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A lifestyle blog with a focus on my food adventures

Version 2Talk about being behind – this was from back in December!! When I think of McDonald’s I have childhood memories of my mom taking me there for dinner. We would drive through the drive through and then eat in the car, a special Monday night treat while my dad was working…even though sometimes it was more than just on Mondays…

_MG_6401While the memories were good, and at the time, the food tasted delicious, I’m pretty sure that we could have made some better, healthier choices. McDonald’s challenged Top Chef Stephanie Cmar to come up with a menu using ingredients only found in the McDonald’s kitchen. Cmar, who you may know from Stacked Doughnuts and Party of Two, rose to the challenge and put together a delicious three course dinner at Fairsted Kitchen (where she was formerly the Executive Chef).

_MG_6409As guests arrived they sipped on a pineapple mango mocktail inspired by McDonald’s McCafe smoothie.

_MG_6411What McDonald’s event would be complete without a fry bar?

_MG_6455The first course was chicken croquettes with cilantro lime sauce, cucumber and peanut salad and wilted Romaine puree. Cmar made these with chicken nuggets, although if she didn’t mention it, you never would have known.

_MG_6435She mentioned that the croquettes tasted/reminded her of corn dogs…(although I’ve never actually had one in real life).

_MG_6472Note that Cmar is no longer with Fairsted Kitchen, she has moved to SRV as a daytime pasta maker, can’t wait to check it out!

_MG_6485Second course was a French fry gnocchi with sausage and beef bolognese. Cmar put the frozen fries through a meat grinder to make the gnocchi and the meat for the bolgnese was from the hamburger and sausage patties.

_MG_6512No dinner with Cmar would be complete without one of her signature doughnuts!

_MG_6525Third course was homemade doughnuts with cranberry and salted caramel – so delicious!

Fairsted Kitchen

1704 Beacon Street, Brookline, MA

http://fairstedkitchen.com/

Fairsted Kitchen Menu, Reviews, Photos, Location and Info - Zomato

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