May Meeting! May 21st - Jamie Oliver's, "Jamie's America"

Hostess: Andrea 

Date: May 21st

Address: 5580 Cambridge Bay Drive (Located in Highland Creek)

Time: 2:00pm-4:30pm

Book: Jamie Oliver's "Jamie's America"

I own this book but I've never cooked from it. Jaimie took a tour of the United States and collected traditional regional recipies and then adapted them. I think we'll really enjoy it.

Please add your name and RSVP with the Evite link below.

You've been invited to Spice Sisters Society May Meeting!: http://www.evite.com/event/013DHMHW6CLMSA4CUEPHDYUP42HPOM

Please comment below with the recipe you will be preparing. Thanks!

April meeting recap! Ina Garten's "Barefoot Contessa Foolproof"

The Book

The Sisters, "High School Prom" style: 
Shauna, Sabina, Desiree, Marcelle, Melissa, Andrea, Megan 

The dishes so lovingly prepared:

The Details: 

Thank you Shauna for welcoming us into your beautiful home and hosting our April meeting. 

I can always appreciate that sometimes there will be an ingredient that is just too pricey to use for the 1/3c or however much the recipe requests. This is when as a home-cook you make it work with something more economical. We never need to follow the recipe to a tee. Swap out turkey for pork, omit a protein all together, use a almonds in place of the more expensive pine nuts. Anything goes!

I have to add that I have made the couscous salad a few times since this meeting. Sometimes I add the tuna and sometimes I leave it out. Both variations are well received. 

Shauna suggested we play a game to get to know each other better. We played "Two truths and one lie." It was fun and a great way to get everyone chatting and telling stories. We'll definitely have to play it again.

   

Looking Ahead:

We had leftovers for this one which was really nice. Don't forget your containers each meeting just in case!

Remember, all details of the meetings will be included in an Evite each month.

Thanks again ladies. I look forward to creating many memories with all of you and bonding over the love of cooking, food and girl time.

Recap! March "The Oprah Magazine Cookbook"

Spice Sisters Society

The Sisters in attendance:

Andrea, Gemma, Shauna, Marcell, Melissa, Sabina and Desiree

The Book:

 

The dishes that were lovingly prepared and enjoyed:

Gemma- Beet Salad with Grilled onions and AND Egg Salad with Tarragon Mustard

Andrea –Crostini with Wild Mushrooms and Mozzarella

Marcelle- Mango Couscous

Shauna- Garlic – Orange Spinach

Melissa- Blueberry Buckle

Sabina- Jalapeno Cornbread

Desiree- African Chicken in Peanut Sauce

How it all played out:

The second meeting of The Spice Sisters Society was a success! Thank you again to Marcelle for welcoming us into her beautiful home and hosting.

The Oprah Magazine Cookbook was in Marcelle’s personal collection but she had never cooked anything from it. This was a perfect opportunity to experience a few recipes at once. It was a great choice. I ended up purchasing it for only $5.00 on Amazon in case any fellow members want to pick it up.

We all chose very different dishes that complemented each other well and by chance we were able to create a well-balanced meal which was very nice.

Everything was delicious, however the one dish that we all loved and plan to make in the future is the Blueberry Buckle! Thanks Melissa! This dish was prepared in a pie pan but may also be prepared in individual ramekins. Unfortunately, Melissa learned the hard way that the time would be increased significantly and needed 45 minutes longer than it said for the ramekins! Thanks for sharing and now we know when we prepare it ourselves. It was delicious! 

For next time:

• The details for the April meeting are listed in a separate post.
• Please comment on the April meeting post the dish that you will be preparing.
• Remember to bring your containers again. It worked out perfectly.

A few details:

• The recipes from this meeting are listed in a separate post, “The Oprah Magazine Cookbook” recipes.
• If you would like to receive notifications from the blog you will need to log in, go to setting and select "yes" under notifications.

Thanks again ladies. I look forward to creating many memories with all of you and bonding over the love of cooking, food and girl time.

"The Oprah Magazine Cookbook" recipes

April Meeting! April 9th - Ina Garten, "Barefoot Contessa Foolproof"

Hostess: Thank you Shauna for offering to host!

Date: April 9^th

Address: 9711 Brandybuck Dr. (Located in Highland Creek)

Time: 2:00pm-4:30pm

Book: Ina Garten, Barefoot Contessa Foolproof

Desiree owns this book and said that although she cooks from another one of Ina’s books more frequently this is a great choice. This will be my first book by Ina so I’m really looking forward to it.  We all seemed kind of excited about this one! Trying so many of her recipes at once will be a treat.

Happy hunting for the BEST olive oil you can find and the BEST sea salt your budget allows so we can do Ina proud! LOL

Please RSVP to the Evite link below. It is an open Evite, just add your name and reply.

You've been invited to Spice Sisters Society April Meeting!: www.evite.com/event/013DLETPJUH2UQLHEEPHA6IJM4ONPU

Please comment below with the recipe you will be preparing. Thanks!

To Sum it up!

Details...

•  We will choose a cookbook each month and each choose a recipe from it. No need to all buy the cookbook if you don’t want it as part of your collection, the people that own it can just share it. And also the library has many cookbooks. Also, Pinterest may have a few recipes if you search the book name.

• We will rotate hosting the club and have a pot luck and bring our cooked dish along with a beverage (alcoholic or non-alcoholic)

• To avoid issues with dates and conflicts we agree that we will have a set day and time each month. Sometimes you’ll make and some you won’t which is totally fine! We decided on the third Sunday of each month from 2:00pm-5:00pm.

• Communication regarding each meeting will be sent through Evite. We will respond with the dish we will make when we RSVP. But please don't hold off responding you can always update the dish at a later date. 

Next Meeting! March 12th - The Oprah Magazine Cookbook

Hostess: Thank you Marcel for offering to host!

Date: March 12th

Address: 8115 Anzanck Lane (located in Highland Creek)

Time: 2:00PM-4:30PM

Book:  Change of plans again. Marcelle would like to choose The Oprah Magazine Cookbook. She has it in her collection. There are a few recipes online and it's on Amazon for only $4.00! 

Please comment with the recipe you will be making. Thanks!

"Cravings" - Recipes

Spice Sisters Society is born! Cravings recap

Spice Sisters Society

The Sisters in attendance:

Andrea, Gemma, Shauna, Jill, Melissa, Megan, Sabina, Marcelle, Desiree, Inga     





The Book:

The dishes that were lovingly prepared and enjoyed:

Andrea, Pepper's Scalloped PotatoesPGemma, Jok Moo

Shauna, Balsamic Glazed Brussel Sprouts             

Jill, Chicken Lettuce Wraps

Melissa, Mexican Street Corn

Megan, King's Hawaiian BLPTS

Sabina, Sesame Chicken Noodles

Marcel, Chipolte Honey Chicken

Desiree, Butternut squash soup

Inga, Caprese salad

How it all played out:

The Inaugural SSS meeting was awesome! Thank you again to Gemma for welcoming us into her beautiful home and hosting.

The cookbook club for women that love to cook and eat but do not necessarily love to collect cookbooks. We are breaking the rules ladies! I personally love to collect cookbooks, and so does fellow member Inga so maybe we will be able to convert a few of you guys. I received the cookbook as a Christmas gift and Gemma and I thought it would be a great first choice to launch our club. It turned out to be an excellent choice. The feedback was that the recipes were easy to follow and had ingredients that were easy to find. We also shared feedback for preserving expensive ingredients like ginger; Freeze it, soak it in vodkas and store as long as you like, chop it and freeze it. Thanks ladies, these things are great to know. I think we all enjoyed hearing tips, improvising options and lessons learned that we will be able to keep in mind if we choose to prepare the recipe ourselves.

Every single thing was delicious! I think it would be fun to choose a winner each month and the consensus seemed to be the lettuce wraps. Thanks Jill they were delicious! I’m sure every single one of us said we would make that one.

Maybe some of you are inclined to purchase the book but all the recipes we prepared are also listed on a separate post on this blog.

For next time:

So many leftovers! Please bring containers to take leftovers home next time.

Please bring any cookbook that you may have and think would be a great contender. We’ll look them over and decide. 

A few details:

• Please comment on the post "The Sisters" and add your contact info.
• Details for the next meeting are in a separate post.
• The recipes we prepared are listed in "Cravings" Recipes

Thanks again ladies. I love when a great idea comes to light. I look forward to creating many memories with all of you and bonding over the love of cooking, food and girl time.