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Have you ever participated in a dinner club? Some folks call it a supper club or a potluck dinner. When my hubby and I were first married, we got together with three other couples about every six weeks for a dinner party. We each took turns hosting in our homes, but spread out the cost by splitting up the food duties on a rotational basis. For example, if you hosted, you made the main dish (and cleaned your house!) The next time, you would provide the dessert. It was up to the host to decide whether to provide the other members with a specific recipe or to let everyone decide what they wanted to bring, within their category\u2026appetizer, sides, dessert etc.<\/p>\n
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The one rule for our dinner club was that we had to try a new recipe, something that wasn\u2019t a tried and true dish. And let me tell you, that rule really pushed me to expand my cooking skills, which needed to move past baked chicken! I remember making my first ever souffl\u00e9 at one of these dinners. (I know\u2026pretty impressive!) Check out your DinnerTime Recipe Box<\/a> for new recipes.<\/p>\n One time, I asked my mother for a suggestion for a side dish. I can\u2019t recall what the main dish was except it was some type of beef. Mom gave me a recipe that started my love affair with winter squash. It was a huge hit at the party and everyone wanted to know how I made it. You\u2019ll laugh when you read the recipe<\/a> and see how super simple it is to make.\u00a0What I\u2019ve found is that lots of squash recipes<\/a> are easy and provide a lot of bang for the effort. Set the members.<\/span> If one of the members can’t make it one night, then the host can invite someone else to round out the party. Decide on the year’s schedule.<\/span> We met around every six weeks and took a break during the summer.<\/p>\n Determine the food rotation<\/span>. We had 4 roles:<\/p>\n The host sets the scene.<\/span> It can be set inside, outside or special locale like a barn. The meal can have a theme such as Mexican or Italian. One time we did a mystery night with assigned roles! (so hilarious!)<\/p>\n Use the filter function (found on right of your DinnerTime Recipe Box search) to find desserts<\/a>,\u00a0main dish<\/a>,\u00a0side dishes<\/a>\u00a0etc.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/div>\n The perfect “warm me up” soup.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Super easy and delicious. And so pretty!<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Breakfast? Lunch? Dinner? Yum!<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Have you ever participated in a dinner club? Some folks call it a supper club or a potluck dinner. When my hubby and I were first married, we got together with three other couples about every six weeks for a… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":9558,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp2.dinnertime.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9554"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp2.dinnertime.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp2.dinnertime.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp2.dinnertime.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp2.dinnertime.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9554"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/wp2.dinnertime.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9582,"href":"https:\/\/wp2.dinnertime.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9554\/revisions\/9582"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp2.dinnertime.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp2.dinnertime.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp2.dinnertime.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp2.dinnertime.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/wp2.dinnertime.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/winter-squash-1024x731.jpeg\")
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Tips to start your own Dinner Club:<\/h2>\n
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More tasty squash recipes!<\/h3>\n
\u00a0Search for more delightful recipes in your DinnerTime Recipe Box<\/a>.<\/h5>\n
\n\nCurried Apple and Butternut Squash Soup<\/a><\/h5>\n
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\nHoney-Roasted Squash Rings<\/a><\/h5>\n
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\nButternut Squash Strata<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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