Soup, Salad, and Breadsticks! Yesterday our fellowship gathering enjoyed a delicious meal as the ladies of our church prepared some Olive Garden recipes found online.
Is that a large enough pot of soup, or what?! We were missing a few people at the last minute so we had plenty of leftovers to freeze. I should have doubled instead of tripled!
The recipe for Pasta e Fagioli can be found at TopSecretRecipes.com if you'd like to give it a try.
An Olive Garden salad dressing recipe for the greens can be found at this site. And a breadsticks recipe can be found here. Everything was delicious!
If you've been to your local Olive Garden restaurant lately, you'll notice the dessert brochure in the center of the table that features "for a limited time only" a slice of their Pumpkin Caramel Swirl Cheesecake.
Sarah found this pumpkin cheesecake recipe online when Girl Talk featured some caramel happiness. This ginger snap cookie crust made a delicious dessert!
I think our Olive Garden Sunday was a success, and we'll have to plan a similar one in the future and try Olive Garden's Toscana soup, although this is a purchased recipe from the site. But I'm sure it would be worth it!
~Deb
It was a lot of fun! We always love being with you all!
Sarah, your pumpkin cheesecake was spectacular!
Posted by: Wagner Family | Monday, October 20, 2008 at 02:21 PM
Wow, I don't think I've ever seen a church fellowship meal like that one before! :-) It looks delicious though--especially the cheesecake! I should make one.... :-)
Posted by: Abigail | Monday, October 20, 2008 at 03:01 PM
Yum ... yum ... yum! And double yums on the cheesecake! :o) What a fun idea!
Posted by: Jodi | Monday, October 20, 2008 at 05:04 PM
I think I'm going to commute to your church. :)
Posted by: Brenda@CoffeeTeaBooks&Me | Monday, October 20, 2008 at 05:13 PM
Now that sounds absolutely great! I heart Olive Garden!
Posted by: Connie W | Monday, October 20, 2008 at 06:46 PM
Wow...that Pumpkin Caramel Swirl Cheesecake looks dangerously delicious! Beautiful presentation! (And I'm sure it was yummy, too!)
Posted by: Pam | Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at 04:20 PM