Welcome back happy hour, Friday 9/2/2011

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This event has been cancelled due to low enrollment – everyone have a great Labor Day holiday weekend, and please visit School Woods another time!

Kick off the Labor Day holiday weekend with happy hour at School Woods!
Served 5:30 – 7:30, Friday September 2nd

The menu includes plenty of choices for both vegetarians and carnivores, something sweet, and non-alcoholic beverages.

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

Kids welcome!

Crostini to be topped
  • Crostini Bar! Small toasts for you to use as the base for an array of toppings: tomato-basil; whole-milk ricotta & salami; white bean spread; olive tapenade; sun-dried tomato pesto
  • Some variety of seasonal bean or pasta salad, like corn & black bean, or pesto-pasta
  • Fruit kebabs with yogurt mint dipping sauce
  • Nuts & other handfuls to munch
  • Fancy chocolate to nibble – no-bake truffle cake

The suggested cocktail is:

A crisp white wine, like Pino Grigio, or a sparkling, sweeter white wine, like Prosecco or Asti; we’ll have Campari & soda and citrus for spritzers

Please sign up by 5:00 p.m. Thursday Sept. 1 – please email your host (ds83473@gmail.com) if you miss that deadline, or if you have any questions.

Pizza night, August 18

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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

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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

After the farmers’ market brunches 2011

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2011 season
After the Farmers’ Market Sunday Brunches

Offered on post-farmers’ market Sundays, brunch fare will always include eggs, potatoes, and freshly baked breads & pastries, supplemented by the best of the market, seasoned with the cook’s whims.

Dates: May 22 | June 5 & 12 (June 12 cancelled due to high school graduation) – Click the dates for menus

Served buffet style, 11:00 a.m. until 12:30; guests are welcome to linger until 1:00 or later to finish eating and enjoy the company.

If you’d like to come for brunch, please use the sign up sheet below OR email your host (ds83473@gmail.com) for more information.

You will receive a confirmation email within 24 hours. Please sign up by 5:00 p.m. the Friday before the brunch(es) you’d like to attend. Please call 608-712-6368 to check availability if you miss the deadline. Thanks!

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May Brunch Menus

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Menus for the May brunches will be posted here

May 22

  • Blueberry pancakes with butter & syrup
  • Bacon & sausage & vegetarian sausage
  • Roasted asparagus salad: asparagus, hard boiled egg, toasty breadcrumbs
  • Fruit platter with yogurt

Served buffet style from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on May 15 (guests are welcome to linger until 1:00 or later)

Return to main brunch page to sign up

June Brunch Menus

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Menus for the June brunches will be posted here

June 5

Multigrain bread for toast

  • Eggs cooked to order – scrambled, over easy, sunnyside up – your choice
  • Hash brown potatoes
  • Bread & butter & jam for toast
  • Do it yourself yogurt parfaits – fruit, yogurt, granola and rhubarb sauce to layer as you like.

Served buffet style from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on June 5 (guests are welcome to linger until 1:00 or later)

Return to main brunch page to sign up

House Party for planned parenthood

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School Woods is hosting a benefit house party for:

Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin
Thursday, April 14th, 5:00 – 7:30 p.m.

Planned Parenthood is celebrating its 75th anniversary with 75 – or more! – parties in Wisconsin. And we’re one of them.

Come for a special showing of a video on Planned Parenthood’s history, and  enjoy the company of your friends and light refreshments.

We’ll take donations at the door, but Planned Parenthood is calling this a “friendraiser” not a fundraiser – we simply want to bring friends together to celebrate Planned Parenthood!

RSVP – You can sign in below, or email (ds83473@gmail.com) your host to let her know how many will attend.

Please use the contact information you’d like Planned Parenthood to use.

There’ll also be sign-in in sheets at the party.

Early Spring Brunch, Sunday March 27th

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Pussy Willows, Chicago, March 19

Join us at School Woods for an early spring brunch on Sunday, March 27th, from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

The menu will include:

  • Spinach frittata – fluffy baked eggs and spinach, topped with cheese
  • Fried potatoes, a variety of types and colors of potatoes
  • Leafy green salad
  • Cranberry Apple Sauce
  • Cakes!
    • Pumpkin bundt cake with a chocolate swirl, and
    • Blueberry crumb cake

If you’d like to come for brunch, please use the sign up sheet below OR email your host (ds83473@gmail.com) for more information. If you use the form, you should receive a confirmation email within 24 hours. Thanks!

Pizza Nights

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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

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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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