January - A New Year, A New Recipe

For our innaugural meeting, we thought it was fitting to go with the theme, "A New Year, A New Recipe".  This meant that everybody had to bring something they had never made before. 

Overall we had an excellent first meal. 

Appetizers - Maritza made popcorn with kettlekorn salt.  This was a last minute substitute since Marjorie had a last minute emergency to attend to.  We were sad Marjorie wasn't able to make it - but we're looking forward to her contributions at upcoming meetings.  The popcorn was light and fluffy and just the right balance of sweet and salty.

Drinks - Emily got the lucky job of being our mixologist for the evening.  For our meeting, Emily debuted what she calls the Chocolate Raspberry Kiss Martini.  This is a real ladies drink - however, it does contain 3 types of liquors meaning that we each only had one and we drank it slow.  But these drinks were good to the last drop.

Entre - Big kudos has to go to Leanne/Violet for tackling the main course for our first meal.  Leanne will be the first to tell you that she has limited kitchen experience.  Despite that - she made an excellent dish called Penne Al La Betsy, a recipe originally from The Pioneer Woman.  The dish was fantastic - with the shrimp cooked right, a savory sauce with yummy roasted garlic. 

Side Dish - Sirisha covered one of the most important food groups - comfort food.  She made Potato Au Gratin.  He potatoes were golden, cheesey, and delicious.  She also lightened them up by using evaporated milk instead of cream.  This dish was cosy and perfect for the cold winter days we've been having.

Dessert - Maritza pulled the dessert card, and so she made a really yummy chocolate pudding pie.  The pie had a graham cracker crust and was topped with whipped cream.  The pie was rich, creamy, and delicious.  The perfect ending to our first meal.

 

Raising our glasses to the Vixens