Early Summer’s Dinner

Join us at School Woods for a dinner celebrating the treats of early summer
Saturday June 9th, 6:30 p.m.

The menu will include:

  • Roast chicken with a spicy-sweet chile rub
  • An assortment of hearty picnic salads: leafy greens, potato salad, wild rice salad with pea pods, cold sesame-peanut noodles
  • Basket of rolls with fresh local butter
  • Pan-grilled polenta
  • Desserts featuring summer fruits – Strawberry-topped meringue, Brown sugar cake with honey roasted rhubarb & pastry cream, all served with billows of whipped cream
  • Non-alcoholic drinks – iced tea, pitchers of cool water – will be provided – feel free to bring the adult beverages of your choice!

Sign up using this form (also under the members-only tab above). The deadline for signing up online is Thursday June 7th. Please call or email your host, Deb, at 608-712-6368 OR ds83473@gmail.com if you miss the deadline or have any questions.

Thanks and see you at the table

Pizza night, August 18

When: Thursday August 18th
Time: 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
What: Pizza, featuring late summer’s bounty, tomatoes and local meats – sausage, bacon; Wisconsin cheese, all on a crust. Salad on the side. Something sweet to follow – maybe apricot clafouti or maybe simply cool wedges of melon.

More specifically it’s looking like there’ll be pizzas with roasted squash, tomatoes, and olives, Eggplant pizza, and pizza with bacon and chiles!

Sign Up: (deadline 5:00 p.m. August 17th)

Questions? Miss the sign up deadline? Email your host ds83473@gmail.com or call 608-712-6368

Pizza with broccoli

Summer Small Plates Buffets

Join us on most Friday evenings in July at School Woods for these buffet spreads of small dishes – more than snacks, easily a light dinner, featuring seasonal ingredients. There’ll be hot, cold, and crunchy choices, with plenty for both vegetarians and carnivores. And always something sweet.

Strictly B.Y.O.B – We’ll provide the mixers for a cocktail designed to complement each evening’s foods, and make wine suggestions.

Kids welcome!

Served 5:30 – 7:30 on Fridays – July 1, July 8, July 15, July 22. Menus will be posted by date as they evolve.

Link to sign up sheet

Pizza Nights

Saturday March 5th & Thursday March 17th

5:30 – 8:00 p.m.

Enjoy a variety of vegetarian and meat-topped pizzas, with lots of local, Wisconsin cheese! There’s sure to be something for everyone in your party.

Served with a nice green salad, and fruit-topped pizzas for dessert.
Please use the sign up sheet below to pick your night(s). Please email your host (ds83473@gmail.com) if you have any questions, or need more information.

February Winter 2011 one-dish dinners

A series of UN-fancy meals, scheduled on Thursdays in January and February, from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.* Each dinner will feature a hearty main dish, salad, drink and dessert. Served buffet style. If you’d like to attend, use the sign up sheet below, or email your host (ds83473@gmail.com) for more information.

*Note: 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. means that all menu choices will be on the buffet from 6:00 – 7:30; we’re not guaranteeing after! Diners are welcome to stay until 8:00 to finish eating and enjoy the company of friends.

Menus and sign up sheet for February [Jump back to January]

Menu for February 3
Tex-Mex casseroles:

  • Mexican lasagna: Greens, poblano chiles, and black beans, layered with corn tortillas, tomato sauce and cheese
  • Tamale pie: ground beef and beans with a cornmeal topping

Winter fruit salad
Chocolate Cinnamon Cream Pie

No dinner February 10!

Menu for February 17
Spaghetti & meatballs and not-meat, tofu balls
Garlic toast
Green salad
Biscuit Tortoni (frozen almond & cream dessert)

Menu for February 24
Mini Mardi Gras:
BBQ tofu po’boys (sandwiches), with creamy coleslaw
Macaroni salad
Roasted broccoli & carrots
Pecan pie bars
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Winter 2011 one-dish dinners

A series of UN-fancy meals, scheduled on Thursdays in January and February, from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.* Each dinner will feature a hearty main dish, salad, drink and dessert. Served buffet style. If you’d like to attend, use the sign up sheet below [inactive – these meals have been eaten!], or email your host (ds83473@gmail.com) for more information.

*Note: 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. means that all menu choices will be on the buffet from 6:00 – 7:30; we’re not guaranteeing after! Diners are welcome to stay until 8:00 to finish eating and enjoy the company of friends.

Menus for January

January 13th

  • Chili – vegetarian butternut squash & black bean; turkey chili for meat eaters
  • Assorted winter vegetable salads & sides: crunchy slaw, beet salad, applesauce
  • JalapeƱo cheddar corn bread and Warm spoon bread
  • Chocolate mousse

January 20th

  • Pie for dinner: Cheese & onion pie, Chicken pot pie with puff pastry crust
  • Tossed green salad and roasted Brussels sprout & cabbage salad
  • Brownies and Blondies

January 27th

  • Soup: Vegetable beef, Creamy cauliflower & Romanesco broccoli, plus one other choice if there are enough diners (probably vegetarian, many-bean)
  • Bread: Cheesy toasts, and quick breads – 2 kinds of pumpkin bread, and applesauce muffins
  • Spinach Salad
  • Veggies & crackers & dip
  • Fruit crisp with ice cream – Apples and summer berries from the freezer

Post-Thanksgiving Potluck

Large leftover turkey

Turkey soup, turkey enchiladas, turkey-noodle, turkey chili, turkey hash ….

Turn your Thanksgiving leftovers into a dish to pass, and bring it to a potluck at School Woods! If you went to somebody else’s house, and have no leftovers, bring your favorite beverages, or a bag of chips.

Saturday November 27th, starting at 6:00 p.m.

Everyone’s welcome, and there’s no charge – if your relatives and house guests have not gone home yet, feel free to bring ’em along!

If you get a chance, please RSVP by email, so we’ll have a rough estimate of how many are coming, by Friday Nov. 26 ~ But it’s a potluck, so as long as you bring food, feel free to just show up. Please call 608-712-6368 if you have any questions.

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Pizza Night, Friday September 10

In the tradition of our one-dish dinners ~~~ reasonably-priced meals, usually scheduled on week nights, featuring a hearty main dish, salad, drink and dessert. Served buffet style ~~~

School Woods presents:

Pizza Night – Friday September 10th, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.

White & Whole Wheat Pizza Crusts, with all kinds of toppings, from frou-frou:

caramelized onions; goat cheese; corn; pulled pork; poblanos

to standard:

mozzarella; sausage; red peppers; broccoli

There’ll also be salads and non-alcoholic drinks.