Holiday Themed Cooking Club at Mia's!

Thanks Mia for hosting a fabulous evening of cookies, cookies, cookies, yummy appetizers and pizza and a fun gift gift exchange of cookbooks! Thanks again to Amy for coming up with the idea!

Recipes from the Cookie Exchange are below:

Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies (Jenn)

Malted Milk Fudge (Kim)

Crock Pot Peppermint Pretzel Candy (Kim)

Peppermint Bark Chocolate Cookies (Sarah)

Birthday Cake Chocolate Chip (Amy)

Caramel Stuffed Chocolate Chip (Patty)

Orange Cranberry Meltaways (Karen)  ** she added 1.5 orange zest

Butter Tarts (Mel)

Salted Browned Butter Chocolate Chip (Amy)

Ginger Snaps (Mia)

Chunky Toblerone Shortbread (Mary)

November Cooking Club at Karen's

Thanks for hosting another great cooking club Karen...our first one using an instant pot!

Links to Recipes and Ratings below:

Tomato Coconut Soup 8

Mushroom and Farro Pie 9

Penne Rigate with Mixed Greens and Pine Nuts 3

Curried Sea Bass 8

Sauteed Broccolini with Garlic 9

Fall Fruit Crumble 9

Chocolate Pecan Pie 9

October 2018 at Mel's

Halloween and Fall Themed Cooking Club

Cooking Club was a bit divided over the desserts and pumpkins but overall, the recipes were delish! We also did our first racoon watch as we waited for one of the desserts to cool off outside.... 😂

Links to Recipes and Ratings Below:

Maple Pecan Baked Brie 10

Carrot Ginger Soup 8.5

Fall Kale and Apple Salad 10

Gruyere, Mushroom, and Caramelized Onion Bites 8 - add goat cheese on top next time!

Veggie Stuffed Squash Bowls  9

Candy Bar Blondies 7.5

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bars 7 

Pumpkin Dump Cake 6

September 2018 - Mary

Amazing Tea Party at Mary's!

Links to Recipes and Ratings

Sweet Pea and Leek Tart 6 but the one Jenn modified was a 9!

Herbed Goat Cheese Sandwiches 8

Tomato Feta Tea Sandwiches 7 - a bit salty

English Cucumber and Dill Tea Sandwiches 9

Prosciutto-apple-and-brie-tea-sandwiches-with-sage-butter 9

Orange Chocolate Cake 8

Lemon Bars 10 - use parchment to ease getting them out of the pan and eat after cooled.

Devonshire Cream - Clotted Cream 10

English Style Scones 10

Decorations and touches were a 11!