Baguette Spread

1 cup mayo
1 stick of butter soft (but not melted)
1 can diced green chilies
1/2 lb shredded monterey jack cheese
2 to 3 baguettes sliced (fairly thin)

mix the first 4 ingredients
spread over the baguette pieces
place on cookie sheets
broil on high until cheese melts and just starting to brown

CHEDDAR CORN CHOWDER

8 ounces bacon chopped

1/4 cup good olive oil

6 cups yellow onions

4Tbs unsalted butter

1/2 cup all purpose flour

2 teaspoons kosher salt

1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

1/2 teaspoon ground tumeric

12 cups chicken stock

6 cups med-diced white boiling potatoes

unpeeled(2lbs)

10 cups corn kernals

2 cups half and half

1/2 pound sharp cheddar, grated

Cook bacon in olive oil until bacon is crisp.  remove with slotted spoon and reserve.  reduce heat to medium, add onions and butter to the fat and cook for 10 minutes. Stir flour, salt, pepper, and tumeric and cook for 3 minutes.  add chicken stock and potatoes, bring to a boil and simmer uncovered for 15 minutes.  add corn to soup then add half and half and cheddar.  cook 5 more minutes until cheese is melted.  Salt and pepper to taste and garnish with bacon.

i often cut this recipe in half unless i have lots of people to share it with!  Enjoy!

Chandi's cookie recipe

Here you go Keri!

1 c. butter flavor Crisco
3/4 c. brown sugar
3/4 c. sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla

cream together, then add

1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
2 1/4 c. flour (sometimes I use as much as 2 1/2 c.)

Bake @ 375 for 12 minutes.

February's book is the Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

February 10th @ 7:00

Kamie's house

Decembers Book

So we are reading The Color of Water by James McBride. We will meet at Chandi's on Dec. 2nd, at 7 PM. Hope everyone can make it.





Also, we have picked the book The Island by Victoria Hislip for January.

We're going to give this another go. You should all be set up to post on our blog now so feel free to post whenever and whatever you please. Recipes would be good. It seems we're always wanting to get recipes from each other. It would be easy to just post them on here once and let us all pull it off.



Our next book group will be held at Keri's home on October 7th at 7:30. We have chosen the book Friday Night Knitting Club as per Kami's suggestion.



Hope to see you all there.



Chandi

Welcome to our new Book Club Blog where we will post dates, times, book recommendations, reviews, recipes for all the TASTY food we eat while discussing our books, and whatever else we may so desire.