GAME PLAN: GAME NIGHT

Saturday Night

4 Weeks Before

• Invite guests
• Think about Menu
• Decide logistics such as where to set up bar, buffet, etc.

 

3 Weeks Before

• Make detailed shopping list for both food and non-food items
• Buy non-perishables (Chili Garlic Sauce, Sesame Seeds, etc.)
• Buy the Game if you don’t own it
• Bake and freeze:
  Chocolate Prune Cake
  Lemon & Sesame Seed Cookies
  Ginger Mascarpone Cheesecake

 

2 Weeks Before

• Review menu
• Book support staff if needed
• Organize all dishes and glasses and serving platters
• Buy all beverages including alcohol
• Make Salted Caramel Sauce

 

1 Week Before

• Finalize menu and confirm guest list
• Buy and store ice

 

Monday

• Set-up table, dishes, glasses, silverware, serving platters and utensils

 

Tuesday

• Do all grocery shopping except lamb, fish and shrimp
• Wash all vegetables.

 

Wednesday

• Make Peanut Sauce, Tahini and Tzatziki Sauce, Guacamole
• Make Giant Cornmeal Anise Cookie
• Buy flowers
• Organize playlist

 

Thursday

• Arrange flowers
• Buy and slow cook leg of lamb
• Make Tomato Dipping Sauce for Fried Ravioli
• Prepare Balsamic Dressing for Mixed Green Salad
• Prepare rice noodles for Thai Lettuce Wraps

 

Friday

• Buy pita bread and sweet Hawaiian rolls
• Remove fat from lamb and shred lamb
• Make Turkish Salad
• Make Israeli Salad
• Roast beets and carrots for Spicy Walnut, Beet & Carrot Salad
• Make Spicy Walnut Dressing
• Make Peanut Sauce

 

Saturday

 

MORNING:

• Buy shrimp and tilapia
• Take all prepared food out of refrigerator to come to room temperature

 

AFTERNOON:

• Fry Ravioli and keep in warming oven
• Assemble Brie with Rhubarb Jam
• Assemble Platter with Fresh Figs, Prosciutto and Crackers
• Cook and assemble Mexican Fish Sliders
• Assemble Thai Lettuce Wraps
• Assemble Pulled Lamb Sandwiches