September "Apple" Dinner

Apple:  Perfect ingredient for the start of Fall, picked and hosted by Saucy!!

Coucous brought her dish in her thematic Red Apple bag.

She also brought a tasty Squash and Apple soup garnished with 

smoked Gouda cheese (think harvest French Onion)!

Dinner was also complimented with an appley named bottle of wine.

Grapes brought a sinful cinnamon spice apples with nuts for a side dish

and as an aside, she discovered for the first time that she likes squash!

Our gracious hostess, Saucy conquered taste and presentation with an appealing

acorn squash stuffed with an apple stuffing.

She also made a savory squash and apple bake!

The fruitful evening was topped off by Paprika's scrumptious 

oat and raisin stuffed granny smith apples with ice cream!

Great dinner to start the fall season!

Stay tuned for the challenge of next month's middagete!!

September Dinner Club

Upcoming Dinner:    September

Hostess:                  Saucy

Ingredient:              Apples

August Dinner - Completed

August's dinner was Wine Tasting hosted by Paprika, who selected White as her Wine Theme

Elegantly decorated with white tablecloth, flowers and candles, oh and some sassy wine napkins she picked up her recent winery trip!

Grapes brought Pinot Grigio that we all felt would make a better mixer for Sangria or a wine spritzer than just a glass after a long day.  She also brought White Pizzas (tomato basil and spinach) - Delish!

I, Couscous, brought a Semillion blend (Semillion/Sauvignon Blanc) which we discovered is a dessert wine and we discovered we are not dessert wine gals!  I also brought Brie with cranberries, walnuts and thyme.

Saucy brought the best wine of the night, a Sauvignon Blanc which was from an Earth Friendly winery too!!  Her appetizer was a white bean bruschetta on baguette- Yum!

Paprika, who always overdoes (LOL), made mini white pizzas, had us try a tomato wine (different, very different) and made a fabulous dessert of ice wine over ice cream with sugared frozen grapes!  So.....we did discover a way that we like a dessert wine - ON dessert!

Another successful dinner club, even if the wines weren't all winners!  We still had great food, discovered more likes and dislikes and enjoyed good laughs and good friends.

 

August Dinner Club

August Dinner Club: Wine Tasting Theme - White

 

Hostess: Paprika - Gewurztraminer and White Dessert
Saucy - Sauvignon Blanc and White Appetizer
Coucous - Semillon and White Appetizer
Grapes - Pinot Grigio and White Appetizer

July Dinner Completed

Well another successful dinner group can go into the books! We missed our friend, Saucy; however Paprika, Couscous and I were able to make a delicious meal of SANDWICHES!!

Paprika made these gorgeous and delicious Grilled Veggie Sammies. Roasted onion, zucchini and tomato stuffed the inside of grilled Italian and French breads. The accompanying goat cheese spread brought the sandwich together. YUM!!! These sandwiches were soo good that you forgot they were healthy!

I, Grapes, made Gourmet Grilled Cheese Sandwiches. Comfort food at it's finest I might add. :) Sourdough bread filled with Smoked Cheddar and Gruyere cheese, slice of Granny Smith Apple, bacon and a roasted red onion spread.

Couscous finished our meal with a decadent Meringue Raspberry Sorbet Sandwich. Layered between 2 sheets of baked meringue was a fabulous homemade raspberry sorbet. Couscous put her heart and soul, and about 4 hours into making this dessert and it was well worth it. Well I think so anyway.

So another dinner group is in the books. Stay tuned for AUGUST when we hope that we have our dear friend Saucy back to enjoy Wine night!!

Theme for July's Dinner:

SANDWICH

All dishes must have a top, a bottom and a middle!!

Appetizer - Paprika
Main Dish - Grapes
Side - Saucy
Dessert - Couscous


Stay tuned to see just how creative we can be...

July Dinner Club

Upcoming Dinner - July

Hostess - Grapes

Theme - Sandwich