Supper Club = A Love+Hate Relationship

A few months ago I approached a few of my friends with the idea of Supper Club.  The premise: bring a small group of friends together biweekly for a night of homemade dishes to promote closer friendship and socialization in combination with our favorite things (food, alcohol, music).

Much to my shagrine, what started as a small gathering of friends and family has now grown into a baker's dozen - some close friends, others not so close.  When you live in a 1 bedroom condo, it's hard to provide seating and enough counter space for so many people, so I was a little worried the first time we hosted the larger group at our place.  We are working through the growing pains, however, and I think we're well on our way to a new tradition among friends.  This is a rotating party - with the hosts providing the main dish (or "theme" in some instances), and the others bringing dishes to accompany the main course.   

Lasagne night at our place!

Matt slices up the cucumbers...

...for a yummy salad with homemade dressing.

Chris and Amity brought homemade cheese gnocci with garlic pesto and shredded parmesan.  Amity usually puts her culinary degree to good use on Supper Club night.

Everyone gathered around the coffee table to eat.  We did the best we could with our small space!

Flash forward 2 weeks to the Tex Mex theme, hosted at Blake and Lamanda's new house.  A comfy, 3 bedroom house with a huge backyard, that is quickly becoming a home for our new artsy friends.  They've only lived there a few short months, and the place already feels more lived in than our condo, which has been occupied for over a year now.  I mean this as a compliment.  It was warm, cozy, and lots of fun.  Lamada's green chili enchiladas were to die for!  And, I know I ate more than my fair share of Amity's homemade queso with ground beef, pico, and avocado.

The only snapshot I took was of the sopapilla cheesecake I made the night before (twice, as it turns out).  Jason accidentally dropped the entire dish on to our stove top, where it quickly spilled all over the place - causing us to run to HEB for more ingredients, and a rematch with the new recipe.

Poor cheesecake!

5 second rule!  We decided to sample a bit of the crust, just to make sure it was good.

I'll keep the posts rolling on Supper Club, and maybe start including some recipes, as well!