Recipes from Cooking Group

Our theme this time was Autumn. Thank you to those who showed up. It was fun to sit and chat as well as get to know some of you sisters a little bit better. I didn't do sign ups but it turned out we had 1 soup, 1 side dish, 1 main dish, and 1 dessert. Here are the recipes. I meant to take pictures but forgot, you will have to take my word for it, it all looked good and tasted better.

Corn and Bacon Chowder
Brought by: Evelania Moser (Olie Chavez' daughter)

5 slices bacon, chopped
1 medium onion, halved and sliced (like red onion)
2 cups milk
2 cups frozen corn
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 cup diced potatoes (I unusually use red potatoes and more than 1 cup)
1/4 tsp. black pepper

In large saucepan, cook bacon until crisp. Remove bacon with slotted spoon and drain bacon on paper towels. Leave 2 tbsp of the bacon drippings in saucepan. Cook onion rings in reserved bacon drippings until tender. Stir in milk, soup, corn, potato and pepper. Bring to a boil. reduce heat, simmer uncovered 2-3 minutes, Remove from heat.

Top individual servings with crumbled bacon.

Makes 4-6 servings...so they say, I like to double the recipe.
Taken from the book 365 Ideas for Dinner

Green Beans with Garlic
Brought by Rosa Young
Prep time: 10 minutes Cook time: 15 minutes Serves: 8

1 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp butter
4 large cloves garlic, minced
1/4 cup chopped onion
1 (14 oz) can 99% fat free chicken broth
1/2 tsp. sugar
1 1/2lb. fresh green beans, cut into pieces
6 slices bacon cooked and crumbled

1. In saucepan place olive oil and butter over medium heat; add garlic and onion. Cook and stir constantly until tender, about 3 minutes.

2. Add chicken broth, sugar and pepper to taste. Bring to boiling; add green beans. Return to boiling, cover, and reduce heat to low. Simmer 10 to 15 minutes or until beans are tender.

3. Meanwhile prepare bacon. Place cooked beans in serving dish and top with crumbled bacon. serve hot.

Thanksgiving Wreath
Brought by April Jacobs Here is a video of one.

2 tubes of crescent roll
1 9 oz package turkey deli meat
1/2 can whole cranberry sauce
1 can cream of Chicken soup
1 cup shredded Mozzarella
1 package stove top stuffing prepared as directed.

Roll out crescent roll triangles. lay them in a circle so the short side over laps half way and the long part points out, continue in a circle. When done you should have a circle in the middle about a 2.5 inch solid crescent ring then the points of the crescent roll pointing outwards. (That is the hardest part of the dish!). Mix soup and cheese.

Layer lunch meat, followed by cranberry sauce, kind of like jam on bread. Spread soup and cheese mixture next. Top with prepared stuffing. I used about 1/2 to 2/3 of the box.

Take each point and wrap over the top and tuck under. Continue around circle. When mine was done the lunch meat ended up being kind of like a boat hold the stuff in while the crescent rolls braced the sides. Hopefully that makes sense.

Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes

Pumpkin and Cream Cheese Roll
Brought by Rachel Cottam
serves 10

3/4 c. Flour
1 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
3 eggs, slightly beaten
1 cup sugar
2/3 cup solid- pack canned pumpkin

1 cup walnuts, chopped.

1. Preheat oven 375. Grease 15"x10"x1" jelly roll pan. Line with parchment paper; grease and flour parchment paper.
2. Sift flour, baking powder, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, nutmeg & salt. Set aside.
3. Beat eggs and sugar in large bowl until thick and fluffy. Beat in pumpkin. Stir sifted dry ingredients into mix. Pour into prepared pan; spread evenly. Sprinkle with nuts.
4. Bake for 15 minutes or until center springs back when touched.
5. Loosen cake edges. Invert onto a clean damp towel dusted with powdered sugar. Peal off parchment paper. Trim 1/4" from all sides. Roll up cake and towel together from short side. Place seam down on wire rack; cool completely.

Filling:
1 cup powdered sugar
1 pkg (8oz) cream cheese
6 Tbsp. butter
1 tsp. vanilla

Mix all ingredients until smooth.

Unroll cake. Spread with filling then re roll. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

A link to check out

Misty Muhlstein in our wad has a website and wanted to get the word out. It is like a craig's list with an LDS focus. Check it out.

www.beehivelist.com

Midnight Madness!

This event will take place...

Friday, October 10th

6:30pm at the Dekinger Chapel

Dinner, desert, crafts and friends, what more could you ask for?

Midnight Madness

Temple Frame
Cost: $4
Taught by: Sister

Handmade soaps & Etched "Be Clean" Jar
Cost:
Taught by: Sister Smith
Aprons
Cost: $2
Taught by: Sister Evans
Halloween Water Bottles
Cost:
Taught by: Sister Barnes
Holiday Candy Holders
Cost: .75 each
Taught by: Sister Barnes
Give Thanks Blocks
Cost: $10
Taught by: Sister Romer
Boo Halloween Blocks
Cost: $6
Taught by: Sister Romer
Button Necklace
Cost: $4
Taught by: Sister Smith
Stamped Family Frame
Cost: $2
Taught by: Sister Jacobs
Barrettes
Cost: $5 for 6
Taught by: Sister Lopez

Playgroup

We will plan on meeting on Fridays at 11:30. We will go to the same park for the entire month. Clayton has some awesome parks I am concerned with getting pack in time to pick up siblings so if time is an issue we may change these parks to a more centrally located park.

I will try to get evites out the week before potlucks so we don’t have 12 people bring crackers.

If you have any other questions or suggestions please feel free to contact me, I love input and want this to be fun for you and your child too.

2008-2009 SCHEDULE
September-Library Park
12th Back to School potluck

October- Concord Neighborhood Park
31st – Clayton Valley Pumpkin Patch

November-Concord Community Park (Cowell Park)
21st-Thanskgiving Potluck

December- Let’s not plan playgroup this month but do a Christmas potluck on the 12th of December at the Denkinger Chapel unless someone wants to have it at their house.

January-Dependant on Weather Pleasant Hill Community Park/Denkinger Chapel

February-Clayton Park “The Grove” in the Heart of Clayton
13th- Valentine Potluck

March – Hillcrest Park
13th- Extreme Green Potluck

April – Brazil Quarry Park
10th- Easter Egg hunt

May – Clayton Community Park (Regency Drive Clayton)
8th- Mother’s Day Potluck Let’s not be humble and celebrate ourselves!

Upcoming Events

Friday July 4th
9:00 a.m. (Meet at the flagpole)
Pancake Breakfast with Concord II Ward

Summer Field Trips

We are going on field trips to keep the kids busy during the Summer. We are going every Wednesday. Times will be different for each trip.

Here are the upcoming plans. Contact April Jacobs with any questions:

June
25th: Oakland Center for Art & Science
Cost: Free
Details:
Junior Center of Art and Science
Lakeside Park
558 Bellevue Avenue
Oakland, CA 94610

Directions:
Take I-680
Keep left at the fork, follow signs for Oakland/San Jose/I-680 S and merge onto I-680 S 3.5 mi
Take the exit onto CA-24 W toward Oakland/Lafayette 13.6 mi
Take the exit onto I-580 E toward Hayward 1.9 mi
Take the exit toward Grand Ave 0.1 mi
Merge onto MacArthur Blvd 423 ft
Turn right at Grand Ave 0.6 mi
Turn left at Bellevue Ave

July
2nd: San Francisco Zoo
Cost: Bridge free for carpool/Admission Free (Parking $$)

9th: Old Borges Ranch (Walnut Creek)
Cost: Free

16th: Pacifica Beach
Cost: Bridge free for carpool/No additional cost

23rd: Tilden Park (Oakland)
Cost: Free

August
6th: San Francisco Exploratorium (If we have a group of 10 or more we need a reservation.)
Cost: Bridge free for carpool/Admission Free (Parking $$)

13th: Fortune Cookie Factory (Oakland)
Cost: $1 (includes a bag of fortune cookies)

20th: Oakland Zoo
Cost: Parking $6, Admission* 2-14=$6.00, >14=9.50
*If we do a reservation with more then 12 paying the cost will be 2-14=4.50, >14=5.50