Friday, October 24, 2008

A Taste of Italy

Last night, our mom's group from church had it's monthly "Mom's Night Out", but with a twist. We got out of our houses, but got into someone's kitchen and prepared four meals together! In a little over three hours, we made ricotta cheese, hand-rolled some meatballs, stuffed three-cheese shells, assembled both a lasagna and an Italian seasoned chicken dish! WOW! Not to mention the great time we had chatting, tasting some Italian cheeses, meats and drinks, and finishing our night with an amazing chocolate layer cake made by our hostess, Julie McNeely! We had a great evening "out" and went home with four freezer meals for our families.

A "grazie mille" goes out to Julie for hosting all 10 of us in her kitchen, Christa for inspiring us with this idea and helping me organize, and to Sam's Italian Deli (located @ First/Clinton) for their great service and selection (not to mention making our sausage and marinara from scratch the morning of)!

5 comments:

Ben and Alli said...

Makes me think of all the times that we would cook Italian with mom. Glad you had a fun time. Miss you lots.

Ben

The Isaacs said...

Fun!
By the way, I like your new layout!

Christa Wiens said...

Great new layout!

JHNickodemus said...

Yum! Sounds delicious!

The Lomeli clan said...

Thanks for all your hard work putting that all together. I think we all had a great time!