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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!


Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Thanksgiving Couples night at Kristen's

Lion House Rolls

Prep Time: 34 mins  | Cook Time: 15 mins  | Difficulty: Easy  | Servings: 1 serving 

Ingredients:
2 cups water (110 to 115 degrees)
2/3 cup nonfat dry milk
2 tablespoons active dry yeast
1/4 cup granulated sugar
2 teaspoons salt
1/3 cup butter
1 egg
4 1/2 to 5 cups all-purpose flour or bread flour
1/2 cup butter melted

Directions:
In large bowl of an electric mixer, combine water and dry milk powder, stirring until milk dissolves. 

Add yeast, then sugar, salt, butter, egg, and 2 cups of the flour. 

Mix on low speed until ingredients are wet. Increase mixer speed to medium and mix for 2 minutes. Add 2 cups flour; mix on low speed until ingredients are wet, then for 2 minutes at medium speed. (Dough will be getting stiff, and remaining flour may need to be mixed in by hand.) Add remaining flour, 1/2 cup at a time, and mix again until dough is soft, not overly sticky, and not stiff. (It is not necessary to use the entire amount of flour.)

Scrape dough off sides of the bowl and pour about one tablespoon of vegetable oil; work oil all around the sides of the bowl. Turn dough over in a bowl so it is covered with oil. (This helps prevent dough from drying out.) Cover with plastic wrap and allow to rise in a warm place until doubled in size, about 1 1/2 hours. Sprinkle the cutting board or counter with flour and place dough on a floured board. Roll out and shape as desired. Place on greased or parchment-lined baking pans. Cover lightly with plastic wrap. Let rise in a warm place until rolls are doubled in size, about 1 to 1 1/2 hours.

Bake at 375° F for 15 to 20 minutes or until browned. Brush with melted butter while hot. Serve with honey butter or raspberry honey butter. Makes 1 1/2 to 3 dozen rolls, depending on shape and size of rolls.

Note: You can freeze shaped rolls for later use. Simply double the amount of yeast used when making dough if freezing. After the first rise, shape the rolls but do not rise again. Instead, place rolls on a baking sheet and immediately place in the freezer. When dough is frozen solid, remove rolls from the pan and place in a plastic bag, squeeze excess air out of the bag and seal. Rolls can be frozen for 3 weeks. 














Pomegranate Pie


Pecan Pie Bars






Sunday, October 26, 2025

Lindsay's Chimichurri chicken and salad

 Appetizer

I served this with pita crackers.  




Smashed Potatoes:  I kind of just make it up based on things I’ve seen online
-baby Yukon Gold Potatoes
-Olive Oil
-Salt and Pepper
-Parm Cheese

Boil Potatoes until fork tender, drain.  Transfer to parchment lined baking sheet and smash with the bottom side of a heavy glass cup.  Drizzle with Olive oil, salt and pepper and cook for 20 minutes at 425.  Add Parmesan Cheese and cook for another 5-10 minutes.













Friday, September 12, 2025

Kristi's Italian night

 For the Breadsticks:  Set out Rhodes rolls.  When softened, roll into a breadstick and let rise 2-3 hrs.  I cut my dough before rising for shorter breadsticks.  Once doubled in size, brush with melted butter then shake salad supreme seasoning over the top.  Bake at 350 10-12 min.  Immediately brush more butter over the top.











Saturday, August 16, 2025

Staci & Rachel's fish taco night



Watermelon-Feta salad

Coconut rice:  2 C jasmine rice, 3 C. Coconut milk, 1 can red kidney beans 

fish tacos


Staci used parmesan instead of Cojita cheese and sprinkled tajin seasoning on after with the cheese and more cilantro to garnish.




Staci used mango instead of Pineapple in the fruit salsa recipe below



The OG Lemon Dessert recipe but Rachel prefers the one below that doesn't have raw eggs.














Saturday, July 12, 2025

Kymberly's bbq night

 Appetizer- Bruschetta Dip served with sliced baguette (or pita chips) 


SidesApple Feta Spinach Salad  https://www.eatwell101.com/spinach-salad-recipe#

Corn Fritters (recipe in Kymberly's mom's handwriting)


Lemon Jello - also Mom’s idea - Large box lemon jello prepared according to box instructions, pour into 9x13 dish add washed green grapes and fresh sliced peaches to liquid jello and allow to set up in fridge

Sliced Watermelon 

Smoked Brisket always buy your brisket from Costco! It’s the best quality and price. I’ve tried other stores and they just don’t compare. Pick a brisket that when you pick it up is very flexible and floppy. Nice marbling and a decent fat cap is great- you’ll want at least a 1/4” thick fat cap. If you buy one with too big a fat cap you’re just paying to cut off the fat. When you trim off the excess fat you want to keep that 1/4” layer of fat, trim away anything more and cut away any silver skin. Salt and pepper and garlic powder both sides and give it a good rub, then spank it like the bad boy it is. Start your smoker to 225 deg, let it come to temperature and lay the brisket directly on the grate. Insert a thermometer in the middle of the thicker part of the brisket. Tightly wrap it in pink butcher paper or foil (no holes or gaps) when the temp hits 160. It comes off the smoker when you hit 206 degrees. Briskets need to rest for at least an hour before slicing against the grain. Briskets are unpredictable in how long they take so I start mine at 5:00am 😀 they can rest for a few hours in a resting blanket or wrapped in towels in a cooler.

Pineapple wrapped ribs
Pork loin ribs - (not baby back or St. Louis) rub the ribs down with a good rib rub, Hey Grill Hey has a good rub recipe. 

trim the pineapple and skewer the seasoned ribs around it. Make a foil boat around the bottom of the pine/ribs. Drizzle hot honey over the pineapple and put on a 225 deg preheated smoker until it hits 165 degrees- mopping it every hour with honey. When you get to 165, you’re going to lay out large pieces of foil to wrap the entire thing. Place slices of butter sitting on the top edge of ribs resting on the pineapple crown. You can also mop it with your favorite BBQ sauce, then bundle the whole thing up and put back on the smoker and turn it up to 275 degrees and keep on smoking til the ribs reach 202, don’t go higher than 205. Cut up and serve ribs with with a slice of smoked pineapple.

Roasted Cherry Brownies (You can also use the Ghirardelli box brownie mix and follow the instructions for roasting and adding the cherries)