Thursday evening was our Sola Gratia end of season party – wahoo!! We have this tradition where we put together a fancy spread of coordinating dishes (like, from Southern Living or something). This means I have to buy and make things I never would otherwise.
I couldn’t hold the recipe quite far enough from the camera, so Joanna held it for me – she’s so helpful! (Though, now that I’ve cropped it, you totally can’t tell that anyone was holding it.) Anyway…
I was planning to wait until naptime to put it together, but the children started to play blissfully sweetly at about 1:00, so I jumped on it!
I am soooooooo thankful for my new knife, which I used to chop everything.
All put together, minus the feta, which was added right before serving.
Matt liked it and the kids even ate a bit, but I actually didn’t try it. It is soooooo NOT my kind of food. :)
At the party I got busy taking pictures of all the other yummy dishes.
The cucumber was hollowed out like a little bowl and filled with some kind of fantastic cream cheese mixture. They were kind of hard to eat, but I still managed to have two. :)
Quiche – yummo!!
These little beauties were Pilsbury biscuit dough in muffin tins topped with brie cheese and some mango chutney. YUM.
A lot of the dishes had duplicates (we’re hungry people!); here’s the other biscuity one, although it tasted a little different. (Yup, I sampled ‘em both!)
A beautiful salad that I did not eat because of the wide variety of vegetables that I do not like. But did I mention it was beautiful?
My salad!
And the pita chips it was to be served with:
Here’s the other Greek chicken salad. I didn’t taste it either, but it sure is pretty!
Yummy cheese and crackers:
Some herbed pecans – mmmmmm…
Sausages wrapped in bacon and deliciousness:
Some goooooood fruit:
Such a lovely spread!
Mmmmm…
And in the other room, some desserts:
And twenty-five pictures into this post – some people! I tried to take pictures of everybody, but if I missed someone it was probably because they were moving around. A lot of the pictures are poorly shot, but I couldn’t stand around taking picture after picture of people like I did with the food. (They had lots of talking to do!)
Donna and Theresa:
Kendra and Kelly:
Beth and Amanda:
Elisa, Carol, and Emily:
Susie and Linda:
Stacia and Sue:
Jamie, Cyndy, and Irma:
Mary and Lori:
Meredith, our esteemed director, was moving around at picture time, but I got a shot of her later on.
I just love love singing in this group. I’m sad we don’t meet in the summer, but I guess it’s good to have a break.
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