August 17, 2025

 Angelica hosted a fiesta! She served Skinny Girl cocktails served in pouches. How fun!  I once saw pouches on a vampire tour and they were filled with red punch to look like blood.  VAMPIRE TOUR. Ours had tequila.

Carol started us off with an assortment of fresh fruits, nuts, cheese and three dips. These were Marzetti Classic Caramel Dip with sea salt on top, marshmallow dip and cream cheese dip. These all added some naughty to the healthy fruit. 

All were delicious and my favorite was the marshmallow.  Marshmallow fluff is a wonderful invention and makes using marshmallows convenient.  I have seen a new way to make smores where you dip a Reese's peanut butter cup into marshmallow fluff and then place between graham crackers after warmed.

Mary made a salad much like this one and it was delicious.  Mary added some cheese to her version.  I love corn in a salad and it's such a great ingredient for summertime.

Rice pilaf was our side and Tonya used Fideo as the short pasta. I had never heard of this type before and wouldn't you know it, the first time I go into Walmart it was on an end cap. I think rice is a perfect side to kabobs and how I always was served it as a kid.  We made vegetable, beef and shrimp skewers.

 

For dessert we finished with blueberry lemon ice box cake. The one pan makes a ton and this is a light and refreshing treat to end a meal. It also used pre-made items so not difficult to prepare.