Thank you to Chantil for hosting our last book club meeting. Both books seemed to be a hit. Our next meeting times are listed below. Get the dates on your calendars.

October 13th, 7:00 at Laura's house. We will be reading "The Hours" by Michael Cunningham.

November 3rd, 7:00 at Kami's house. We will be reading 2 short books this month. "A Long Way From Chicago" and "A Year Down Yonder". Both books are written by Richard Peck and should be read in that order.

December 1st 7:00 at Keri's house. This months book will be "Shadow of the Wind".

Mini Chicken Cordon-Bleus

chicken strips(12-16 for a 9x13 pan)
deli cut ham (I like to use black forest)
slices of swiss cheese (slice cheese into 1 inch strips)
1 cup low-fat sour cream
1 can cream of chicken soup
salt and pepper
bread crumbs (optional)
fresh parsley (optional)


Heat oven to 350. Mix sour cream and cream of chicken soup together. Spread a a couple of spoonfuls in baking dish. Roll a chicken strip and slice of swiss cheese inside a slice of ham. Attach with a toothpick. Layer into prepared baking dish. Spread remaining soup mixture over chicken/ham rolls. Sprinkle with bread crumb, salt and fresh ground pepper. Cover with tin foil; revome foil the last 5 minutes. Bake approximately 20 min. or until chicken is done. Top with fresh chopped parsley. Super easy!

September

So the next time we meet will be at my house (Chantill). If it is cool enough we will be outside. Date: Thursday, September 3 at 7PM. Hope everyone can make it.

Upcoming Reads

Here are the dates/books for the upcoming months:

*Tuesday, July 7, 7:00 @ Chandi's home - The Bad Behavior of Belle Cantrell by Loraine Despres

*August - Skip

*Tuesday, September 8 @ ? - Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows

*October - Land of a Hundred Wonders by Leslie Kagen

Happy reading!!!

Pumpkin Dinner Rolls

http://wecookhere.blogspot.com/2009/03/pumpkin-dinner-rolls.html

Our pick for next month is The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch. This book comes highly recommended by Melody, who we are so happy to have join our little group. We will meet April 7th @ 7:00 at Melody's house.

Remember to search for a "Mexican book" idea for our May book club, which will be on May 5th. Remember to prepare a special Mexican dish that night in honor of Cinco De Mayo.

If we don't come up with a different idea we will be reading "The curious incident of the dog in the night time" by Mark Haddon for anyone who wants to get a jumpstart on the book. It will be on our list in the next couple of months.

Meatball and Vegetable Stew

(1) 16-18 oz. bag of frozen cooked meatballs
8-10 oz. pack frozen broccoli, corn, sweet peppers or other veggies
1 can diced tomatos with onion and garlic (I actually use the lime and cilantro ones)
1 can mushroom gravy
1/3 c. water
1 1/2 tsp. dried basil

Put meatballs and veggies in crockpot. Mix together all other ingredients and pour over top of meatballs. Cook 3-4 hours.