Snow White movie Menu (updated photos)

I'm not going to recap the entire first movie meal ever, but I recently recreated the meal for mother's day. My mom requested it and I was more than happy to oblige as it's one of my favorite meals I've ever made. We didn't watch the movie to go along with the meal, but I wanted to share the recipe again and encourage readers.

Cranberry & Apple Jelly Glazed Pork Loin - Recipe Link

As fancy as the recipe sounds, it is actually really easy and fun. And your kitchen will smell amazing. The glaze is super tasty, but I personally do not like the flavor thyme has, so I tried halfing what the recipe calls for and it was still too much for me. I don't think the glaze *needs* it, so if you're like me, I'd just not put it in at all. Next time I'll try that.

The hardest part of the dish is waiting for it to cook! It smells so good, and the basting every 10 minutes of cook time at least gives you something to do while you die of hunger.

Even if you don't want to watch Snow White, this is a fantastic meal option and I highly recommend you try it. And there are several versions of Snow White to choose from, you don't *have* to watch the first feature length animated film. Or you could check out the first six seasons of ABC's Once Upon A Time, as I think the most perfect Snow White ever is Ginnifer Goodwin.

To round out the meal I cooked up some wild rice (I cheated and used Uncle Ben's boxed rice), and I also tried my hands at sauteed asparagus (a veggie I try so hard to like because it looks so elegant, but I can't). I sauteed the spears with butter and garlic, it was the perfect finisher for the meal.

Disney's Emperor's New Groove [Themed Dinner]

 

"Our moment of triumph approaches. It's dinnertime!" - Yzma

It's not the most brilliantly animated of the Disney classics, but anyone who appreciates sarcasm will appreciate this film. I mean it's David Spade - you know that it's going to be mega snark. I LOVE the dialogue. I love that Eartha Kitt is the voice of the villain (who is by far one of the best modern Disney villains). And who doesn't love Kronk? It's very quotable, so I knew I wanted it to be one of the films we watched as we counted down to our 2013 Disney trip.

For the appetizer, what better dish to serve up than Spinach Puffs! Of course, with mom's gluten free allergy we had to find one that would work for her. Thankfully our local grocery store happened to have a gluten free pie crust that we were able to make work. It was a pain (like super frustrating. I HATE gluten free dough). The spinach filling was pretty good, and I'm not a fan of the green stuff. My parents both said we could just make a meal of them. They didn't last long.

They definitely puffed up, and yes I cut them in the triangle to try and get the look of Kronk's in the movie. I made sure not to let them bake too long. Pretty sure Kronk would give his approval. They were much prettier than my little point and shoot camera suggests.

For the main course I did a pork steak with diablo sauce. I'm not a big fan of mustard in general, but this sauce was pretty dang tasty. Sauces are so far my nemesis, but this one came out with no problem. We rounded out the dish with some broccoli. It was just like Kronk was in the kitchen whippin' up some yummy vittles.

For dessert I made apple raisin Empanadas. I am not a fan, but dad enjoyed them. Mom's didn't do too well being GF, but I tried! That's what counts, right?

This was another very successful menu.

Pork with Diablo Sauce

Kronk's Spinach Puffs (Gluten Free)
Caramel Apple Empanadas

Disney's Tangled [Themed Dinner]

"Frying pans! Who knew, right?" - Flynn Rider (Eugene Fitzherbert)

This is probably one of my favorite menus. The food was delicious, I absolutely adore the film, and the food is totally photogenic. I was very proud with how this all worked together. Chicken and pasta always works together, in my world anyway.

For this menu, I wanted everything to be cooked in cast iron skillets. Why? Um, because it's Rapunzel's weapon of choice. So more so than the food I was focused on the presentation. So I went to pinterest, and I was pleased with what came together.

For the main dish I did braised chicken with orange and scallions. This meal is super yummy and we make it now when we want to feel fancy, but it's really easy. you start off on the stove top and finish in the oven. Like I said, super easy.

Like I said, it's very photogenic when it comes out of the oven. So much so that I HAD to get my camera out and make sure to do it justice. No point and shoot or camera phone for this one. Nope. This is red carpet worthy in my book!

For the side dish, I chose an angel hair pasta dish (also cooked in a cast iron skillet). After all, Rapunzel's hair is her most known feature, right? I found the recipe, and it called for walnuts. My mom hates walnuts (which is weird, she's from Northern California, that's like one of their big crops). So I tweaked it and instead of walnuts we went with pecans (which I don't like). I don't think it made too big a difference.

Again, it is a photogenic food, so I was very happy to get a few shots.

Dessert I went with a cobbler. We do a lot of apple dishes when Disney is concerned. Not exactly sure why that is... maybe because I LOVE all things apple (except the technology company. Not an Apple fan). Presentation is everything, so it was baked in the skillet as well. It came out looking pretty good, but meh. I think I was just done with the whole cobbler thing by this point. Still, this was by far one of the award winning themed dinners.

Here are the links for the recipes used to create the menu:
Braised Chicken with Orange and Scallions
Angel Hair with Walnuts
Rustic Apple Crisp

Walt Disney's Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs [Themed Meal]

I originally posted this on my personal blog (Reitter's Block) on November 1, 2012 as the start of my "Tasteful Countdown" project counting down to the family trip to Walt Disney World in November of 2013. This is the project that gave me the idea to create this blog. And then life got in the way... so I am starting it up again in the New Year.

Tonight's theme was Snow White - what better way to start than with the movie that started it all (yes Mickey'd been around for a while, but we're going for feature length). I worked for a week finding the perfect menu (thank you, Pinterest) and decided on Pork for the main dish, and of course apples for dessert.



Pie ala Apple pre-baked.
Lookin' good "raw"!

I started cooking on Wednesday, baking (my first) apple pie while handing out candy to Trick or Treaters. A process that should've been an hour, or at the most two, turned into four due to all the starting and stopping. Still I got that and extra pie dough done to finish the baking and cooking for Thursday.

Today I came home from working at the office to bake my second dessert - "Pie ala Apple". I only had a couple of hours before I needed to head over to the courthouse to watch a long time friend get sworn in as someone able to actually "practice" law. So very excited for him! Congratulations Paul!

Once that was over and we were back home I started work on our main dish. I chose the "Cranberry Apple Glazed Pork Loin" mainly because it tied into the movie and it sounded amazing. (Wondering why I chose Pork for Snow White? How about the whole part of the huntsman using a pig heart to trick the queen into believing that he'd killed the princess. "...Snow White still lives, fairest in the land. 'Tis the heart of a pig you hold in your hand.")

The finished pork loin. So good!

I'm not a big fan of cranberry (I hate it) but when it's paired with apple it's edible. It took an hour and a half for it to cook (with me basting every 10-15 minutes) and the whole house smelled divine! Our sides were wild rice and almonds, and buttered carrots. Perfectly woodsy and in tune with the movie. The whole family scarfed it down, and we enjoyed watching the original Disney Classic.

For being the first time for making apple pie, that, too, came out well... and we all ate way more than we should have of the sweet treats! But it was totally worth it!