 22, 2015

    Really fun idea. Thanks for sharing.

  6. mel

    May 22, 2015

    So pretty! You made such simple foods look absolutely incredible and delish!

    xx, mel
    http://melinspired.com

  7. Emma

    May 22, 2015

    This is such a great idea and means you can make new friends. Would be a perfect type of dinner to have for networking purposes. Perhaps a dinner like this should be done at conferences etc.

  8. By Marloes Thuis

    May 23, 2015

    Wow, it looks so pretty! lots of greetings from Netherlands!

  9. jess

    May 23, 2015

    I wish I would have been one of the strangers, hahaha 😀

  10. So pretty and simple and elegant! And I really love the idea of having a goal to host a certain number of dinner parties, I’m going to try that next year!

  11. Ashley

    May 24, 2015

    Wow! All of that food looks insanely delicious! Now I want to make a super fancy multiple course meal for my boyfriend and I for no reason.

  12. Julia

    May 24, 2015

    Such a beautiful table and delicious looking menu. I love new ideas for dinner parties and the plus one sounds really fun!

  13. Jodie

    May 24, 2015

    What a beautiful table setting! The menu looks amazing and I’m definitely doing that heirloom tomato salad at my next dinner party. Can you share the details of you table setting please? Especially that tablecloth!

  14. Tian

    May 28, 2015

    I just bookmarked this under my “inspire mua” folder.
    I was just wondering how many friends you invited, three?

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