Don’t forget to enter the Dream Dinners Giveaway HERE. Just post a comment on the Giveaway post with your name by Midnight, TOMORROW (Sunday). Good Luck!

Today it’s all about what I want, and I want a good Mac & Cheese recipe! Homemade, with real cheese. You know, the GOOD kind. If you have such a recipe, please share!

This little bowl of Mac & Cheese was from Rock Bottom…it’s actually Mac & Chicken. It was very good, but I think we can do better. Bring it on, folks!

Last week I hosted Book Club…it was bittersweet as it’s most likely the last time I will do so (Nate will be done with his PhD very soon). I will miss my book club dearly when we move. The book I chose was “Lisey’s Story” by Stephen King. It wasn’t the biggest hit, but made for good conversation. If you like creepy, weird, Stephen Kingish stories, then you’ll like it. 🙂 I think I liked it best of everyone in the group…which is no surprise considering I’ve always liked being scared, even as a kid (remember Watcher in the Woods? I LOVED that stuff).

I promised last week I would share my menu, so here goes (click on the names of each item to link to recipes). For appetizers I made BOBs. They were perfect – I can eat a whole tray of those puppies.

For main course I made Oriental Chicken Salad, Orange Bowknots and some fresh fruit. A nice light meal, but still filling.

5 of our 6 book club members are Libras – birthdays all within about 2 weeks of each other! So, this was also our annual birthday book club. Karen (the only non-Libra of the bunch – poor girl, having to put up with all of us!) always brings us a delicious dessert, and this year was no exception. She made Pumpkin Coffee Cake, which was moist and had the perfect amount of pumpkin in it – not too much, not too little. A great dessert for a fall evening. Thanks, Karen!

I’m happy to announce a SUPER cute random giveaway today! DREAM DINNERS is giving away 3 sets of the following melamine dishes: drinkware tray set & salad bowl with tongs (see picture). That’s right, THREE of you will be lucky winners this week!!

I love melamine kitchen stuff, and these particular dishes are fresh and hip to boot! To enter the contest, make a comment, any comment, on this post by Sunday, 10/7, Midnight PT. I will randomly select three names and announce the winners on Monday, 10/8. A big thank you to DREAM DINNERS for a great giveaway!!!