Spinach Quiche and Ham and Cheese Quiche
Blueberry Stuffed French Toast
Blueberry Stuffed French Toast
12 slices French bread, cut into 1-inch cubes
2 8-ounce packages cream cheese, chilled and cut into 1-inch cubes
1 C fresh blueberries, rinsed and drained
12 large eggs
1/3 C maple syrup
C milk
Blueberry Syrup
1 C sugar
2 T cornstarch
1 C water
1 C fresh blueberries, rinsed and drained
1 T unsalted butter
Grease 13x9-inch baking pan. Place half of the bread cubes evenly in prepared pan. Scatter cream cheese cubes over bread and sprinkle with 1 C blueberries. Arrange remaining bread cubes over blueberries. In large bowl combine eggs, syrup, and milk and whisk to blend. Pour evenly over reserved bread mixture. Cover with foil and chill overnight.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake, covered with foil, in middle of oven 30 minutes. Remove foil and continue baking 30 minutes, or until puffed and golden brown.
In small saucepan combine sugar, cornstarch, and water over medium-high heat. Cook, stirring occasionally, 5 minutes or until thickened. Stir in 1 C blueberries and simmer, stirring occasionally, 10 minutes, or until most berries burst. Add butter and stir until melted. (May be prepared up to 1 day in advance. Chill and reheat gently.) Transfer to serving bowl.
Yogurt
Orange Yogurt
The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook
4 cups (2 pints) plain yogurt
1/4 cup raisins
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1/4 cup good honey
1 orange, zest grated
1/2 to 1 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
Orange, orange zest, raisins and walnuts, for garnish (optional)
Line a sieve with cheesecloth or paper towels and suspend it over a bowl. Pour the yogurt into the sieve and allow it to drain, refrigerated, for 3 hours or overnight. Place the thickened yogurt into a medium bowl and stir in the raisins, walnuts, vanilla, honey, and orange zest. Thin with orange juice until it is a desirable consistency. Garnish with sections of orange, orange zest, raisins, or walnuts and serve.
Green salad with mandarin oranges
Amy's Peach Pie
Mimosa's and Coffee served as well.
Recipes to be added later.
"Pride & Prejudice" by Jane Austen
Review from Amazon.com:
Jane Austen's perfect comedy of manners--one of the most popular novels of all time--features splendidly civilized sparring between the proud Mr. Darcy and the prejudiced Elizabeth Bennet as they play out their spirited courtship in a series of eighteenth-century drawing-room intrigues. "Pride and Prejudice seems as vital today as ever," writes Anna Quindlen in her introduction to this Modern Library edition. "It is a pure joy to read." Eudora Welty agrees: "The gaiety is unextinguished, the irony has kept its bite, the reasoning is still sweet, the sparkle undiminished. [It is] irresistible and as nearly flawless as any fiction could be."
This book was Cynthia's pick as we have changed the format of how we pick the next book. The hostess gets to choose--no ifs ands or buts.
Only about half of us had actually read this classic novel. For the most part we all liked this book. The writing style is hard to get through and some felt that the middle of the book was a little slow. We talked about how famous the first line of the novel is. Cynthia ran into a boy at the airport who was very taken with Jane Austen. Colleen's mom rattled off the first line on the phone when she learned that the book club was reading this book. How popular this novel is!
Our best discussions revolved around whether or not there were still classes in our society. We all agreed that there are still gaps between the middle class and the high society class.
One question was posed: What kind of marraiges did Jane idealize in this book? We agreed that she idealized the romantic marraiges like Darcy and Elizabeth and not marraiges for the sake of convenience like Collins and Charlotte's marraige.
We speculated about Jane's life and lovers. We even met to see "Becoming Jane" after our book club meeting. We were all teary-eyed coming out of the theatre.
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