WEEK 51 - Green Bean Casserole

Patrick will make this recipe while I make wontons and sushi rolls.
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/campbells-green-bean-casserole/detail.aspx?p34=Featured%20Quick%20Search%20Result

WEEK 49 and 50 - Beer Tasting Party

Ask guests to bring beer.

Print out beer pairing list.

Make beer recipes:

Irish Beef Stew - http://allrecipes.com/recipe/beef-and-irish-stout-stew/detail.aspx
Boilermaker Tailgate Chili - http://allrecipes.com/recipe/boilermaker-tailgate-chili/detail.aspx
Hot dogs/buns
Beer Brats - http://allrecipes.com/recipe/beer-brats/detail.aspx
Whole Wheat Beer Bread - http://allrecipes.com/recipe/whole-wheat-beer-bread/detail.aspx
Beer Cheese Dip - http://allrecipes.com/recipe/beer-cheese-dip-ii/detail.aspx
Onion Rings - http://allrecipes.com/recipe/fried-onion-rings/detail.aspx
Slow Cooker French Dip - http://allrecipes.com/recipe/easy-slow-cooker-french-dip/detail.aspx
Guinness Ice Cream - http://www.grouprecipes.com/63353/my-favorite-guiness-ice-cream.html
Vanilla Ice Cream for Beer floats

Lemon Meringue - http://allrecipes.com/recipe/grandmas-lemon-meringue-pie/detail.aspx

WEEK 48 - Pumpkin Pecan Pancakes

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Pumpkin-Pecan-Pancakes/Detail.aspx?ms=1&prop25=72853817&prop26=DailyDish&prop27=2011-11-27&prop28=RecipeOption&prop29=FullRecipePhoto&me=1

http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/italian-sausage-lasagna/2601a67c-438d-407a-b163-2f57ede06cb9#?term=lasagna&fv=AND%28HasGridViewImage:True%29&pi=1&ps=9

Sushi

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/pumpkin-ravioli/detail.aspx or Pumpkin wontons

WEEK 47 - Thanksgiving week

Butter lemon garlic sauce with herbs (for Costco ravioli)
MOR - 1/2 cup butter, one lemon (squeezed), 1 tbs crushed garlic (from a can)

Garlic Chicken
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/easy-garlic-chicken/detail.aspx

Stroganoff - a tried and true classic recipe:
http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/light-and-easy-hamburger-stroganoff/d99561d3-5291-468d-993c-6688e46583ff

For Thanksgiving I plan to make:
Pumpkin Cake Roll
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/pumpkin-roll-cake/detail.aspx
http://www.verybestbaking.com/recipes/32372/LIBBYS-Pumpkin-Roll/detail.aspx

Butternut and Apple Harvest Soup
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/butternut-and-apple-harvest-soup/detail.aspx

MOR - Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese or Butternut Squash Wontons

WEEK 46 - Pretzels and Margaritas

- Pretzels -
Perhaps a salty and a sweet cinnamon one for Meredith's cocktails and caramel apples girls night party
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/mall-pretzels/detail.aspx

- Margaritas (various kinds) -

Beer Margarita
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/beer-margaritas/detail.aspx

Jalapeno Margarita
http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/jalapeno-margaritas

And perhaps a Bloody Mary:
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/classic-bloody-mary/detail.aspx

WEEK 45: Miso Braised Pork

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/miso-braised-pork/detail.aspx

WEEK 44: Ry's Chocolatey Bday Desserts

Along with enchiladas chicken suizas, I'm making Ryan some dessert!!!

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/chocolate-mint-cookies-i/detail.aspx

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/too-much-chocolate-cake/detail.aspx

WEEK 43 - Salmon/Eggplant and Chipotle Lasagna

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/spicy-salmon-with-caramelized-onions/detail.aspx

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/indian-eggplant---bhurtha/detail.aspx

I am also going to make this lasagna recipe
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/loris-spicy-chipotle-lasagna/detail.aspx

HALLOWEEN PARTY MENU

FOODS:

Pretzels
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/mall-pretzels/detail.aspx
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/buttery-soft-pretzels/detail.aspx

Pulled Pork Slow Cooker
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/slow-cooker-texas-pulled-pork/detail.aspx

Edible Eyeball Treats
http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/edible-eyeball-treats-685115/

Mummy Dearest
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/litl-smokies-mummy-dogs/detail.aspx

Halloween Brain Dip
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/halloween-brain-dip/detail.aspx

Vampire Bites
http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/apple-bites-688193/

My own recipes:
Frankenstein's Fruity Monster

Monster Hands

Cemetery Brownies

Red asphalt witch hair Spaghetti

Pulled Pork
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/slow-cooker-texas-pulled-pork/detail.aspx

BEVERAGES:

Sangria
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/sangria-ii/detail.aspx

Mimosas


GAMES:

1. Pumpkin Carving
2. Costume Contest


3. Head Waiter
Submitted by Ghoul Friday
on September 20, 2011 - 5:41pm

I found this game on FamilyFun.com and tweaked it slightly. The object of the game is to be the first team to relay a severed head back and forth across a space without dropping it off the plate.
Materials

* 2 blown-up balloons
* Markers
* 2 paper plates

Game Play

1. Divide your guests into two teams of waiters and waitresses.
2. Give each team a blown-up balloon to decorate as a head, using permanent markers. Allow the ink to dry.
3. In teams, the participants must race to a finish line and back, keeping their air-headed balloons perched on a paper plate (they must hold it waiter style, with arm up and wrist cocked back). They cannot touch it with their free hand until it has hit the ground.
4. If the balloon sails to the ground, the person must pick it up, put it back on her plate and finish her leg of the relay by walking backward.
5. Before each team member starts her leg of the race, her whole team must yell out, "Waiter, there's a head in my soup!"
6. The balloon must be transfered from one person to the next person on their team without using hands (using the paper plates as tools is fine).
7. The team where all players have successfully delivered their heads first, wins.

You could give participants shredded paper and tape to add hair to their heads, or you could have the heads decorated before the party begins.

4. Have You Learned Anything from Horror Movies?
You can always spot when a character in a horror movie has suffered a lapse in judgement. After the movie is over, you might talk about techniques of staying alive when encountering dark creatures and situations. I decided to take this concept and turn it into a competitive game of question and answer.
Game Play:

Break the party guests into equal groups. Explain that you will be offering standard examples of horror movie situations. Each team should nominate one person to be their speaker. They can change this speaker at any time, but note that only one person can answer the question.

Once the question is asked to the entire group, each team will work together with their members to come up with an original and resourceful response to the question. They must explain why they chose this answer (sometimes it is the explanation that can make or break a winning answer).

They have 30 seconds to brainstorm with their team (you can adjust this time limit for certain questions if needed, but 30 seconds generally is enough time). You may wish to give each team a pen and paper to take notes. When time is up, there is no more talking or writing (especially if the other teams have started giving their answer). Any team caught talking or writing after time is up is disqualified from that round.

Each team representative answers the question. Rotate which team gets to answer first. The most creative, horror-movie-knowledge-based answer wins the point.

1. You are with a group of people going on vacation. Your car runs out of gas in the middle of nowhere. It's getting dark. You can't get a signal on your cell phone. There was little to be seen on this deserted road as you travelled, except an old house that looked abandoned, a gas station, a little girl running a lemonade stand, and an amusement park. What do you do?

2. You are looking to buy a house. What important information should you find out about the property before you buy it?

3. What is the number one sign that it is time to move out of your current house?

4. You are running from a monster through the woods. Having watched many horror films, you know you should expect certain things to happen as you try to get away. Name two of them, and tell me what actions you should take to increase your chance of staying alive if they happen.

5. While exploring an abandoned building, your companion finds a dusty old book with leather binding and what might be Latin writing carved into the spine. After he comments on the pretty inverted star with an image of a goat's head in the centre of the cover, what should you do?

6. You hear a noise in the house. You decide to investigate what caused it and discover it was only the cat. What should you do?

7. If the power has just gone out, what is the worst room to search?

8. To escape a crazy man in a nondescript pale mask, you enter an old farmhouse through the storm doors of the cellar. You manage to lock the storm doors from the inside, but when you look up the stairs to the doorway leading to the main level, you realize it has no door to bar. What do you do?

9. Finish this statement and explain your answer: "Never stand in, on, above, below, beside or anywhere near a..." what?

10. While walking along the beach, your friend found an antique necklace and has been wearing it proudly each day during the cottage vacation. Lately, they're sleeping more, looking pale, wincing at bright lights, and at dinner they surprise you by speaking another language you didn't know they had studied. What do you do?

11. You are watching television. The image flickers and loses its cable connection. You notice an image is slowing emerging from the static on the screen. Your friend happily exclaims "Oh good! The picture is coming back." What do you do?

12. You have just shot the crazed psychopath 5 times (twice in the head, twice in the chest, and once in the leg). He has fallen dead on the floor. What do you do?

13. There is a corpse in a coffin. Buried with it is a rosary, a dead cat, a dagger and a wilted rose. You have to take something. What do you take and why?

14. You are being chased by a monster. To your left is your car, to your right is your house, and straight ahead is your neighbour's home. Where DON'T you go?

15. You are babysitting. The killer keeps calling you on the phone. What should you do?

16. Five of you are trapped in a large mansion with something that has already killed off your other companions. You've managed to find 3 flashlights, a baseball bat and of course the switchblade your creepy friend always brings with him on trips for some reason. You are all in a bedroom on the second floor planning your next move. What is your plan?

17. Zombies have risen from the dead. Where is the best place to survive this sudden apocalypse? (Note: you must remain on earth)

18. Excluding sports equipment, tools (power or otherwise, including axes), and knives, what is the best household item to use as a weapon against a flesh-and-blood monster?

19. Your group, being stalked by vicious creatures, has decided to split up. You HAVE to pair up with one of them. Which one do you pick as your partner: the science geek, the jock, the cheerleader, the hoodlum, or the quiet pale girl?

20. Taking into consideration all of the horror films ever made, who or what would be the most dangerous, scariest person/creature to have to fight off or escape from?



DECOR:
Pumpkins
Chalk Outlines
Lights
Orange/Black Balloons
Apple tea lights

MONTH 10: Halloween Party

When: Sunday, October 30th @ 4pm

Hi friends,

We'd like to invite you to our place for a Halloween Party!

Be ready for the following:
- Pumpkin Carving - if you plan to carve a pumpkin, please pick one up and bring it with you. We will provide the carving tools.
- Costume Contests - dress in your spookiest, most unique, sexiest, or all 3!!! Prizes to be awarded.
- Spooky Movies - bring any scary movies you want to watch.
- Halloween treats - Feel free to bring drinks and food, though we'll provide some of our own.
- Dancing - DJ Gabe will be spinning once the sun sets!

Please let me know how many are in your party. Hitch hiking ghosts are allowed, and if you have any vampires in your group I'll be sure to put them on the guest list so they may enter our home!

Spooky regards,
The spirits of Rochelle and Carolyn

WEEK 42 - Chicken

Chicken is my favorite form of protein. These are a few ways I like to eat my chickens.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/good-food-fast-with-family-circle/crispy-oven-baked-chicken-recipe/index.html

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/barbeque-chicken-2/detail.aspx

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/baked-teriyaki-chicken/detail.aspx

WEEK 41: Banana Nut Bread and Buttermilk Pancakes

I miss my grandma's banana nut bread. But here's a recipe I found instead. I plan to add coconut and strawberries to it. Coconut because it sounds like a hawaiian thing to do (and is delicious in carrot cake!) and strawberries just cuz we have them.
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/janets-rich-banana-bread/detail.aspx

Buttermilk Pancakes
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/buttermilk-pancakes-ii/detail.aspx

MONTH 10: Volunteer - Global Inheritance Tour Rider Program at the Hollywood Bowl

What: Tour Riders at the Hollywood Bowl
When: October 11th, 2011 from 4pm-7:30pm
Where: Hollywood Bowl

Tonight: Journey and Foreigner

"Don't stop believing! Hang on to that feeling!"


More info about this - http://www.globalinheritance.org/tour-rider
Faster than driving, able to leap congested roads in single bound, it’s the Tour Rider Program at the Hollywood Bowl!
That’s right—with plenty of public transportation options in L.A., Global Inheritance continues its Tour Rider program with Hewitt/Silva shows at the Hollywood Bowl this Summer/Fall.

Tour Rider offers some of the coolest prizes around: movie screening passes, Lucky Strike bowling tickets, museum passes, band shirts, music, and more!!

What is a Tour Rider? Tour Riders are people who take the Metro bus/rail, Park and Ride Shuttles, or bikes to attend Hewitt/Silva lease concerts at the Hollywood Bowl. Not only will all Tour Riders save gas, money and time, but each Tour Rider will also receive a special incentive when entering the Hollywood Bowl! Just ask anyone who attended Rod Stewart/Stevie Nicks, Motley Crue, Star Wars In Concert, Kylie Minogue or Zac Brown Band concerts this year how sweet life can be when you take public transportation!

Upcoming Tour Rider dates include ::
Maroon 5/Train :: July 25
Phish :: August 8
Santana/George Lopez :: October 1
Blink = 182/My Chemical Romance :: October 8
Journey/Foreigner :: October 11
+++ More To Be Announced Shortly

For more questions or to volunteer, email :: TourRider@globalinheritance.org

WEEK 40 - Tortilla soup and enchiladas

Either of these tortilla soup recipes
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/slow-cooker-chicken-tortilla-soup/detail.aspx
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/rachael-ray/chicken-tortilla-soup-with-chipotle-and-fire-roasted-tomato-recipe/index.html


Enchiladas
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/chicken-enchiladas-ii/detail.aspx

WEEK 39: Carrot Patties

I'm on a carrot craze lately, and hamburgers are always good, so why not combine the two for a healthy AND tasty treat!

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/carrot-burgers-2/detail.aspx

1 1/2 cups diced carrots
2 cups crushed cornflakes
2 eggs, beaten
1/4 cup finely chopped celery
1 tablespoon finely chopped onion
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon sugar
1/8 teaspoon pepper
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
Hamburger buns

Directions

Place carrots in a saucepan with a small amount of water. Bring to a boil; reduce heat. Cover and cook for 5 minutes or until tender; drain. In a bowl, combine carrots, cornflakes, eggs, celery, onion, salt, sugar and pepper; mix well. Form into six patties. Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook patties for 3 minutes on each side or until browned. Serve on buns if desired.

Week 38: Chicken Florentine and Carrot Cake

I'm going to make this for my mom's birthday party this weekend!

Chicken Florentine with Mixed Veggies and Popovers
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/chicken-florentine-casserole/detail.aspx
Ingredients

4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
1/4 cup butter
3 teaspoons minced garlic
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of mushroom soup
1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
1/2 cup half-and-half
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
2 (13.5 ounce) cans spinach, drained
4 ounces fresh mushrooms, sliced
2/3 cup bacon bits
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Place the chicken breast halves on a baking sheet; bake 20 to 30 minutes, until no longer pink and juices run clear. Remove from heat, and set aside.
Increase the oven temperature to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stirring constantly, mix in the garlic, lemon juice, cream of mushroom soup, Italian seasoning, half-and-half, and Parmesan cheese.
Arrange the spinach over the bottom of a 9x9 inch baking dish. Cover the spinach with the mushrooms. Pour half the mixture from the saucepan over the mushrooms. Arrange chicken breasts in the dish, and cover with the remaining sauce mixture. Sprinkle with bacon bits, and top with mozzarella cheese.
Bake 20 to 25 minutes in the 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) oven, until bubbly and lightly browned.


http://allrecipes.com/recipe/popovers/detail.aspx
Ingredients

2 eggs
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon salt

Directions

Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Grease and flour six 6-ounce custard cups.
In a medium bowl beat eggs slightly, Beat in flour, milk and salt until just smooth; being careful not to overbeat. Fill custard cups 1/2 full.
Bake at 450 degrees F (230 degrees C) for 20 minutes. Decrease oven temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and bake for 20 minutes more. Immediately remove from cups and serve piping hot.



And a Carrot Cake (minus the frosting) for dessert!
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/sams-famous-carrot-cake/detail.aspx
Ingredients

3 eggs
3/4 cup buttermilk
3/4 cup vegetable oil
1 1/2 cups white sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 cups shredded carrots
1 cup flaked coconut
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple with juice
1 cup raisins

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour an 8x12 inch pan.
In a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Set aside.
In a large bowl, combine eggs, buttermilk, oil, sugar and vanilla. Mix well. Add flour mixture and mix well.
In a medium bowl, combine shredded carrots, coconut, walnuts, pineapple and raisins.
Using a large wooden spoon or a very heavy whisk, add carrot mixture to batter and fold in well.
Pour into prepared 8x12 inch pan, and bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 1 hour. Check with toothpick.
Allow to cool for at least 20 minutes before serving.

WEEK 37: Lasagna and French Watermelon

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/worlds-best-lasagna/detail.aspx

WEEK 36: Coconut Shrimp

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/coconut-shrimp-i/detail.aspx

WEEK 35: Margherita Pizzas

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/exquisite-pizza-sauce/detail.aspx
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/four-cheese-margherita-pizza/detail.aspx

WEEK 34: Ceviche, Gnocchi, and Oatmeal Chip Cookies

I guess I'm very ambitious this week, with three things (at least) on the menu!!!

Ceviche:
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/crab-ceviche/detail.aspx

Gnocchi:
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/gnocchi-i/detail.aspx
With Garlic Butter Sage Sauce:
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/gnocchi-with-sage-butter-sauce/detail.aspx

Oatmeal Chip Cookies:
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/oatmeal-chip-cookies/detail.aspx