Monday, August 13, 2018

Twin Peaks: The Return Dinner (Tim's 30th Birthday Party)

Before all hell broke loose in our lives, we did a dinner to celebrate Tim's 30th Birthday(in August)!  It was a Twin Peaks: The Return themed dinner!   It was a blast!






For dinner we had the RR Burger Bar, White Lodge Chips, Black Lodge Dip, The Waiting Floor Fruit Plate, Red Curtain Punch, Snoqualmie Falls Beer, Swiss Cake Logs, Donut Cake, and Cherry Pie. 



RR Burger Bar
Agent Gordon Cole AKA my dad made burgers on the grill.  Lots of toppings available to make your own RR burger.







White Lodge Chips and Black Lodge Dip

Black Bean Dip Recipe
Ingredients to mix together: 
2 sliced Avocado
15 sliced cherry tomatoes
1 can of black beans (I didn't rinse them on purpose to give everything a black tinge but the ingredients would look more fresh if you did)
1 cup of corn
1/2 cup of red onion
1/3 cup of cilantro
1/3 cup of olive oil
1/4 cup of lime juice
1 Tablespoon of honey
1 teaspoon of chili powder
1 teaspoon of cumin
Salt and Pepper







The Waiting Floor Fruit Plate
Bananas and Black Champagne Grapes




Red Curtain Punch

Ingredients (Mix together):
1/2 liter of Hawaiian Punch
1/2 liter of Sprite
4 scoops of lime sherbet
1 cup of pineapple juice






Snoqualmie Falls Ale 





Swiss Cake Logs





Donut Cake



Cherry Pie





We had a lot of amazing guests: Hal, Kohei, Grandma Sharron, KC, John, Kim, Darren, and Skype guests Gene and Cindy!











ELECTRICITY!!!



Here are our costume contest participants!! 


Agent Gordon Cole


Donna Hayward


Leo Johnson 

Lil


A Donut


An Owl (Her dress has owls on it)



Laura Palmer



Nadine and Ed Hurley



If you liked this, check out our original Twin Peaks dinner!

Monday, August 6, 2018

A Bug's Life Dinner

Earlier this year like in the summer, we did a dinner for A Bug's Life!  We had a great time coming up with toddler friendly, easy foods that still fit our theme- NOT AN EASY TASK!


For dinner we had Tuck and Roll's Meat Balls, Gypsy's Moth Winged Pasta, Francis and Heimlich's Fruit Plate, Circus Popcorn (with Walking Sticks, Ants, Peanuts), O- Juice, Dirt Dessert, and Dot's Ice Cream. 



Tuck and Roll's Meat Balls
These are so easy!  It's just 14oz of grape jelly and 14oz of BBQ sauce and cook in a crockpot on low for four hours or until warmed up.






Gypsy's Moth Winged Pasta
We made Moth wings pasta or "Farfalle" with a pink sauce!  (I mixed Alfredo and Red Sauce together and added a little milk and Parmesan)






Circus Popcorn (with Walking Sticks, Ants, Peanuts) 




Francis and Heimlich's Fruit Plate
Using a skewer and a steady hand, place the fruit accordingly and balance the eyes on the grapes. 





 O- Juice
(Cranberry juice)


Dirt Dessert
These are just Snack Pack Pudding Cups, Oreos crushed up, and sour gummy worms.

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Dot's Ice Cream
I found some Dippin' Dots at the grocery store!