June Supper Club: Appetizers!

Two years ago my girlfriends and I started a Book Club. After a few months of realizing no one was reading the books and we all just wanted to drink wine, we decided to switch gears and start a Supper Club! We meet once a month at someone's house and each girl brings something to contribute. Appetizers was the theme for June and I'm so glad that's what we decided on! I made a cheese plate and prosciutto wrapped asparagus! Other apps included: BBQ sliders, Caprese Skewers, Mac N Cheese, Quesadillas,  Southwestern Egg Rolls, Fruit Pizza, Cheddar Cheese Ball and Sausage "Crack" Dip!

You will need:

One bunch of asparagus, washed and trimmed

About 20 thin slices of prosciutto

olive oil

salt and pepper

Preheat oven to 350. Drizzle asparagus with olive oil and sprinkle a little salt and pepper. Wrap each stalk with prosciutto. In this case, I did two asparagus per prosciutto. Place seam side down on a rimmed baking sheet. Bake for 15 minutes, the turn the oven up to 400 degrees and bake for an additional 5 minutes.

Enjoy!

Cheese platter!

Technically not "girls only" anymore!

Bacon Wrapped Asparagus

My girlfriends and I started a Supper Club. We meet once a month in the middle of the week. Each meeting is a different theme. We've done Chinese and Mexican. For November, it seemed fitting to make Thanksgiving dinner! Our wonderful host Tiffany made a delicious chicken in the crockpot. Leslie brought stuffing, Rebecca brought the macaroni, Britney brought the gravy, cranberry sauce, more stuffing and rolls, and I brought Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie and Bacon Wrapped Asparagus.  A friend of mine posted a picture of her asparagus on Instagram, and I was instantly inspired to try it myself.  I also whipped up a Chili-Garlic-Mayo dipping sauce for the asparagus. Not only was it a huge hit, it looks really pretty!! This recipe made about 8 bundles.

You will need:

One pack of regular bacon

Two bundles of asparagus

Olive Oil

Garlic Salt

Pepper

Wash the asparagus and trim the ends off. Line the asparagus on a rimmed baking sheet and drizzle the olive oil over it. Then sprinkle with garlic salt and pepper, and whatever other seasoning you prefer! Wrap about 7 asparagus tightly in a piece of bacon. Place on a broiler pan and bake for 30 minutes at 400 degrees, or until the bacon is crispy.  

**I did not have a broiler pan so I placed my drying rack on the rimmed baking sheet. It needs to be elevated because of the bacon fat. 

Here is my plate. Of course it's loaded up in Carbs, but you can see the CHILI-GARLIC-MAYO DIPPING SAUCE

You will need:

1 cup mayo

1/3 cup chili garlic sauce 

1/4 cup ketchup

1 tbsp water

1 tsp ground pepper

4 tsp Worcestershire

1/4 tsp smoked paprika

1/2 medium onion, chopped (I used dried minced)

1/2 cup olive oil

Whisk together all ingredients in a bowl. Cover and chill for at least one hour.

**This is super yummy and very similar to some restaurant's "secret sauce"