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This is a group of 13 friends and neighbors that get together once a month to enjoy good food and share recipes. Each month a different girl hosts and does all the cooking. Every few months we have a "couples night" which means we get to bring our husbands and two girls work together to host the increased crowd. By the years end, each of us has only had to cook one great meal and in exchange you get to enjoy 9 others!


Friday, May 6, 2022

Amy's Italian night

Whipped Feta and Roasted Olives 

Pizza Chenna or Pizza Rustica I only cooked this for 1.5 hrs, cooled for 30min (you could then eat it immediately but the bread is a little crusty/tuff.  Putting it in the fridge for a day seems to help that problem.  I just microwave each slice for a bit to warm it up before eating).  For the meat, I just ask the deli to slice it thick (like 1") because I am going to cube it.

Arrabbiata sauce  I puree this in a blender at the end so that it has a smooth consistency.  If eating it with pasta I like to add capers and some crumbled goat cheese on top.

Creamy Garlic Mushrooms. When I added the cream cheese and parmesan, it was really thick and didn't need an additional 5 min of cooking.  I just added a little bit of water and stirred it and it was good to go!

Pioneer Woman Raspberry crisp. (1 recipe makes just a pie plate or 8x8 so I doubled this recipe).  You may need to broil it at the end for just a minute or two to brown the topping a bit.

Oatmeal Cake (I cooked a 9x13 pan for 35min)