Indian Theme Dinner

So, this month was our turn to host our theme dinner. 

This month's theme was India.

Our Day in Pictures

Starters was crispy spinach and onion bhajias (chili bites)

Main meal was either Prawn Korma Curry or Chicken Curry with Aloo Gobi Saag and basmati rice

And for dessert I made coconut ladoo balls and juicy mango shirkhand / aumrakhand

Our Menu

Table Decorations

Mandy, Percy, Riaan aka Fatima, Dr Raj with Pregnant Priya

Dr Raj Maharaj

The food

The girls

Aloo Gobi Saag

Spinach and Onion Bhajias (chili bites)

Coconut Ladoo Dessert Balls

My Plate of food

Mandy and Percy

Mango Dessert

Prawn Curry

The Girls

PJ Theme Dinner

This time our monthly theme dinner was hosted by us at our place.

Here's what went down.

The Sleepmask Menus

Starters was :

Mini Pancake with peppadew creme cheese topped with smoked muscles and cottonseed oil

or

Mini Pancake with goats cheese topped with shrimp in creaming dressing

Our Guests arrived complete with mud pack, teddies and pillows

the Table all set

Main Course:

Moroccan Chicken with Peppers, Peaches and Chickpeas served with Couscous.  A huge hit.

The Caramel Vodka and Cookies 'n Creme shooters come out!

Our Group Photos

My girls and Janie felt brave to swim.

and Then came the desserts.

The cake pops were polished off mostly by the kids (didn't get a pic)

Marshmallow and Pineapple crush dessert with mint and pecans

My homemade chocolate shooter glasses (dual purpose dessert) filled with strawberry mouse and topped with mint, fresh strawberries and pecans.

Spring Into Action!

You don’t have to look far to see signs of spring. From the budding of the trees, the warming of the temperatures to the animals coming out of their winter hideouts, there seems to be a promise of new birth and colour in the springtime air.

Still with a nip in the August winds, but we're on our way to the sunshine at last after a very long cold winter...can you tell I prefer the summer?

What does the weather look like where you are?



Here's a few other things we've been up to lately.

I had a girls day out with my Bestie to a Women's Day Celebration at Thaba Ya Batswana 

Pretending to be a Celebrity in front of their Photo Wall

Ching! Ching!  It's Wine O'Clock

Megan won a Gold Certificate at the Alberton Regional Eistedfodd for playing a Taylor Swift Song.

We attended one of our theme dinners.  Sixties and Hippies was the theme. 

The Table Menu

Hippy Kids

My Sister and I did the 702 Discovery Walk The Talk

The Girls had Dress Up day at school and had to go as something beginning with the schools initials.  BPS.  Kay was Bob the Builder and Megan was a South African Soccer Supporter. Good Fun!

Being Spring Makes me Smile.

  I love you wonderful Plonkers

Chinese Theme Dinner

Great Friends that get together every month and have a theme dinner.  That's us.

This month's theme was Chinese, of course and our hosts, Mandy and Percy, frikken rocked it!

My Three Asians

Konichiwa

Some of the Decor

Our Hosts : Percy and Mandy

Ouma enjoying her dessert

Menu

Table All Set

A Daft Asian Lass getting her Wine On

The Drinks.

Egg Noddle Soup

Made-from-scratch Chinese Spring Rolls

Beef Chow Mein

Dessert

Prawn Crackers, my Boerewors and The Bong

Being Daft

No Chinese dinner is complete without White Rabbit sweeties.

And a MASSIVE 谢谢你 [thank you] to my bestie Mandy and her hubby-dub Percy, for hosting our brilliant dinner this month and being the perfect dinner companions.  

After dinner, we made our selection for next months get-together theme.  Standby for dinner at our house next month with a Mexican Fiesta theme.

Andale, andale! Arriba, arriba!