Girls Night In

Well, our second "girls night in" has come and gone.

Mamma Mia was so much fun. And Sebrina and I got to enjoy it twice - first at my home, then back at her place we sat with little Miss Gabriella and watched it again. Don & Mike got comfy upstairs with their beers and some sort of televised guy sporting event and just shook their heads. Men just don't get the "girl" thing.

This is such a feel good movie and the music is just so much fun.

We sang, we laughed, I cried, we ate Spanikopita, Greek Potatoe Salad, Greek Salad, great big stuffed olives and Sebrina brought delicious brownies.

We drank Sangria and then we drank some more Sangria.

Sangria Recipe

1/4 cup lemon juice
1/3 cup frozen lemonade concentrate
1/3 cup orange juice
1 bottle dry red wine - Greek of course
1/2 cup triple sec

1/2 cup brandy
1 lemon, sliced into rounds
1 orange, sliced into rounds
1 lime, sliced into rounds
1/4 cup white sugar

Mix and let the flavours blend overnight. When serving add 2 cups Perrier water.

Greek Potato Salad

1 lb potatoes (I used combination of red & yellow flesh nugget potatoes)

Scallions (I used a bunch of green onions)

10 olives cut in thirds

2 tbsp capers

2 cloves garlic crushed
crumbled feta

1/4 cup Greek style yogurt

2 tbsp lemon juice

1 tbsp oregano

1/2 tsp salt

cracked black pepper to taste

2 tbsp olive oil

By the way, this is best potatoe salad I've ever tasted. I find that regular salad with mayonnaise as the dressing can be a little heavy sometimes. This is a great variation and just scrumptious.

Greek Salad
Grape tomatoes halved
Olives chopped in thirds
Red onions

Yellow pepper - big chunks
English Cucumbers - big chunks
Crumbled feta cheese

3 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp lemon juice
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 tbsp dried oregano

Salt and cracked black pepper to taste

And here we are - the three "amigos" after the movie, the food, the Sangria,
the singing, the talking, the sharing, the fun.

"Frannie" you missed a really fun time. Feel better soon.

Here's to the next "girls night in".

So ladies, get to work and start thinking about girlie movies for the next time. Maybe we should go with a good old classic ..... The Beaches, Steel Magnolias, etc....

I just had to add this mosaic (after the fact). I popped on over to my daughers Flickr page and saw this beautiful mosaic she made of some of the pics from last night.

Great job Seb.

Love the few extra pics I didn't have.