SUMMER SOLSTICE
GAME PLAN
4 Weeks Before
- Think about menu (see blog entry Create the Menu)
3 Weeks Before
- Invite guests
- Make and freeze Cold Minted Pea Soup
- Make and freeze both types of cookies (Double Chocolate Cookies and Cherry Pecan Sour Cream Cookies)
- Make and freeze Parmesan Cheese Twists
2 Weeks Before
- Review the menu
- Make master list of household items, food, beverages, serving supplies, everything you will need
1 Week Before
- Make and freeze Savory Goat Cheese Cake
- Scoop ice cream
- Make and freeze Ice Cream Sandwiches
Tuesday
- Clean house
- Make a detailed shopping list (food prep, house prep)
Wednesday
- Do the shopping except for fish
- Make both pestos for the Savory Goat Cheese Cake
Thursday
- Set table, arrange flowers
- Set up bar if indoors. Otherwise, wait until Saturday.
- Decide on playlist
Friday *
- Thaw the soup
- Prep Baby Vegetables for roasting (wash, season and leave on baking sheet)
- Steam and smash potatoes
- Make Artichoke Puree and refrigerate
- Macerate fruit for Solstice Sangria
- Thaw Savory Goat Cheese Cake and assemble it
- Cut up watermelon, cut up mango
- Wash and prep any other fruit
Saturday
- A.M.: Bake Summer Berry Torte
- Buy fish
- Set up bar
- Assemble Watermelon Salad
- Bake Parmesan Cheese Twists
- Make Solstice Sangria
- Roast Baby Vegetables
- Bake Smashed Potatoes
- Reheat Artichoke Puree
- Cook fish
- Have a glass of sangria and enjoy!
A NOTE: *Many of these can also be done on Saturday. The more you do on Friday, the less stress you will have on Saturday.