Cookbook Book Club 2018

We meet on the last Thursday of the month,

The Cookbook Book Club

So October is always our last meeting

for Thanksgiving and Christmas

are the last of November and December

For January, we had to go to Plan B

Rita was gracious to offer her home for our meeting

It was a wonderful array!

Our "go to" when we're at a loss is always appetizers

We had a wonderful array!

Angela's  Thai lettuce wraps

Her presentation is like a magazine spread

And they were good!!!

Rita's Dixie's Salsa

It's good, it's easy and would be a great addition to a Super Bowl party!

Donna's Tri Color Hummus (regular, sun dried tomato and spinach and parsley)
plus roasted carrot dip
They were all good but I think a lot of us fell in love with the carrot dip!

Belynda's breadsticks

Easy but oh, so good

And such a cute presentation as well -- upright in a container rather than flat on a plate!

Michelle's cranberry and goat cheese

An Ina "recipe" 

You don't have to make everything --

You buy "good" and serve it with a smile

And it was very good!

Belynda's Korean Chicken wings

Yummy!

Barbara's cold veggie pizza

I've eaten it before, I've made it a time or two but Barbara's was the best I've ever had

Perhaps it was the chopped vegetables on top -- 

She used a bag of chopped veggie salad rather than chopping the vegetables herself 

How smart is that!

 My garlic clouds

They were deflated clouds but still tasted good and garlicky!

The first plate with tastes of everything!

We all went back for seconds

(And I think a few of us went back for thirds!)

And no meeting of the Cookbook Book Club

can be complete without dessert

Rhonda's Very Vanilla Cake

Which was very good although it was not pretty.

And I didn't get a picture of the Red Velvet Cake that Michelle brought to celebrate

Belynda's birthday earlier in the week.

It was good to be back together again

We talked, we laughed, we ate, we got caught up.

We're eagerly awaiting February --

We're being taught how to make pizza crust

And we're each bringing toppings!