2nd Annual Pioneer Woman Potluck

Last week I hosted the 2nd Annual Pioneer Woman Potluck Party for some of my local blogging friends who love the Pioneer Woman as much as I do.

You know me, I looooove P-Dub.
Met her at her book signing a few years ago. Have her 2 cookbooks, her book & all her Charlie the Ranch Dog Children's books. And, we watch her show every Saturday morning!
The Pioneer Woman is my favorite. I want to go to her ranch soooooo badly!

I hosted a PW Potluck Party last summer & it was so much fun we decided to make it an annual party.

Each person brings PW dish (from either her cookbooks or her blog) & I had them email me what they were bringing so there were no duplicates.

If you have been to my house (or seen one of my parties), you know I LOVE fresh cut flowers :)

The Table:

 

 Here was this year's Menu for the Pioneer Woman Potluck Party 2.0

Last year, I was 39 weeks preggo with Luke when I hosted the party. Here we are this year, with me drinking a glass of PW's Sangria. YUMMMO.

Drinks Served were:

Sparkling Water, Sparkling Lemonade, Berry & Lime Infused Water (pictured), Chardonnay & PW's Sangria.

I served all the drinks out of my blue mason jars.

I made name tags by stamping names on mailing tags.

Now, onto the food!

Appetizers:
 Corn Dog Muffins

 I made her Watermelon Pico De Gallo

 It was SOOO good & refreshing! And, pretty!

 Bruschetta:

 I could eat bruschetta everyday.

 We had Soup & Salad next.
Perfect Potato Soup

Grilled chicken, feta, corn & blueberry salad

Totally random combo, but I loved it!

Pizza:
Fig Prosciutto Pizza with Arugula

Pasta:
Roasted Red Pepper Pasta

 The lovely ladies during dinner:

Dessert Time!

White Texas Sheet Cake and Baked French Toast

Monster Cookies

All of the food was delicous! Just like last year, I hadn't tried any of the recipes on the menu, so it was so fun to try out new things.

My favorites were:
Sangria, Bruschetta, Watermelon Pico de Gallo & The Chicken, Corn, Feta & Blueberry Salad & the Pizza.

After Dinner....Full & Happy!

Top Row (Left to Right) Becky (& baby Evan) Wendy, Me, Tegan, Heather M, Tara, Rebecca
Bottom Row (Left to Right) Jess, Kim & Heather G
We missed you Jessica & Keri!

SO MUCH FUN!  

It was a fun night filled with great food, great conversation & even greater people.
Some ladies I have been friends with for years, others I have met because of the blogging world.
It is so fun when we all get together. Ladies who love the Lord & Love to blog. And, love the PW.
If you are a PW fan, I highly recommend having a PW Potluck Party!

Can't wait to have another PW Potluck Party next summer!

Pioneer Woman Potluck Party

Earlier this week I hosted a Pioneer Woman Potluck Party for some of my blogging friends who love the Pioneer Woman as much as I do.

I got the idea from my friend Julie, when she had one a few months ago!
Each person brought a PW dish & I had them email me what they were bringing so there were no duplicates.
Here is the menu close up:
I have made a TON of PW's recipes & amazingly, I hadn't had any of the ones that people were bringing, so I was so excited to try some recipes that I hadn't made before!
First up, drinks...served out of mason jars, of course!

I was in charge of drinks, which consisted of Chardonnay, Sparkling Water, Sparkling Lemonade & The PW's Watermelon Granita.

The Watermelon Granita was SO good. It tasted like a Watermelon snow cone. It is basically watermelon, lime juice & sugar blended up & frozen. The day of the party was hot, so this was a perfectly refreshing drink. (I also had Watermelon Rum on had in people wanted to add it to their Watermelon Granita)
Some of us added Sparkling Lemonade to the Watermelon Granita & that was also really yummy!
Appetizers:

All of the appetizers were delicious!

Next was the salad course:


Again, all of them were amazing!

By this time, we were all totally stuffed, but there was still more food to be eaten!

From left to right: Rebecca, Tegan, Jessica, Keri, Heather

And, the other half of the table:
From left to right: Kim, Wendy, Heather, me, Becky

Finally we were ready for the "main course" which was Spicy Dr. Pepper Shredded Pork.

All the fixings:
These were so good!
And, we can't forget about the desserts...we had FIVE to eat!
I made these...Amazing. Brownies with caramel, pecans & chocolate chips. YES.

One word to describe all the food:

Group shot:

It was a fun night filled with good food & good people!
If you are a PW fan, I highly recommend having a PW Potluck Party!