Christmas Dinner Recipes

Hello all you fabulous chefs:

Please post the recipe for your dish that you brought to our Christmas Dinner so that we add them to our recipe box.

Sweet Potatoes with Black Beans

3 to 4 large sweet potatoes-cut into bite size pieces and roasted with olive in the oven
1 can black beans -drained
1 red pepper=diced
1 red onion-diced
1/2 cup chopped cilantro
Red pepper flakes-to taste

Mix and enjoy!
Becky

Christmas book list

Hello all:

Thanks to Midge and everyone for a truly delightful evening. The food was extraordinary and the company even better!
I would ask everyone to respond to this posting and add the book and author you received for our yankee swap so that we can use it as a reading list for the coming year.
I received:
The Street of a Thousand Blossoms by Gail Tsukiyama

Thanks,
Becky

Book Club Recipe Corner!

Ok...So here's the spot for us to share our favorites!

By popular demand from this weeks meeting (and just in time for Thanksgiving):

Pumpkin Dip

3/4 cup (6 oz) lo-fat cream cheese

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

1/2 cup canned pumpkin

2 teaspoons maple syrup

1/2 tsp cinnamon

apple slices and/or Honey Graham Sticks

Place first 3 ingredients in a medium bowl. Beat with mixer until well blended. Add syrup, cinnamon and mix till smooth. Cover and chill at least 30 minutes (or...as in my case, over night!)

Rustic Goat Cheese and Roasted Vegetable Tart

Nonstick cooking spray

1 zucchini and 1 yellow squash thinly sliced

1/2 lb assorted mushroom, thinly sliced

2 shallots, you got it, thinly sliced

2 plum tomatoes, seeded and diced

1 red pepper, diced small

1/2 T fresh rosemary

1 T fresh thyme

1/4 c EVO

salt and pepper to taste

4 oz goat cheese, room temp

3 oz cream cheese, room temp

1 T freshly grated Parm

2 eggs

1 (15oz) pkg pie crusts

Preheat oven to 450

Combine all your vegetables, spices and olive oil. Mix well so veggies are well coated. Pour on to large roasting pan in a single layer. You may have to use two sheets to get things well spread out. Roast until they are softened, about 15 minutes.

Meanwhile, mix cheese in electric mixer. Add 1 egg, mix on high until smooth.

Coat baking sheets with non-stick baking spray and lay out pie crusts (one on each). Divide cheese mixture btwn 2 crusts, spreading to within 2 inches of the edge. Spread vegetables on top of the cheese. Fold in the sides of the crust toward the middle so that each fold overlaps the last slightly to form a 'rustic looking' tart. (Easier than it sounds.) Pinch overlapping edges to seal and brush exposed coat with egg wash.

Bake until golden brown..about 20 minutes.....et, voila!

Christmas Meeting/Party

Please post a comment on what you would like to make for the Christmas meeting on the 8th...

Hanky is doing pies.

I will do a main dish: maybe chicken stuffed w/spinach & sundried tomatoes & goat cheese. Did I make this last year? I don't remember...

Midge

Discount Books

Hello Ladies,

Just wanted to pass along a new find....If you go to target.com they have a feature where you can pre-order some best selling books for 8.99 or some ridiculous price like that....and the shipping is under 3.00. This low shipping rate applies to regular orders as well, and the book prices are competitive with Amazon. While they don't have the 'super saver free shipping discount' Amazon has when you spend 25.00, it's a good deal when you only have a paperback to order. The real deal is on the pre-order of the best sellers.....

Thought it might be of interest, especially for those who may consider books as Christmas gifts!

Take care,

Caroline

Correction!!

Ooops! My bad....Make that Friday, December 4 for G. Mortenson. See what happens when I rely on my faulty memory???

Thanks for keeping me in check!

November and December Plans!!

Thank you Becky for a lovely evening. What a welcoming home you have. Food was delicious as always, and company divine. The company of good friends is such a warm respite at the end of a long day. We missed Karin, Lorraine, Lisa and Betsy....and hope you know you were all in our thoughts and hearts!! The agreement was South of Broad was a good read....perhaps not fine literature, but a great read and completely engrossing.

Going forward, the next meeting will be at my house on Tuesday Novemeber 17. As decided last month, we will be reading Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout. Midge has generously offered to host our Christmas meeting at her house on December 8th. Hopefully those dates will work well for everyone. If not, speak up early and often so that we can shift as needed!

For those who signed up, keep in mind that December 3rd is the Greg Mortenson (sp??) talk up in Portsmouth. We should think about whether we want to get together in the early afternoon for a splash of shopping and a glass of vino before the talk.....

Oh such fun to plan!!

Love, Caroline