Mama Mia!

Last night, we celebrated our letter M for our ritual Sunday dinners! Truth is, I had a really hard time deciding what to make- so many options seemed right up my alley! Mint chocolate, Manicotti, meat, mustard-encrusted.... what?!?!? I settled with making some mushrooms (oh how I love mushrooms) stuffed with spinach and feta, among other things :)

Actually, the recipe was extremely easy and everyone loved it!!!
First, wash about 30 mushrooms and remove the stems- set up on a baking sheet

In a bowl, mix the following:
Cooked spinach (about 8-10 ounces, I used frozen spinach)
Feta cheese- I used about 5 ounces
Cream cheese- about 2 ounces
3 sprigs of green onion, chopped

Mix it all up, stuff inside the mushrooms, then bake for about 15 minutes! Presto!

The rest of the dinner went fabulousssllyy!! We had two different types of mac-and-cheese (one traditional, one verrrryy spicy southwestern), a beautiful meatloaf, and macaroons for dessert!

Let's not forget the wine! We had Merlot, a moscato (which people mixed with orange juice to make "mimosas"), and I was Soooo proud to get triple points for my Marcus James Malbec from Mendoza!

I can't wait to see what adventures N will bring us :)

Alphabet Dinners

So I figured I'd let you in on my food traditions that have been going on this semester... For the past few months, my friends and I have been gathering every Sunday (well almost every Sunday) for our "traditional" alphabet dinners. A very simple, yet extremely fun idea!! Basically, we choose a letter of the alphabet (we've been going in order), and everything we eat must start with that letter! Some, like the letters I and K, were a bit more challenging- but it just drives us to be more creative!

I've been behaving like a bad blogger and haven't been taking pictures (my camera has been in hiding), but my good friend Mel has been kind enough to document our fun adventures :)

This past Sunday, we were eating the letter L (much easier than K), so everyone went all out for yummy treats!! I set up by backyard with beautiful twinkling lights, a fire was roaring in the firepit, and lemon-lime (white) sangria was flowing!!

K Dinner: Kababs on the fire, a nice candlelit dinner in my backyard, complete with dessert kababs!

Kale Salad

L Dinner:

My lemon-basil chicken salad 

Lemon-Garlic lettuce salad :)

White sangria made with Lucky Duck wine!

Hmmmm a-la-mode Lava cakes with "late night snack" 

Limoncello to finish!

ANNDDD thank you to my friend Mel for taking these pictures!  I'll step it up for the next one :)