Sunday, December 24, 2017

373rd gathering. Tamales

Where? J's
Attendants: J, M, A, P, C, and D

Menu:
1) Tamales with pinto and black bean sweet potato filling and salsa verde
2) Chips
3) Cookies

Thursday, December 7, 2017

372nd gathering. VSC goes out

Where? Macado's
Attendants: P, A, M, C, L, and D

VSC goes out to hear P sing.

Friday, November 17, 2017

371st gathering. Pasta arrabiata

Where? C and L's
Attendants: C, L, A, P, M and D

Menu:
1) Noodles in thick and spicy red sauce with mushrooms
2) Toast and spread
3) Assorted nuts
4) Spice cake

370th gathering. Spanish lentil soup

Where? D's
Attendants: P, A, M, L, and D

Menu:
1) Spanish lentil soup with onions fried in paprika oil, potatoes and red peppers.
2) Sauteed spinach in garlicky tahini sauce
3) Dark Chocolate
4) Lodi Zinfandel

Thursday, October 26, 2017

369th gathering. Sweet potato soup

Where? M's
Attendants: M, C, L, D and guest K

Menu:
1) Sweet potato soup
2) Bread and butter
3) Corn
4) Poached pears

368th gathering. Mushroom bourguignon

Where? G's
Attendants: G, D, M, and Aa

Menu:
1) Rice and mushroom bourguignon

Friday, October 13, 2017

367th gathering. Pasta

Where? P and A's
Attendants: P, A, C, L, M, and D

Menu:
1) Pasta with veggies
2) Lucky tomato salad
3) Chocolate pudding

366th gathering. Bean soup and corn

Where? M's
Attendants: M, A, and D

Menu:
1) Bean soup
2) Corn on the cob
3) Salad
4) Ice-cream sandwiches

Thursday, September 28, 2017

365th gathering. Grilled foods

Where ? C and L's
Attendants: C, L, A, P, M, and D

Menu:
1) Lentil, barley, and kale dhal
2) Grilled red peppers, onions, portobello mushrooms, burgers, and sausage
3) Chocolate cake


364th gathering. Tomato tsunami

Where? D's
Attendants: M, A, C, P, and D

Menu:
1) Tomato salad
2) Tomato chilled soup (salmorejo)
3) Chickpea pancakes with lucky-parsley chimichurri
4) Black bean brown rice pizza with sliced tomatoes

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

363rd gathering. Red lentil soup

Where? P and A's
Attendants: P, A, M, G, and D

Menu:
1) Red lentil curried soup with spinach, cilantro, and homegrown chives and basil.
2) Garlic bread
3) Fruit salad with homegrown mint

Monday, September 4, 2017

362nd gathering. Bean, pasta, and greens soup

Where? M's
Attendants: M, A, C, L, and D

Menu:
1) Bean, pasta, and collard greens soup
2) Green salad with lucky tomatoes
3) Cake

Thursday, August 24, 2017

361st gathering. Lucky rainbow dinner

Where? G's
Attendants: G, A, and D

Menu
Bugles
Lucky kale chips
Blackberry shrubs
Sweet potato black bean soft tacos with braised lucky cabbage and chipotle cashew cream
Lucky tomato salad

Friday, August 18, 2017

360th gathering. Tortilla bean soup

Where? L and C's
Attenants: C, L, M, G, D and guest J

Menu:
1) Bean soup with corn tortilla chips, sour cream, bread, and butter
2) Ice-cream sandwiches
3) Trail-mix and pistachios


Thursday, August 10, 2017

359th gathering. Italian quinoa

Where? A and P's
Attendants: G, A, L, and P

Menu:
1) Italian-inspired quinoa medley with lucky basil and chives. 
2) Poached pears with a white-wine reduction sauce

Thursday, August 3, 2017

358th gathering. Cold peanut noodles

Where? D's
Attendants: G, L, M, A, and D

Menu:
1) Lucky tomato salad
2) Cold peanut soba noodles with red peppers, cubanelle peppers, carrots, cucumbers, and black sesame seeds
3) Red haven peaches

Friday, July 28, 2017

357th gathering. Lentil tacos

Where? M's
Attendants: C, L, M, G, A, P, and D

Menu
1) Lentil-leek tacos with salsa
2) Crookneck squash
3) Chips and guacamole
4) Sandwich ice-cream

356th gathering. Chinese Takeout

Where? C and L's
Attendants: M, G, C, A, and P

Menu:
1) Chinese takeout
2) Peanuts
3) Ice-cream

Friday, July 14, 2017

355th gathering. Bahn mi tofu sandwiches

Where? G's
Attendants: G, P, A, M, C, and L

Menu:

1) Bahn Mi Tofu sandwiches with tofu, pickled carrots, cilantro, jalapeƱos, cucumbers and that vegan butter/sriracha spread

2) salad, potato chips

3) dark chocolate peach bellinis.

Friday, July 7, 2017

354th gathering. Portobello Burgers

Where? A and P's
Attendants: C, L, M, G, P, and A

Menu:
1) portobello burgers
2) salad, mustard and lucky chive vinaigrette
3) coconut ice cream with pecans

Thursday, June 29, 2017

353rd gathering. Stir Fry

Where? J's
Attendants: J, G, A, P, and M

Menu:
Garden stir fry

Friday, June 23, 2017

352nd gathering. Tacos

Where? M's
Attendants: G, A, J, and M

Menu: tacos, chips, apple slices, and ice cream bars.

Wednesday, June 14, 2017

351st gathering. Quinoa Paella

Where? D's
Attendants: P, A, M, and D

Menu:
1) Pickled Zucchini Salad with garlic and homegrown parsley
2) Quinoa Paella with roasted red peppers, artichokes, shiitakes, peas, and olives
3) Cantaloupe

Thursday, June 8, 2017

350th gathering. Sumac-laced foods

Where? G's
Attendants: G, L, C, M, A, P, and D


Menu:
1) Malfouf
2) Hummus spiked with sumac
3) Baba ganoush
4) Muhadara
5) Meyer-Lemon bars 
6) Meyer Lemonade

349th gathering. Curried lentil soup

Where? M's
Attendants: M, G, A, and D

Menu:
1) Curried lentil soup with kale
2) Sweet potato fries
3) Ice-cream sandwiches


Friday, May 26, 2017

348th gathering. Curried lentil soup

Where? A and P's
Attendants: C, L, M, P, A, and D

Menu:
1) Curried lentil soup
2) Garlic bread
3) Oatmeal raisin cookies

Friday, May 12, 2017

347th gathering. Broccoli and Tofu in peanut sauce

Where? D's
Attendants: M, A, P, C, L, G, and D

Menu:
1) Chickpea pancakes with chimichurri
2) Broccoli and Tofu in peanut sauce with brown rice

346th gathering. Mushroom soup

Where? G's
Attendants: G, M, C, L, A, and D

Menu:
1) Mushroom soup and bread


Tuesday, April 18, 2017

345th gathering. Snobby joes

Where? P and A's
Attendants: P, A, C, L, G, and D

Menu:
1) Avocado salad
2) Snobby joes
3) Cookies

344th gathering. Bean and rice burritoes

Where? M's
Attendants: M, G, A, and D

Menu:
1) Rice and bean burritos with guacamole and chips
2) Ice-cream sandwich

Monday, April 3, 2017

343rd gathering. Bulgur wheat chili

Where? G's
Attendants: G, D, A, M, C, and L

Menu:
1) Bulgur wheat chili
2) Sweet potato fries
3) Candied ginger

Thursday, March 30, 2017

342nd gathering. Curry


Where? C and L's
Attendants:P, A, M, L, C, J and G

dried fruits and nuts, cauliflower curry, cashew stir fry, brown rice, quinoa salad with raisins, cucumbers, chickpeas and grapefruit dressing. chocolate frosted chocolate lava cupcakes

341st gathering. Mapo Tofu

Where? D's
Attendants: D, G, C, L, M, A, and J

Menu:
1) NYtimes Mapo Tofu
2) Roasted potatoes with white bean aioli
3) Ice-cream sandwiches

Thursday, March 9, 2017

340th gathering. Enchilada lasagna

Where? P and A's
Attendants: P, A, L, C, J, and D

Menu:
1) Green and red enchilada lasagna with pinto beans and green peppers
2) Mint chocolate cookies

339th gathering. Pigeon pea curry

Where? J's
Attendants: J, M, A, G, and D

Menu:
1) Pigeon pea curry with sundried tomatoes and rice
2) Sorghum flour cookies

Thursday, February 23, 2017

338th gathering. Nepalese stir-fry

Where? C and L's
Attendants: M, A, G, C, L, J, and D

Menu:
1) Pistachios, hummus, pita
2) Snow pea, water chestnut, and tofu stir fry
3) Chickpea-cauliflower stir fry
4) Spice cake with cashew and almond milk ice-cream

Thursday, February 16, 2017

337th gathering. Rice and bean burritos


Where? M's
Attendants: C, L, A, G, J, M, D, and guest J

Menu:
1) Spanish rice and black bean burritos with guacamole and salsa
2) Blue corn chips
3) Apples (two varieties!)
4) Strawberries 
5) Chocolate spike almond bark
6) Our Daily Bread coconut cranberry cookies

336th gathering. Full house

Where? D's
Attendants: M, G, A, P, C, L, J, D, and guests, J and A.

Menu:
1) Baby bok choy with mung bean sprouts and mushrooms
2) Chili verde, adapted from: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/vegetarian-chili-verde-recipe
3) Mint-chocolate fudge

Sunday, February 5, 2017

335th gathering. Hot pot for Chinese New Year

Where? G's
Attendants: G, C, A, P, M, J, D and guest, J

Menu:
1) Hot pot with, shiitake, straw, and button mushrooms, bok choy, red pepper, carrots, tofu, spinach, baby napa cabbage, noodles, hoisin sauce, sriracha, sriracha chili oil, and special sauce
2) Dried fruit and seeds

Thursday, January 26, 2017

334th gathering. Sweet potato and black bean tacos

Where? C and L's
Attendants: C, L, P, A, M, G, and D

Menu:
1) Sweet potato and black bean tacos with citrus red-cabbage slaw, cilantro and jalapeƱos
(adapted from https://relishingit.com/2015/02/23/sweet-potato-and-black-bean-tacos/)

2) Spice cake with cashew and almond-milk ice-cream

Sunday, January 22, 2017

333th gathering. Hunan King

Where? Hunan King
Attendants: G, C, L, and D

Menu:
1) Vegetable soup
2) Green beans in garlic sauce
3) Tofu in hot sauce

Friday, January 13, 2017

332nd gathering. Chili

Where? M's
Attendants: P, A, J, G, and M

Menu:
1) chili
2) bread
3) salad
4) ice cream sandwiches
5) lucky watermelon juice

Thursday, January 5, 2017

331st gathering. Pea soup

Where? P and A's
Attendants: P, A, M, and G

Menu:
1) Indian-inspired pea and spinach soup
2) chickpea salad
3) garlic bread
4) lemon cake